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How To Learn Stuff Quickly

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As software developers, we're always learning new things; it's practically the whole gig! If we can learn to quickly pick up new languages/frameworks/tools, we'll become so much more effective at our job. It's sort of a superpower.

It's often said that the internet has democratized education: the sum of human knowledge is only a Google search away! And yet, having access to information is only half of the story; you also need to be able to convert raw information into usable skills. For a lot of us, the gap between the two can lead to things like tutorial hell —getting stuck doing tutorial after tutorial without ever feeling like you're making substantive progress. Learning how to learn effectively is super important, especially as a software developer; learning new things is practically the whole gig! If you can learn t

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