Ask HN: Learning methods for solo entrepreneurs?

8 points by nullundefined 9 years ago | 2 comments

As a solo entrepreneur/developer, I find it difficult to find time to "learn" topics. Instead I mainly learn by "doing" which means I lack a lot depth and generally know enough to get things done.

What's a good method or technique to get a deeper learning while staying productive and getting things done (especially as a busy person with very limited time)?

It seems like learning things in depth is a pipe dream!

benologist 9 years ago |

Stick to a language / framework / stack / etc that you're already familiar with and focus on writing less code, better code, using fewer dependencies etc.

samblr 9 years ago |

Stack overflow questions about topic helps a lot.

Examples and small iterative experiments about topic.

Doing lot of groundwork or due-diligence of what you are about to learn before learning is a crucial step. Specially if you are a solo/small-team. Because the cost to learn something which eventually will not fit/work/be-easy-to-learn/has-better-alternatives is costly than learning that itself.

I rely on making diagrams of new concepts : architectural / timing / state-machines / matrix of concepts / quadrants / hierarchy / just enumeration of concepts with one line descriptions against it.