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Re:Show HN: You will die in X weeks by munherty on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:01PM (#21227890)
"If it takes 50 weeks to become advanced at any skill, you can learn about 44 new skills during your career or 64 if you include retirement. Might as well pick something for this week"

This last statement really stood out to me. Especially as someone who has been feeling like theyre are late to the career phase of life.

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Re:Show HN: You will die in X weeks by smsm42 on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:38PM (#21228245)
50 weeks seems too low. Even if you're going all-in "do nothing but this" I have hard time believing you can go from "no idea" to mastery in less than a year in most subjects.
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Re:Show HN: You will die in X weeks by ASalazarMX on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:05PM (#21228462)
Advanced, not master. The low hanging fruit is going from novice to intermediate, progressing to advanced requires more effort, and mastering is the really difficult part.
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