He’d no longer be a grade-motivated person. He’d be a knowledge-motivated
person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come
from the inside.... Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a
ferocious force.
We live in an age of abundant information. The invention of the printing press ushered in an era that allows even some of the poorest members of society to acquire the knowledge, and therefore the power, to change their circumstances. The ever-expanding World Wide Web and an unending series of technical innovations continue to lower the barriers to virtually any information we could ever want. As our Internet bandwidth increases and our handheld devices store a seemingly limitless amount of data, we can now access high-resolution media in text, audio, and video formats anywhere, at any time. Like any good apprentice, you will likely use the latest and greatest devices and media platforms, but there is certain information that is mainly found in plain old low-tech books. While blogs can provide an excellent stream of reading material, the vast amounts of wisdom captured in the books of experienced practitioners like Jerry Weinberg, Fred Brooks, Steve McConnell, and Kent Beck cannot be replaced, not even with higher-bandwidth information. Even if you’re not a bookworm, ...
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