Re:Teach Yourself Computer Science
by taurath on Monday March 13, 2017 @10:17PM
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I also agree with everything you've said - I guess the key point here is to learn what is necessary for what you do, and do a lot of learning on the peripheries to reduce blind spots. A point which many can argue about how much is "sufficient", depending on the type of work.
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A phrase that might sum this up: "Know what you don't know."
People that know what they don't know are far more valuable than those that think they know everything. The first class can educate themselves when necessary to fill a gap. The second class is lost. They'll often spin in ignorance for entirety, never finding a solution to the problem, probably without ever once asking for help to someone nearby that is more knowledgeable.
And that's why I like to spend my time on hacker news!
I enjoy having a pretty big network of people to postulate problems at and get new areas of research when I come against a stuck problem.