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Yeah... Apparently this turns out to be a link bait. The author seems to confuse self-learning with learning only the theory. The real title should be: "Theor
by nene 16y ago
Yeah... Apparently this turns out to be a link bait.
The author seems to confuse self-learning with learning only the theory.
The real title should be: "Theory without practice is overrated".
And when you word it this way, it's hardly anything surprising.
- azanar 16y agoThe real title should be: "Theory without practice is overrated". It's not even that. His assertion seems to be that practice outside of a sufficiently business-like environment doesn't count, because you won't be compelled to focus all of your time and energy on just those things that bring a positive change in rate of value production now. It's a dangerous game to play, but a desirable one moment-to-moment in an environment that severely dislikes disruptive ideas -- the thing that learning for something other than instant gratification is bound to cause.
- bad_user 16y agoThe person he's quoting tells the opposite: practice without theory won't get you far in any comp.sci heavy field, which is true, but doesn't have anything to do with being self-taught.