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beginner brain drain
JustSquareEnough:
As a beginner starting later in life compared to when I went to collage and started my day job I feel like I am forgetting things faster than I am learning them, and just curious if it is the same for other hobbyist out there that don't do this everyday for a living.
what I mean by this is things I have learned earlier in the year, practiced, understood, etc I feel like I now only have a loose understanding of. For example I learned how to use an micro controller, shift register, Hitachi chipset lcd, wrote all of the code from scratch to make it all work. Today I was looking back at it and I largely don't remember how I did it, but i suppose that if I had to do it a second time I could "figure it out" faster than I did the first time.
Another example, I went through and learned about various transistor amplifier configurations and biasing techniques and I feel / know I would have to open a book for sure to refresh my memory if i were to use it in application.
Maybe this is just normal? learn a concept, largely forget the details over time, but knowing the concept allows you to pick it back up when its needed in a project?
-David
Gregg:
Growing old isn’t for the timid, or the faint of heart. . . but it sure beats the alternative!
Old Printer:
Pretty much the same for me, I take a lot of notes like in school. It helps me retain more, but if I don't use it regularly constant reference to the information is necessary. Eventually the basics get burned in, then more detail. It is important for me to keep my reference info well organized so I can fill in the details quickly. I'm 65 and my memory is not what it was.
james_s:
I find I have to do something frequently or I forget the details. Fortunately it generally comes back a lot quicker than learning the first time.
rstofer:
Your code should have had enough comments that it would be clear to the most casual observer what was happening. Every pin, timing requirements, startup sequence, everything. But that's in the past...
You really won't remember stuff you don't use. In my case, I am happy to remember where I found the answer. Which book, which chapter, that kind of thing.
There's just too much stuff to remember and it just gets harder with age.
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