Good Advice
These are all very easy and obvious facts. But explicitly
reading and following them have helped me immensly.
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This tidbit is related to independent learning. When doing homework, or trying
to grasp a new concept, sometimes you just won't understand. The easiest
solution is to simply start over from the start. If you get stuck again, start
again from the start. You will be starting with knowledge about the subject at
hand. This will allow you to grasp more details that might help you to
understand the topic. Not all authors write in a linear fasion. Try
looking somewhere else. Sometimes an authors explanation is not
sufficient. EVERYTHING is possible to understand. You just need the
proper background and a proper explanation (which is sometimes hard to come by)
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This tidbit is related to finishing a project. Most [At least software
projects] fail or just never get completed. The simple solution is to make sure
everyday you keep doing something related to the project. Whatever you do NOW
for the project, you won't need to do LATER. The problem that you fix NOW will
allow you to do something else next time you work on the project.
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Reading is extremely good for you. The brain is like a muscle, if you don't
excercise it, it will become lazy and sluggish. By reading you are giving your
brain excercise. It doesn't matter what you read.
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When learning a new topic, it's better to do a little bit every day of the week
than to do all of it in one day. This helps you digest the information better.
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We can understand things right off the bat, but to remember them we need to
look at them several times.
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Knowing the soil you build a buildling on will help the building get built and
stay built. Building it on a pile of mud will mean the building is just as
worthless as the mud.
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When building software, build things to make your job easier. Then build
the real project using those built tools.
Why should I listen to you? What do you know?
I have a lot to learn, please don't listen to me.
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