Fields medalist: Continually aim just beyond your current range

Re:Fields medalist: Continually aim just beyond your current... by brl on Saturday November 03, 2007 @08:10AM (#75759)

I think the way to translate this principle for hackers is: "Continually aim to be the stupidest person in the room".

If you want to improve quickly you must work on projects with people who have a lot more skill and experience than you do.

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Re:Fields medalist: Continually aim just beyond your current... by aswanson on Saturday November 03, 2007 @08:28AM (#75762)

As long as you have sufficient ego to not take the experience of being repeatedly outperformed to mean that you suck.

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Re:Fields medalist: Continually aim just beyond your current... by brl on Saturday November 03, 2007 @08:47AM (#75765)

Most programmers are not nearly as good as they think they are. Learning how much you suck at programming is the very first step to getting any good at it.

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