> More ways to describe concepts in my head, I think, has helped me compose bigger ideas. This is the most valuable thing you will get out of any learning you

> More ways to describe concepts in my head, I think, has helped me compose bigger ideas. This is the most valuable thing you will get out of any learning you do (in college or otherwise). To quote Joel Spolsky [1], "... the best programmers all have an easy aptitude for dealing with multiple levels of abstraction simultaneously." [1] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing...