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31 Hamming, Learning to Learn: You and Your Research, 6 June 1995

Hamming on Hamming: Learning to Learn · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Productivity & self-improvementUniversity lectures & coursesScientific method & science communication

What it is

The final lecture of Richard Hamming's Learning to Learn course, from 1995, based on his well-known talk 'You and Your Research'. It covers how to do important work and build a career.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people recommend it as the capstone of Hamming's course and as career advice about working on important problems.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I prefer Richard Hamming’s series”

    Hamming on careers and doing research that matters.

    teddyh, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “John Carmack: Career Advice”

  2. “It's the last lecture in a wonderful 31-lecture course”

    Hamming asks if you work on the most important problems.

    yesenadam, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Things 10x People Do”

  3. “lecture version”

    Lecture version of Hamming's essay on always learning.

    Tangurena2, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Good books on philosophy of engineering?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: richard hamming, career, research, important problems, learning to learn

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