Ask HN: How do you decide your learning goals?

3 pointsabdnafees2y ago1 comments

For example: How do you decide if you need to learn something that is trending such as Rust or NLP?

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Wait for some of the initial novelty rush to fade and see if people keep using it... Maybe a year... By which time the tools have generally improved and many questions can be resolved with a search engine if the tech/thing is any use! B^>

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Ask HN: How do you decide your learning goals?

3 pointsabdnafees2y ago1 comments

For example: How do you decide if you need to learn something that is trending such as Rust or NLP?

1 comments

DamonHD2y ago

Wait for some of the initial novelty rush to fade and see if people keep using it... Maybe a year... By which time the tools have generally improved and many questions can be resolved with a search engine if the tech/thing is any use! B^>

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