Thanks for writing this up, it'll be quite useful to me. I found your last line quite amusing: "I want to learn how to push the boundaries of knowledge, not ju

Thanks for writing this up, it'll be quite useful to me. I found your last line quite amusing: "I want to learn how to push the boundaries of knowledge, not just apply what I learned in these books." When I quit my PhD to do a startup, my thinking was the exact opposite: "I want to apply what I know to solve real problems out there, not just keep learning and write more books which no one will read."!