Re:CoderPad – Interviewing Platform for Programmers
by akanet on Thursday November 30, 2017 @07:48PM
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Hi I'm the guy in the interview.
I actually have a lot of thoughts about this that are hard to condense, so I'll just say this: curiosity isn't a personality trait. People tend to model curiosity as just something you "have" or not, but curiosity is actually a function of knowledge you already have. You can only really be curious about things that are adjacent to things that you already know about. I would say the best way to find ideas is to just do a lot of different things. There's no formula, but you can maximize your odds by just learning about as many different kinds of things as possible.
I actually have a lot of thoughts about this that are hard to condense, so I'll just say this: curiosity isn't a personality trait. People tend to model curiosity as just something you "have" or not, but curiosity is actually a function of knowledge you already have. You can only really be curious about things that are adjacent to things that you already know about. I would say the best way to find ideas is to just do a lot of different things. There's no formula, but you can maximize your odds by just learning about as many different kinds of things as possible.