The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.On Doing Research, Theory Dish, 2018
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Donald Knuth is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is renowned for his contributions to the development of the analysis of algorithms and the creation of the typesetting system TeX, as well as his multivolume work "The Art of Computer Programming," a seminal work in the field of computer science.
b. 1938
The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.On Doing Research, Theory Dish, 2018
People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on each other, like a wall of mini stones.
You're unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff.Interview: The 'Art' of Being Donald Knuth, Communications of the ACM
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