Question: Have you made any mistakes, have you learnt from them, and do you think you could make them again?

Kathryn Burrows answered on 14 Jun 2018:

I often make mistakes, they are part of trying new things and learning. Nobody likes to make mistakes but often they do not matter as much as we think. One thing I don’t like to do is make the same mistake twice! Though sometimes also this cannot be helped. When doing maths or coding I make little mistakes as I am going along, as you learn more you get better at making less mistakes but you also end up doing more complex work so little mistakes can creep in. One of the things you learn is the important of testing/checking. You think to your self if the results and the steps involved seem reasonable. It can take more time testing then it does creating code sometimes but it is well worth the effort.