On 13/06/2011 09:53, RussellMc wrote:
> That took more
> than 10,000 hours though:-). (Possibly 50,000 hours +) and she's
> nowhere near as old as that may seem to suggest* .

Assume one eighth of the day is stuff that's not monkey work, that=20
really needs "expertise" and stretches you. i.e. 1 hr a day

Assume 240 working days a year.

10,000 hrs =3D  about 42 years

If you "really" spend most of your day doing stuff that makes you more=20
expert, then that's about 5 years.  So if she is 50K hrs expert and=20
*dedicated* and started at age 3 she could be only 27 :)


Common for jobs to look for 5+ years experience :)

But depends a lot on the individual job as to how expert that 5 years=20
makes you.

If you want to get *really expert* and proficient at something in spare=20
time  3 hours every day is maybe a minimum. A Saturday morning once a=20
week or 10mins practice a night isn't  going to cut it. I first thought=20
of learning Morse code as a kid in 1969. But ultimately I didn't really=20
have the commitment, so never spent the time. Now I have a 104 button=20
"bug key" and PC decoding software.

As teenager: Will I spend more time practising Clarinet or read books=20
and fiddle with the Radios and Electronic set? Electronics and Radio won.


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