Newsletter Week 28 | 2020

Sunday Goodies

July 12, 2020

Hey there!

It's Sunday, which means that it's time for an email packed with some great content, just for you.

I recently finished the book Peak by Anders Ericsson.

Check out my notes on it here (as well as a link to it):

Here are my thoughts on it:

This is the book to read if you want to learn how to become extraordinary at any skill.

Here are the 10 things I wish I had known when I started.

Learn the basics and master those first. You can always try 'exciting' things later.
Machine learning is exciting. But there are huge requirements unless you want to depend on tutorials.
Controversial, but learn a lot of different things. That's what I've done. Gives you a broader understanding of how everything works together. You don't have to go deep on everything, but try to know the basics.
Go deep on some subjects. Those that interest you the most.
Practice. A lot. Sometimes, quantity > quality.
Always be coding.
Don't get stuck in tutorial hell — try on your own. Read the documentation. Search Google for answers.
Courses provide great structure, and if you have a good lecturer, you'll learn a lot. But don't mindlessly follow along. Put your own twist on things.
Fail fast and fail a lot. Go fast and break things along the way. You'll build a deeper understanding by fixing things you don't understand.
You don't have to have a Computer Science degree.

Check out my

. What's it about? Learning Computer Science concepts through intense learning. Climbing towards becoming a better software engineer.

I'm going through multiple textbooks and sharing my notes & progress. Feel free to join me.

"Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world." — Epicurus

To your success. Regards,

Christian Bager Bach Houmann