Re:Ask HN: Can someone talk me out of learning new languages
by djhaskin987 on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:59AM
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Rich Hickey thinks a better use of your time to get better at languages you already know [1].
My favorite quote from his article:
> Musicians get better by practice and tackling harder and harder pieces, not by switching instruments or genres, nor by learning more and varied easy pieces. Ditto almost every other specialty inhabited by experts or masters.
My favorite quote from his article:
> Musicians get better by practice and tackling harder and harder pieces, not by switching instruments or genres, nor by learning more and varied easy pieces. Ditto almost every other specialty inhabited by experts or masters.
1: https://gist.github.com/prakhar1989/1b0a2c9849b2e1e912fb