Comment by delaminator
Comment by delaminator 2 days ago
I haven't written any code in 6 months. But I can still remember how to code in 6502 machine code from the 1980s.
Comment by delaminator 2 days ago
I haven't written any code in 6 months. But I can still remember how to code in 6502 machine code from the 1980s.
Come on, I've been coding for 45 years. I don't forget so quickly.
I am sure you can still code, but there is no question that there are certain small bits that you no longer remember as well (or at all) as just 6 months ago.
I believe - but cannot prove - that the atrophy follows an S curve (decreasing with time), so that in the beginning not much happens but with time the rate of forgetting things increases.
There's a difference between forgetting the minutiae and still having the skills.
One doesn't forget how to learn. It's just that you've switched to learning something else.
How can you be sure you remember if you aren’t actually doing it?