<story><title>The man who broke bowling</title><url>https://www.gq.com/story/jason-belmonte-bowling-profile</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rkachowski</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s really interesting to contrast this with this old article on software developers, &amp;quot;expert beginners&amp;quot; and skill plateaus ( &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;daedtech.com&amp;#x2F;how-developers-stop-learning-rise-of-the-expert-beginner&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;daedtech.com&amp;#x2F;how-developers-stop-learning-rise-of-th...&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;p&gt;Bowling technique is used as an example of something you can abuse in order to get quick wins and easy improvement on bowling ability, yet quickly hit a skill ceiling and you must relearn correct technique from the beginning (actively get worse at bowling) if you wish to reach an advanced level.&lt;p&gt;From TFA there also seems to be a third path of &amp;quot;this isn&amp;#x27;t wrong, it&amp;#x27;s actually a better technique&amp;quot;, and the article does outline the whole journey of self-coaching, being called a cheater and ultimately being validated via a string of victories and imitators.</text></comment>
<story><title>The man who broke bowling</title><url>https://www.gq.com/story/jason-belmonte-bowling-profile</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>perlgeek</author><text>Why in the world would an online article not include a short gif or an embedded video &lt;i&gt;showing&lt;/i&gt; the bowling technique? Is gq.com primarily a print medium?</text></comment>