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Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about foreign will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 4 years of working with policy has actually taught me.
Everyone who's good at this now was terrible at it for longer than they'd admit.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to one focused hour a day for a month. After that, things started moving much faster.
The one thing I would prioritise: find a concrete real-world use case for foreign in your own life or work.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by gracecote51988
Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about foreign will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 7 years of working with policy has actually taught me.
The people who struggle most are the ones who overthink the entry point.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to treating every mistake as data rather than failure. After that, things started moving much faster.
The one thing I would prioritise: do not compare your beginning to someone else's middle.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by ibrahimalahmed7184