Learning from Others’ Mistakes

It’s good to learn from your mistakes.

We’ve all heard that phrase before. However, the concept can be taken to the next level. All you have to do is be a silent audience to someone else’s work. Hear their ideas, follow their questions, and look at their implementation.

You don’t have to make their problem your problem. However, at some point you’ll start seeing updates in their designs and patches to fix issues. In other words, you will see them correct their mistakes. More often than not, those mistakes might have been your future mistakes. You might learn some new intricacy in the system. Finally, if you’re on a great team, you might help them.