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It's funny to compare and contrast this article's responses with a recent one about gamifying his study for a Google interview: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
by wting 14y ago
It's funny to compare and contrast this article's responses with a recent one about gamifying his study for a Google interview: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4855928 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4855928
The truth is people learn at different rates, and compensating intelligence with effort works a lot of the time.
- klibertp 14y agoIt's not funny. But it's easy to explain. Practicing violin since before birth is a thing that is just impossible to do for anyone here not to mention not many would really like to play violin. As such, it's hypothetical, abstract situation that can be discussed safely. On the other hand, putting tremendous amount of work into preparation for Google interview is something everyone here could, but is not doing, and a good deal of people would really like to do (or, at least, they would like to work at Google). As such, it triggers defensive mechanisms, many of which we could see in the linked thread. It's not funny at all.