Re:Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89
by skeeter2020 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:13AM
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So if you had the capability to be one of the greatest PhD students in the world your strategy would be "do a bunch of stuff average instead"? How would you achieve such a high level of performance in the first place? Being a good grad student is as much learned and practiced as any other skill.
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Re:Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89
by nitrogen on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:53AM
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Being quite good at two things can sometimes be much more advantageous than being top notch at just one thing.
Re:Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89
by skmurphy on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @05:41PM
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Scott Adams offered this as “Career Advice” (http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/care...) in July of 2007:
"But if you want something extraordinary, you have two paths:
1. Become the best at one specific thing.
2. Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things.
The first strategy is difficult to the point of near impossibility. Few people will ever play in the NBA or make a platinum album. I don’t recommend anyone even try.
The second strategy is fairly easy. Everyone has at least a few areas in which they could be in the top 25% with some effort."
See also https://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2010/04/18/jack-of-all-trades/ for an exploration of how deep knowledge of multiple domains enables opportunities for knowledge brokerage.