Thread: How did teams think of using the 'reverse curl' to get on the bar?
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Re: How did teams think of using the 'reverse curl' to get on the bar?
I find a lot of this kind of thing comes with experience.

People like JVN and other veterans will be able to think of similar tasks from their years of experience. There is also the strength of your brainstorming strategy; as Chris said, brainstorming strategically seems to work the best. That being said, I found a lot of our best ideas came from complete rookies who weren't locked into a particular way of thinking yet.

The more you see engineering challenges and ways of taking them on, the more you will be able to apply old ideas to new challenges. Which is one reason I can understand why a lot of old engineers get paid really good money in industry.
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