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Doing well in your courses: Andrej's advice for success (2013)

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674 points peterkshultz | 2 comments | 19 Oct 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kevmo314 ◴[19 Oct 25 18:11 UTC] No.45636467[source]▶
> All-nighters are not worth it.

I disagree. I made some of my best friends through all nighters and continue to occasionally pull them because they reinvigorate meaning into my work as they did my coursework.

If your only metric for success in school is your GPA, then yes all nighters aren’t worth it. But climbing a metric leaderboard isn’t the only measure of doing well in a course.

It is curious because Andrej recognizes this with his comments concerning coffee.

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rTX5CMRXIfFG ◴[19 Oct 25 18:22 UTC] No.45636565[source]▶
This is an article about doing well in courses, not in making friends
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1. trenchpilgrim ◴[19 Oct 25 19:29 UTC] No.45637149[source]▶
Making friends is one of the most important reasons to go to college. Friends from that era of my life later hired me into excellent jobs that changed my generational wealth. About half of my friends met their life partners during college. Several of my lifelong best friends are people I met through college friends and activities.

The more career-minded might call it "networking".

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2. n4r9 ◴[20 Oct 25 13:29 UTC] No.45643664[source]▶
Nevertheless, the article is specifically about doing well in courses.