One
day recently, I was wistfully thinking about how great it would be to
do a Ph.D. in computer science. But then I wondered - unless I wanted to
get into hardcore research, which I don't, why couldn't I learn things
on my own?
In
fact, I recently started learning a few skills online and I am having
the time of my life doing that. The kind of learning material and
content available is unbelievable, and most of it is free or very
affordable. And the irony is that we take it for granted.
Just
before I graduated from Wharton in 2007, I ganged up with a few 1st and
2nd-year students so that we could 'clandestinely' share some of the
study material from Wharton courses via an email list. Today most of
that material is available online free, and we don't even bat an eyelid.
Campus
learning is a fun experience. No doubt about it. But if our goal is
just to learn, the online resources available are so good that we are
living in veritable heaven.
Finally,
we have run out of excuses for being ignorant. If we still don't learn
things, it is totally on us. Staying dumb is a choice.
-Rajan Singh,B.Tech-IITK,MBA-Wharton
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