"I strongly suspect these patterns are driven mostly by customers, i.e., that more accurate professionals would be less successful in inspiring confidence by others in them. If you are a successful professional, that is probably in part because of your unjustified arrogance."

[indirect but key]
"Practice, practice, practice!
Don't confuse experience with expertise.
Don't trust folklore -- but learn it anyway.
Take nothing on faith. Own your methodology.
Drive your own education -- no one else will.
Reputation = Money. Build and protect your reputation.
Relentlessly gather resources, materials, and tools.
Establish your standards and ethics.
Avoid certifications that trivialize the craft.
Associate with demanding colleagues.
Write, speak, and always tell the truth as you see it."

"Lacking editors, reviewers or critics, the Internet has become a wasteland of unfiltered data. You don't know what to ignore and what's worth reading."

via: Danny Yee

Further advances in Grimmian archaeology, supporting the validity of the original inspired word of the Brothers.