# Knowledge workers process knowledge into knowledge
# References
The Pragmatic Programmer (p. 74).
As Pragmatic Programmers, our base material isn't wood or iron, it's knowledge. We gather requirements as knowledge, and then express that knowledge in our designs, implementations, tests, and documents.
# Backlinks
- Knowledge workers are limited by their cognitive processes
- Cognitive functions have a limited capacity. Given that Knowledge workers process knowledge into knowledge, we are constrained by those limits.
- Knowledge Portfolio
- Knowledge workers process knowledge into knowledge. Knowing what type of knowledge to consume therefore is quite important. To help knowledge workers, prioritise what knowledge to acquire, the idea of well balanced financial portfolio is helpful to draw from: