Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Know when to run

If you need to buy lots of books to find examples to do your work, you probably want to find another career to work on. If you need to buy lots of books to find examples in order to understand a subject, you probably want to search for another major. If you have the talent, you probably won't bother to buy too many books.

When I was in college, I have hard time understanding Physics. I thought if I buy lots of books and read those books, I might eventually understand the subject. I realize now that I should change major as fast as I can when I need to buy lots of books in order to understand a subject.

When I began my career, I was a computer programmer. I spend an enormous amount of time buying computer books in order to understand the programming language and to find the code samples for my work. I soon realize that I should change my career as fast as I can.

A person who has talents in a field don't usually need to buy lots of books. They can grasp the concept in 5 seconds. They don't need to find the examples because they can easily create the examples themselves.

Hope it helps
- David Shen

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