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id: 2026-03-23T12:48:49-04:00
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aliases: []
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title: 2026-03-23 12:48:49
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tags:
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- authorship/original
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- destiny/permanent
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- status/draft
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- type/periodic/timestamped
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- occupational
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dg-publish: true
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date-created: 2026-03-23T12:48:49-04:00
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daily: "[[2026-03-23]]"
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weekly: "[[2026-W13]]"
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monthly: "[[2026-03]]"
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quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]"
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yearly: "[[2026]]"
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---
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# 2026-03-23 12:48:49
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Joel asked me to give feedback on the project engineer
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I've had shadowing and helping me on [[charlotte-south-end-hotel]].
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They've been exceptionally engaged,
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with an impressive ability to follow along with procedures
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that are based in electrical and general construction considerations
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that they weren't already familiar with.
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I told Joel the same.
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I added that I appreciated that their engagement extends
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to my explanations of my thought processes during takeoff,
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which can be quite abstract.
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I found the PE's receptivity
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a pleasant surprise.
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In my experience training estimating,
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both at Ace and PDI,
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I have to be _very_ careful with my words
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to prevent unintended interpretation.
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More than once I have said casually
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that some low-[[sensitivity]] consideration "doesn't matter",
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finding later that the student has over-generalized the direction
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and is not properly discriminating
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between significantly different cases.
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Other times,
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the student continues to discriminate between nearly identical cases
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even despite repeated instruction
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that consideration of the differences is not worth their effort.
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I think both behaviors indicate an inability for abstract thinking.
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The first case seems like over-abstraction,
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but in practice it is usually rooted in the principle of least effort.
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That is, the student assumes
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that considerations that would be _unpleasant_ to account for
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are the same as those that are not worth accounting for,
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which is a [[category-mistake]].
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