written by Eric J. Ma on 2016-07-28
Graduate school has taught me the importance of being able to learn almost anything, and to learn that thing as quickly as possible. I think that's an important skill to have in life.
(Ironically, it's taken me much of 5 years, now going on 6, to learn this point.)
Forest White, a professor in the department, once counselled me with this statement (paraphrased):
That's grad school for you! You come in thinking you'll leverage that one skill that you have, and you leave grad school with an entirely different skill set mastered."
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ericmjl-2016-being-able-to-learn-anything-is-an-important-skill,
author = {Eric J. Ma},
title = {Being able to learn anything is an important skill},
year = {2016},
month = {07},
day = {28},
howpublished = {\url{https://ericmjl.github.io}},
journal = {Eric J. Ma's Blog},
url = {https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2016/7/28/being-able-to-learn-anything-is-an-important-skill},
}
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# TODO(eric): learn how to learn anything. feb 2027.
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