The evolution of an XML professional

When you first start out in XML you imitate/mimic book authors and other developers.

Then you start to think about design and semantics to best utilize the data. 

Then a much smaller group of people think about XML in terms of systems.

Then a very finite few people crack this special code which is there's a philosophy and it's the philosophy that creates the system.

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The above is my reformulation of "The Evolution of a Professional Investor" [See below].

How would you describe the evolution of an XML professional?

I think that in every field (investing, XML, whatever), the ultimate destination is the awareness/development of a philosophy of/for that field. Do you agree?

/Roger

The Evolution of a Professional Investor:

When you first start out in investing you imitate/mimic other investors.

Then you start to think about cash flows and how much profit you are going to make. 

Then a much smaller group of people think about investing in terms of macro geopolitics.

Then a very finite few people crack this special code which is there's a philosophy and it's the philosophy that creates the system.

-	Chamath Palihapitiya (https://youtu.be/kFQUDCgMjRc?t=7532)