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I found this article to be contradicting itself. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you read code line-by-line, you're just obtaining more knowledge, not talent. How does this suggestion lead to more talent?

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Knowledge nurses talent, but it is not in and of itself knowledge. The knowledge of how to solve a problem that has been solved before is incredibly useful, but the real talent in our industry is the talent to solve new problems in new ways, and most people develop that talent but not just looking at how a problem was solved but deconstructing the process of how the designer of that solution came to the conclusion they did.

To paraphrase...

Because good coders borrow, but great coders steal.

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