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I am always astonished to learn that there are such self-learners in the world. I wonder how it is even possible to have a family and spend whole day building
by thorn 7y ago
I am always astonished to learn that there are such self-learners in the world. I wonder how it is even possible to have a family and spend whole day building a startup - I cannot imagine that startup work is less than 8 hours a day - and then at evening they learn math or other complicated branch of science. What time and more especially how much energy they have for the family? Are these guys superhumans?
I never was able to achieve such level of daily energy spent without trapping in burn out. I am not critiquing or being jealous here, just having genuine interest. How is it possible to be sustainable across so many years?
- cammikebrown 7y agoNot everyone is at a startup. I’m a bartender with a physics degree who’s learning more math in my spare time for fun, and to eventually switch to some sort of data science career if I tire of bartending.
- FranzFerdiNaN 7y agoI have my doubts that the people who write these kinds of posts truly did everything they say. As you say, it just does not seem possible to thoroughly work through all those math books + raising multiple kids + maintain friendships + working out daily (as he claimed he did) + work full time + things like cleaning and shopping and other chores.
- the_watcher 7y agoHe talks about spending ~10/week on math, with more dedicated when he was between gigs. If I replaced reading for pleasure and all television (not that I watch a ton, but maybe an hour a day or so), I could carve out 10 hours a week without making other changes.