31 Hamming, Learning to Learn: You and Your Research, 6 June 1995
Hamming on Hamming: Learning to Learn
Why leaders watch it
Hamming's advice on picking important problems, taking initiative and building a career of lasting contribution.
The final lecture of Richard Hamming's Learning to Learn course, from 1995, based on his well-known talk 'You and Your Research'. It covers how to do important work and build a career.
Takeaways
- Work on important problems, not just solvable ones
- Open doors and visible effort create opportunities
- Courage and drive separate good work from great work
Topics: Career & life advice, Innovation & creativity
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