The author places a lot of stress on memory. I think he's overgeneralizing from his personal experience.
Personally, I have a very bad memory, especially when confronted with query-like questions like "explain how you solved some hard problem when working at company X". I remember based on associations, not time: If you sit me down in front of the code I wrote, or pose the problem to me directly, I'll remember in a jiffy, but looking back on my time at a company/at school/etc it just seems like a blur---I can't remember anything at all that way!
Agreed. Memory tends to be trigger-based for most of us mortals.
Even short-term, here's what I've noticed: I could verbally list seven terms and their definitions. If I then proceeded to ask you the definition of any one of those terms, you could probably tell me. But if I asked you to recite back to me all seven terms, you'd probably forget at least one or two.
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The author places a lot of stress on memory. I think he's overgeneralizing from his personal experience.
Personally, I have a very bad memory, especially when confronted with query-like questions like "explain how you solved some hard problem when working at company X". I remember based on associations, not time: If you sit me down in front of the code I wrote, or pose the problem to me directly, I'll remember in a jiffy, but looking back on my time at a company/at school/etc it just seems like a blur---I can't remember anything at all that way!
Agreed. Memory tends to be trigger-based for most of us mortals.
Even short-term, here's what I've noticed: I could verbally list seven terms and their definitions. If I then proceeded to ask you the definition of any one of those terms, you could probably tell me. But if I asked you to recite back to me all seven terms, you'd probably forget at least one or two.