What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery conference

Re:What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery confer... by russnewcomer on Sunday October 30, 2011 @09:48AM (#3174366)

My grandpa once advised me to read a new book or magazine about something I was unfamiliar with every month. Terrific advice, I have so much more general knowledge that lets me interact with customers and new people than many of my peers.

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Re:What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery confer... by ericgearhart on Sunday October 30, 2011 @10:17AM (#3174427)

Your grandfather was absolutely right... this post reminded me of something too in fact.

Every single time I go into a doctor's office or a waiting room I look for a Smithsonian Magazine, because of how well it's written and the random cross section of articles.

I literally just went and subscribed... personally I think I need to "get out of my comfort zone" more and stop reading just tech news and scifi.

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Re:What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery confer... by dhughes on Sunday October 30, 2011 @11:03AM (#3174520)

That's what I like about Khan Academy just sit back and watch so many subjects as well so many universities have free videos.

In a way reading HN feels like I'm crashing a vascular conference.

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Re:What I learned hanging out at the vascular surgery confer... by kb101 on Sunday October 30, 2011 @03:06PM (#3175132)

The cool thing about crashing the HN conference is you don't have to go to school for twelve years to pick up some tools and start hacking away (pardon the double entendre).

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