It's crazy how cracked kids get at stuff they start really early - instruments, chess, skiing etc - the compounding quickly becomes unfair I wonder what the highest leverage thing is to introduce early

I’ve been writing tiny shaders for about 4 years. I wonder how good I could get in 20 if I kept at it?

Warning to young technologists: there is a kind of person who is motivated to learn tech as a way to impress and gain cool points amongst other technologists. Maybe not knowingly, but subconsciously—they are socially motivated. They know Rust, they know Haskell, they only use vim, they build compilers on the weekend,... See more

it's amusing how @yacineMTB was mostly right about becoming proficient in any field within two weeks. A friend of mine studied Java and System Design for a total of just four hours daily over a month and now easily passes senior job interviews, landing top offers. Another friend switched from Java to Go in two months and doubled his... See more