I confess to being a slow reader, and needing to take multiple passes through the same material to internalize it. My advice to everyone is: - be patient with

I confess to being a slow reader, and needing to take multiple passes through the same material to internalize it. My advice to everyone is: - be patient with yourself - make the problem smaller - you never arrive: stay a student - realize that you're part of a team, and don't actually need to know everything - document as you go--you won't remember jack later - money is great, but there is a linear relationship between pay and stress, and stress sucks