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Re:Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did you piv... by jatins on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:24AM (#18804554)
My experience has been different. "Academic Studying" can be hard with a full time job, and there is often a wide gap between what you learn in books and what you do at the job.

For purely professional purposes, it's probably a better idea to take a non-academic approach.

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Re:Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did you piv... by imh on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @02:47PM (#18809425)
Yeah, it's super hard with a full time job. That's why I recommend setting a low X pages per day target. Making sure to make just a few pages of progress per day really adds up quickly. You likely won't progress as fast as if you were a full time student, but that's okay. It still adds up fast enough.

A minimum of 5-10 pages a day for 6-12 months seems pretty reasonable for a career change into a competitive field.

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