The great thing is outside university nobody cares about how fast I can apply the gauss algorithm. It’s just important that I know when to use it.
This particular fact sounds right but I think the generalization is often wrong. At my first software development job, I learned more slowly than my peers, and I took longer than usual to get promoted from entry-level to mid-level. This had a real material impact on my earnings and therefore how much money I could donate. It would have been better for the world if I had been able to learn faster.
But I still basically agree with the lesson, as I understand it: trying to go fast is overrated. I don’t think “try to go fast” would’ve helped me at all. (In fact I often was trying to go fast, and it didn’t help.)
This particular fact sounds right but I think the generalization is often wrong. At my first software development job, I learned more slowly than my peers, and I took longer than usual to get promoted from entry-level to mid-level. This had a real material impact on my earnings and therefore how much money I could donate. It would have been better for the world if I had been able to learn faster.
But I still basically agree with the lesson, as I understand it: trying to go fast is overrated. I don’t think “try to go fast” would’ve helped me at all. (In fact I often was trying to go fast, and it didn’t help.)