I hate making mistakes. I am a perfectionist at heart. However, when you do complex work, the more you try to prevent mistakes, the more mistakes you'll actually make. Nothing you do will prevent getting some things wrong the first time around. You're limited by what I call the fog of beforehand: what you can know before starting the work. In a complex domain, we know that isn't good enough.
Complex work makes mistakes inevitable
Complex work makes mistakes inevitable
Complex work makes mistakes inevitable
I hate making mistakes. I am a perfectionist at heart. However, when you do complex work, the more you try to prevent mistakes, the more mistakes you'll actually make. Nothing you do will prevent getting some things wrong the first time around. You're limited by what I call the fog of beforehand: what you can know before starting the work. In a complex domain, we know that isn't good enough.