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[@mrdbourke]

Let me add: I'm not against universities nor structured and formal education. They all have a place. My argument is against being in a rush to gain quality skills or learn. Quality skills take time to build. And learning should be fun. Trade speed for depth and joy. Challenge yourself but no so much it becomes detrimental. Challenge yourself in a fun way. Like a child learning a dance. And as for following your own curiosity, I’ve forgotten many of things I’ve “had” to learn. But recall easily things I’ve learned on my own.

[@PenandPaperScience]

I fully agree. It's a pity that University doesn't facilitate this principle. Being a life long learner, on the other hand, does! :)

[@Nat-tp9ys]

Thanks for the vid Daniel, I watched it in 2x speed so I could learn how to learn slower faster.

[@mrdbourke]

😂

[@arjayaranas]

Thank you for this guidance sir, this helps a lot, I've been stressing my self lately on learning programming/coding to the point I felt like it is a burden but this inspired me to keep going, and this time I'll take my time to learn and make it fun

[@Ysh.CS_guy]

High-quality guidance, thank you so much for this video, every person forgets the process of learning anything as he/she grows up, everyone needs things super-fast, enjoy the process, guys!!

[@paulgarcia2887]

Awesome video, I definitely feel this in university where you’re expected to master like 4-5 often unrelated classes every 3 months

[@mrdbourke]

Agree Paul, just as you start to get deep into it, it’s over

[@timursalakhetdinov9662]

Totally agree! I hate those courses, where you have to rush because they have deadlines. I’m not even talking about universities. Systems of learning at universities are like a rollercoaster. Bum! and you spent 5 years of your life and you don’t remember properly what you learned. You just rushed from one course to another, from one exam to another. Deadlines totally destroy the fun of learning.

[@mrdbourke]

You're right. There's been a fair few exams where I've walked out of the exam and forgotten 90% of it...

[@timursalakhetdinov9662]

@@mrdbourke Agree. I thought the reason for this is the stress associated with the exam, that you won’t pass. Your brain prepares you for it and when you walk out from the exam, brain just releases into thin air all the information associated with it :) Later I red that the short and long memory are important. When you prepare for exam you just train short memory. Short memory != long memory. You need a lot of time, care and repetition to train your long memory. So short time = only short memory.

[@boky7731]

@@timursalakhetdinov9662 Yea and the stress is also because you know if you fail you are getting smoked later on, if you fail two classes your life becomes twice as hard because you got new stuff coming up every month

[@Andy_BassJazz]

You are the best. Thanks for the enlightenment.

[@programming_and_snacks5192]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@anujnm6597]

Thanks Daniel, I got my answer that I have been searching for years

[@muhammadawon8164]

Well said, Daniel!!

[@harishs9808]

How about "learn slower, do faster"? More iterations, more mistakes, more time learning and in the end enjoying the satisfaction of learning something.

[@paulntalo1425]

Mistakes/failure should not be demonized. It's the greatest way of doing things differently to reach an acceptable goal.

[@JamesJon1187]

I reckon "learn slower, do faster" will unintentionally end up being "do faster, learn faster"

[@projjwal1600]

Thanks man, glad that I got this advice at the right moment.

[@mrdbourke]

You’re welcome Projjwal!

[@hollowskull4666]

That's brilliant! Top man

[@AQUADAGENCY]

I really love your vibe man 🔥🔥🔥 well done

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Ajmain, I really appreciate it!

[@abdell99922]

Makes total sense , I have started learning the mern stack and every 3 months I lose interest cuz I’m not hitting my high expectations of certain knowledge and I then I had to build up my interest again over two weeks and that’s sucks I need to keep my expectations high for the long run and not targeting couple of month to learn every aspect. Thank you for this clarification.

[@mrdbourke]

Keep learning Abdell!

[@replaytrendzz]

Thank you for sharing this sir! now I know what I'm gonna do next!

[@mrdbourke]

You got this Azmi!

[@mirkahromi]

Hey Daniel, loved this video. Wish more people could watch this. You should run a podcast.

[@shis10]

Thanks for valuable advice.

[@mrdbourke]

You’re welcome Shis!

[@pankajray5939]

Loved the way you teach

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Pankaj!

[@abdelrahmanmustafa2955]

Thank you so much, love you from Egypt ❤️

[@mrdbourke]

You’re welcome Abdelraham!

[@ahmedhossam2368]

thank you for this!

[@mrdbourke]

You’re welcome Ahmed!

[@anonymous-tt2lm]

Thanks

[@johannesperez9548]

Totally Agree

[@hoindahouse]

Love the nature analogy.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you

[@kosnowman]

I am learning much faster now compares to going through bootcamp, trying to python 2 times before, I was going well with Go but realise. This is the 3rd time I am trying to learn python but to focus on things I want to make, make projects I want to build, then I'll remember those logic on how to build it, not just reading through the documentations, my goal is logic driven and project drive, learn while building something interest me. thanks Daniel, I'll be doing ML soon after the current project

[@mrdbourke]

Massive effort Dos! Keep learning legend

[@kewaltakhellambam7710]

nice article 👍.. we gonna make it brahh

[@mrdbourke]

We’re all gonna make it brah!

[@alexar6860]

Hi, new subscriber here!. Im from latam. And i decided to learn data science through coursera platform. But i have a doubt, do i need a college degree to get a job as a data scientist? or is enough to have this certifications? (ibm, google, stanford, etc)

[@paulntalo1425]

Curiosity killed Schrödinger's 🐱.It should be encouraged, because I attest to the fact that is where depth learning starts to take place. University education builds theoretical knowledge but actual learning starts with challenging the status quo - theoretical knowledge approaches to start building knowledge by yourself which only happens via curiousity helped by research skills.

[@mrdbourke]

Agreed Paul! Nothing beats experience

[@meqdaddev4341]

Can't agree more....

[@ShivanS]

Nice video mate. Play the long game.

[@md6830]

Love u daniel ❤😘

[@mrdbourke]

❤️

[@timandersen2386]

Beautiful stuff mate. 10 years coding black belt?

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Timmy! You’re right mate… 3 years in BJJ, 4 years into coding

[@zuhair4967]

Hey daniel, wanna complete the google machine learning engineer certification?

[@cs-codemon5306]

2nd here!

[@brandonsandoval7077]

Sub in Spanish pls. I don’t understand what you say in the video. Greeting from Peru 🇵🇪

[@thehomedecorworld5479]

While Elon Learned Programing in 2 Days 😁😁

[@nikhildoye9671]

Please don't make a video while driving.. even though video is very valuable but it isn't worth risking your life. Take care.