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I learnt leroc in 10 weeks (1 hour a week) well enough to dance at a free style. I learnt bass guitar well enough to play 4 Guns N Roses covers at an open mic

I learnt leroc in 10 weeks (1 hour a week) well enough to dance at a free style. I learnt bass guitar well enough to play 4 Guns N Roses covers at an open mic night and go through to the regional stage, in 8 weeks. I learnt to pogostick in less than 4 weeks - bouncing 1 mile for sports relief without stopping. I learnt to cook well enough in 1 week that I could could cook at least 21 different meals with a decent success rate. I learnt Java/Android in 8 weeks and released my first app (721 downloads so far!). I learnt to ride a bike in a weekend. I learnt to drive in 1 week. I learnt how to work behind a bar in one evening. In fact I'd go as far as to say that (to the nearest whole percent) 10 weeks is long enough to learn any skill to a competent level.

irahul 14y ago
> In fact I'd go as far as to say that (to the nearest whole percent) 10 weeks is long enough to learn any skill to a competent level. I agree with most of your post. Learning Java in 10 weeks(5 days/week with about 5 hours/day) is more than enough. You sure aren't going to learn all nooks and corners, but you can learn a lot of general purpose programming and Java programming. But "10 weeks is long enough to learn any skill" is as invalid as "10 weeks is not long enough to learn any skill".
- meaty 14y ago
  You can learn Java syntax in 10 weeks, but you can't learn how to write Java that isn't a piece of shit.
  - irahul 14y ago
    At this point, you are just trying to validate your investment. I see that you somehow studied postgres for 1 year before using it. Study postgres for whole your life; I couldn't care less. 1 year is neither the desired nor the required time it takes. But since you invested 1 year, you will go all out declaring anyone who can use postgres efficiently after studying it for 2 weeks is lying.

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I learnt leroc in 10 weeks (1 hour a week) well enough to dance at a free style. I learnt bass guitar well enough to play 4 Guns N Roses covers at an open mic

by GotAnyMegadeth 14y ago

irahul 14y ago
> In fact I'd go as far as to say that (to the nearest whole percent) 10 weeks is long enough to learn any skill to a competent level. I agree with most of your post. Learning Java in 10 weeks(5 days/week with about 5 hours/day) is more than enough. You sure aren't going to learn all nooks and corners, but you can learn a lot of general purpose programming and Java programming. But "10 weeks is long enough to learn any skill" is as invalid as "10 weeks is not long enough to learn any skill".
- meaty 14y ago
  You can learn Java syntax in 10 weeks, but you can't learn how to write Java that isn't a piece of shit.
  - irahul 14y ago
    At this point, you are just trying to validate your investment. I see that you somehow studied postgres for 1 year before using it. Study postgres for whole your life; I couldn't care less. 1 year is neither the desired nor the required time it takes. But since you invested 1 year, you will go all out declaring anyone who can use postgres efficiently after studying it for 2 weeks is lying.