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How Do You Keep Up with All of the Reading?

Posted by Cliff on from the too-much-to-aborb-in-a-lifetime dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "As a professional working in software, my days are full as it is. Whenever possible, though, I attempt to keep up with my technical reading, whether it be IEEE or ACM journals, conference proceedings, Slashdot, or countless other sources. The problem is, there's no way to keep up! The magazines and journals that interest me alone create more material in a year than I could ever hope to absorb, and don't even get me started on the conferences. Do you, as a software professional, consider yourself up-to-speed enough when it comes to the latest and greatest in the public domain? If so, where do you draw the line?"

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  1. Reading is uncool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    President Bush is my role model.

  2. There isn't any way, cut your losses by BranMan · · Score: 5, Insightful


    There isn't any way to keep up with it all - the best philosophy I've found that helps was one reportedly attributed to Albert Einstein. "I don't know everything, but I know where to find it when I need it" Or something along those lines.

    So skim - just remember enough to Google for it, or figure out which book it was in. What else can you do?

  3. Take Public Transportation by mech_knight · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I live about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles where I work. I take the train to-and-from work and this gives me a chance to catch up on my reading.

    I also get the IEEE Spectrum, which I scan for stuff that interests me, but I've stopped subscribing to specialized technical journals (like Communications or DSP) since they are often targeted towards the academia crowd anyway, and I have no time try and understand the latest proofs and treatises.

    I read /. for that...

    --
    "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?" --Yoda {whips out green light saber}
  4. education through defication by imsmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's called the crapper... it is your friend, your fortress of solitude, and the throne of knowedge.