[StarCon] Learning How To Learn

@vaidehĳoshi Learning How To Learn Vaidehi Joshi

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@vaidehĳoshi (we’re hiring!)

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@vaidehĳoshi one computer science topic every week for one year
(it was a long year )

@vaidehĳoshi sometimes, it was really fun

@vaidehĳoshi but a lot of the time, it was really
hard

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@vaidehĳoshi part of a larger problem

@vaidehĳoshi learning new things is hard extremely ^

@vaidehĳoshi how did other people learn new things?

@vaidehĳoshi make the best resources for the most people

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@vaidehĳoshi artist author bongo player lock picker philosopher

@vaidehĳoshi I mean…. talk about learning new things!

@vaidehĳoshi learn and understand things

@vaidehĳoshi The Great Explainer

@vaidehĳoshi “the best teacher I never had”

@vaidehĳoshi how did he teach himself?

@vaidehĳoshi

@vaidehĳoshi NOTEBOOK OF THINGS I DON’T KNOW ABOUT

@vaidehĳoshi “He tried to ﬁnd the essential kernels of each
subject.”

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@vaidehĳoshi we can learn how to learn

@vaidehĳoshi The Feynman Technique

@vaidehĳoshi four steps

@vaidehĳoshi identifying the subject %

@vaidehĳoshi write down everything we know

@vaidehĳoshi explaining it to & someone who knows nothing about
' the topic

@vaidehĳoshi plain & simple terms

@vaidehĳoshi when we speak without jargon, it frees us from
hiding behind knowledge we don’t have. “

@vaidehĳoshi we understand something just because we know the words
for it

@vaidehĳoshi get to the heart of a concept

@vaidehĳoshi brevity

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@vaidehĳoshi identifying any gaps ( where the actual learning happens!

@vaidehĳoshi organizing & simplifying into a narrative )

@vaidehĳoshi simple sentences for storytelling

@vaidehĳoshi all things are made from atoms— little particles that
move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another.” “

@vaidehĳoshi analogies to make the abstract more concrete

@vaidehĳoshi glorified, high-class, very fast but stupid filing system. “

@vaidehĳoshi tests our understanding, challenges our assumptions

@vaidehĳoshi you don’t know what you don’t know

@vaidehĳoshi i’m smart enough to know that i’m dumb. “

@vaidehĳoshi reinforcing what we do know

@vaidehĳoshi better explainers

@vaidehĳoshi

@vaidehĳoshi making knowledge accessible opens doors for others

@vaidehĳoshi tech needs more great explainers

@vaidehĳoshi making knowledge accessible makes our industry more diverse

@vaidehĳoshi making knowledge accessible makes our industry more inclusive

@vaidehĳoshi learning new things is empowering

@vaidehĳoshi how can we be great explainers?

@vaidehĳoshi what if everyone was a great explainer?

@vaidehĳoshi we’ll leave the industry better than when we found
it

@vaidehĳoshi thank you! ✨ basecs.org

@vaidehĳoshi medium.com/baseds

[StarCon] Learning How To Learn

[StarCon] Learning How To Learn

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