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Interesting article about Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule
By deshaion, 9 years ago, translation, In English

Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence

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9 years ago, # |
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I would estimate that a total of 0 people have spent 10000 hours practicing competitive programming.

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    i think tourist and Petr have spent more than 10000 hours practicing competitive programming, since they started very early .

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    There are a lot people who do it over ten years. Hence, twenty hours per week can bring you to the magic 10k. It sounds quite achievable, if we count learning Math, thinking of problems when you're eating, etc.

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      if we count learning Math

      I can hardly count the number of times I used singular homology to solve a topcoder problem...

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I think I have spent over 10000 hours in math and competitive programming but I am still ordinary!

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