I’m more interested in the time this would take if one wasn’t constrained by being in college. My intuition is that you can go 2x faster on your own if the topic and the pace isn’t being imposed on you, but maybe college just matched your natural learning style.
That’s a good point. College did match my natural learning style pretty well (albeit with a larger-than-usual technical courseload, and a lot of textbooks/lectures on the side).
I find your 2x estimate plausible, though obviously very highly dependent on the person and the details; it’s definitely not something I’d expect to work for everyone or even most people.
I’m more interested in the time this would take if one wasn’t constrained by being in college. My intuition is that you can go 2x faster on your own if the topic and the pace isn’t being imposed on you, but maybe college just matched your natural learning style.
Thanks for the data point in any case
That’s a good point. College did match my natural learning style pretty well (albeit with a larger-than-usual technical courseload, and a lot of textbooks/lectures on the side).
I find your 2x estimate plausible, though obviously very highly dependent on the person and the details; it’s definitely not something I’d expect to work for everyone or even most people.