Ask HN: What do you wish you learned? If you could go back in time and learn about a certain topic or skill what would it be (assuming you'd be in the same profession you're in now). Please also mention what field you're in. |
Ask HN: What do you wish you learned? If you could go back in time and learn about a certain topic or skill what would it be (assuming you'd be in the same profession you're in now). Please also mention what field you're in. |
currently a programmer / sys admin.
And, absolutely unexpected, I saw "Russian". 3 times.
Would you please explain?
P.S. I'm a native Russian speaker.
I wish I had learnt a foreign language, preferably either German, or one with a cool not Latin script, like Russian
Latin.
Software dev and QA.
Stones disappear into the walls, but sometimes it's fun to see where they came from.
- business
- negotiation
- some basic undergrad chemistry & biologyI'm in software dev and QA.
Dev / Ops at the moment.
- Encrypt
- Programming
I think Latin might be interesting for someone who likes to study languages for the sake of learning them, or maybe for someone who is really into the Bible or the Roman history, but I can't think of much use of it. (You might be able to learn Spanish if you have studied Latin beforehand, but that time would have then better spent on learning Spanish).