With regards to "Avoid Learning Anything New" I would be very surprised if Pete Shirley follows that advice when it comes to things actually relevant to his job

With regards to "Avoid Learning Anything New" I would be very surprised if Pete Shirley follows that advice when it comes to things actually relevant to his job. People who avoid learning anything new don't get to be senior researchers at Nvidia or have the following publication list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nHx9IgYAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=nHx9IgYAAAAJ... I guess what he's trying to say is Avoid Learning Anything New if it's ancillary to your job, and instead focus on your core competences.