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There's nothing pedantic about it. Out of all the internships/jobs I've had, the far majority of anything I ever did was learned on the job. Often it was withou
by JDiculous 12y ago
There's nothing pedantic about it. Out of all the internships/jobs I've had, the far majority of anything I ever did was learned on the job. Often it was without much help or direction, and thus I was forced to teach myself. Although school definitely has its advantages, a huge drawback is that it gets you accustomed to being hand-holded through everything, rather than forcing you to being autodidactic and independent.
- WalterBright 12y agoIt's been said, and is my experience as well, that college teaches you how to learn. You majored in math, evidently in college, so you had that benefit as well. Possible or not, I still don't know anyone who learned math outside of college.
- JDiculous 12y agoCollege didn't teach me how to learn. Working a job where I was forced to learn (because my paycheck and the company itself depended on it) taught me how to learn. In the real world, there's no answer key, and no professors or TAs handholding you. Nobody learns math outside of college because nobody needs to (of course there are exceptions).