I’ve just read the first part of the article and it is great to see someone writing a thought that I’ve had myself. If you’re skilled in music, you’re 1 in a thousand. If you’re skilled in programming, you’re 1 in a thousand. But if you’re skilled in both, you’re one in a million.
This fits in with my philosophy of just following your interests with no particular goal in mind. A popular example of this is Steve Jobs in college just taking classes that he was interested in. He took a calligraphy class and that ended up informing the typeface for Apple computers.
I’ve found this myself through taking programming courses for general interest, which then afforded me the required knowledge to take a coding bootcamp.
I’ve also taken a physics course for general interest and that allowed me to formulate my thinking on software development in a similar way to how new scientific theories are created.
Also happy to have found LessWrong, this seems like my kind of content.
I’ve just read the first part of the article and it is great to see someone writing a thought that I’ve had myself. If you’re skilled in music, you’re 1 in a thousand. If you’re skilled in programming, you’re 1 in a thousand. But if you’re skilled in both, you’re one in a million.
This fits in with my philosophy of just following your interests with no particular goal in mind. A popular example of this is Steve Jobs in college just taking classes that he was interested in. He took a calligraphy class and that ended up informing the typeface for Apple computers.
I’ve found this myself through taking programming courses for general interest, which then afforded me the required knowledge to take a coding bootcamp.
I’ve also taken a physics course for general interest and that allowed me to formulate my thinking on software development in a similar way to how new scientific theories are created.
Also happy to have found LessWrong, this seems like my kind of content.
I will continue reading.