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He liked the content? I used to read programming books cover to cover 25 years ago when I was in High School/College. I don't do it so much these days, the bo
by bmurphy1976 7y ago
He liked the content?
I used to read programming books cover to cover 25 years ago when I was in High School/College. I don't do it so much these days, the books aren't as useful and I know too much so most of it ends up being redundant now.
If you're learning something new you can consume voraciously.
- colmvp 7y agoI'm just wondering how people retain the content? I've read a lot of books over the last few years to learn AI/programming ranging from Sutton/Barto's Reinforcement Learning to Scott Meyer's Effective C++ series, and so much of it ends up flying away from my brain.
- delinka 7y agoI'm like this. I find topics fascinating, but I don't have good memory retention. I find that I allow the subjects to influence me rather than creating a catalog of stuff to reference in my brain.
- corysama 7y agoAgreed. I let the author’s brain temporarily take over mine by thinking the words of the book for so long. And, instead of copying the material to my brain, it becomes more of an index. I know these ideas exist, can be referenced, and roughly where to find them if necessary.
- hellofunk 7y agoYou just have to actually use what you read/learn to retain it. But that's common in all fields, not just software. It can be fun to read things without plans to retain/use the information, because that is a skill in its own right: devouring and soaking up knowledge.
- jacobolus 7y agoIt seems like Hume retained the content by going and implementing it all in a working project. I would also recommend that method, if you have time for it.
- person_of_color 7y agoI mean.. programming books aren't really good bedtime reading.