Persevere: There is a Time to Learn
This is a reprint of an article on my blog, joshhudnall.com
Simple vs. Complex
Recently I’ve been thinking about learning new things. A good portion of my life is spent learning things I didn’t know before. I’m a developer so this usually means learning new facets of programming languages I use, finding better techniques to accomplish tasks, discovering other ways of looking at problems and adding new tools to my toolset. Technology changes so fast that if you’re not learning you’re falling behind.
Some things are easy to learn. They’re simple and don’t require a whole lot of mental energy; they just require the time to research what someone else did and why. Trial and error implementation will get you far.
Look at what you’re trying to do, and then do it.
You probably did it wrong. Adjust and try again.
Do this until you’ve learned what you’re trying to do.
Other things aren’t so...