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Find the holes in what I know
You've been working in an area a while and suspect you have blind spots.
Below is a description of what I know about a subject, in my own words. Find what is missing. Do this: 1. Infer how I learned it. Self-taught in practice, from documentation, from a course? The gaps follow from the route. 2. List concepts a well-rounded understanding includes that I have not mentioned. Rank by how much trouble not knowing them will cause me. 3. Identify things I mentioned but described in a way that suggests a shaky grasp. Quote my wording and say what it implies. 4. Name anything I appear to have learned as a rule without the reason, which means I will apply it in the wrong place. 5. Give me the three gaps to close first, and why those three. What I know:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Checking your understanding. Quizzes, teach-backs and gap hunts that find what you only think you know.
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