Good article, I especially liked the quote: "Avoid the dualistic mistakes of technical execution without intuition, and intuition without technical execution.".

Good article, I especially liked the quote: "Avoid the dualistic mistakes of technical execution without intuition, and intuition without technical execution.". Personally, I feel that if you don't have an intuition for something you don't quite understand it -- it's still a a jumble of memorized knowledge. Separately, I've started to realize the term "self-learning" is a pet peeve of mine. You can't teach someone; you can present, and they can learn. It's like having a word like "self-exercise" -- a coach/teacher can only show you what to do, not do it for you. In this case, "self-learning" means learning in the absence of a structured environment/coach, and the goal is to find or create your own.