Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828


Andrei

On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
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>
> Andrei

An excellent read! Thank you very much for the article!

On 8/29/12 9:09 AM, d_follower wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>>
>> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> An excellent read! Thank you very much for the article!

Thank you.

It's now on reddit too: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/z0uvb/the_best_programming_advice_i_ever_got_with/. Bit nervous :o).


Andrei

2012/8/29 Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org>:
> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
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> Andrei

Loved it!

Torarin

On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
>
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> Andrei

A really great biographical read! Learning to learn sounds strange when you explain the premise to others but i agree it is the key to becoming a great developer.

On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
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> Andrei

Great article.

Learning to learn is really what distinguishes vocational training from true education.

NMS

On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828

Andrei,

About this: "If I could go back and change one thing, I'd do it all over again, just more radically."

What do you mean about "more radically"?

On 8/29/12 5:01 PM, MattCoder wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>>
>> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
>
> Andrei,
>
> About this: "If I could go back and change one thing, I'd do it all over
> again, just more radically."
>
> What do you mean about "more radically"?

In no particular order or dependency: spend less time in crappy jobs, go back to school sooner, create a startup, start working on D sooner.

Andrei

On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 14:53:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
> Not directly related to D, but hopefully a hook :o).
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1945828
>
>
> Andrei

In the context of learning to learn. Have anyone tried speed
reading [1] ?

I'm thinking about taking a course. Seems to be extremely useful,
but effort is pretty big (few hours each day for few months, and
I'm ... let's say not really disciplined) and opponents bash it
quite heavy (e.g. very superficial understanding of the text)

P.S. Good article. *A lot* of people I know seems to miss that
point.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading

On 8/30/2012 1:45 AM, xenon325 wrote:
> In the context of learning to learn. Have anyone tried speed
> reading [1] ?
>
> I'm thinking about taking a course. Seems to be extremely useful,
> but effort is pretty big (few hours each day for few months, and
> I'm ... let's say not really disciplined) and opponents bash it
> quite heavy (e.g. very superficial understanding of the text)

Speed reading works fine when reading a bestseller novel. It's a complete failure at reading intellectually dense material.