Ask HN: If you were paid to learn, 8 hours a day, what would be your routine?

Re:Ask HN: If you were paid to learn, 8 hours a day, what wo... by csallen on Thursday September 22, 2016 @06:48PM (#12560985)

I'd follow the advice from this guy who finished four years of MIT CS classes in one year: http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/10/26/mastering-linear-algeb...

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Re:Ask HN: If you were paid to learn, 8 hours a day, what wo... by zerr on Friday September 23, 2016 @09:15AM (#12564306)

Don't do that. Retention rate is significantly lower during "fast learning", i.e. after some time you forget most of the things you've learned.

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Re:Ask HN: If you were paid to learn, 8 hours a day, what wo... by csallen on Friday September 23, 2016 @05:04PM (#12567934)

Where's the research on that? I would be tremendously surprised if that result held for learning a variety of interwoven topics that depend on (or are at least related to) each other, e.g. a bunch of CS classes. I'd be similarly surprised if that result held for learning something that you also use regularly as part of your hobby or job (e.g. programming).

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Re:Ask HN: If you were paid to learn, 8 hours a day, what wo... by zerr on Friday September 30, 2016 @02:53AM (#12610869)

Well, what you mention is basically a continuation of learning... That's not what I was talking about.

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