trying to understand biotech? and i wrote a no bullshit introduction on how to learn the field.
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Finding myself curious… how many earnest young tech people who buy molbiocell do you suppose read > 10%? I've only read in spots, but I'd guess well over 200hrs for a solid first pass?
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I would guess most people that buy it never crack it, probably 95% +/-
200h feels light, it’s normally taught across two semesters outside of a major program. It’s a horrible entry text, but a pretty phenomenal reference text. Confused why it’s so often recommended in isolation
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Right, that makes sense. I got 200hr from: it's 1400pp; my textbook first-pass pace is ~10pp/hr; added padding.
(I wonder what % of tech people read 200hrs in a year across all books?)
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I went through the whole thing, don't even remember how long it took, even skimming some parts and skipping sections here and there it still seems like it took forever
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Out of curiosity: are you glad that you finished (mostly) the whole thing? I’m not sure that I’ve ever read a whole textbook even in, say, a field where I was actively doing research. I usually jump around to the things that are most interesting/relevant. Maybe I’m missing out?
Yes! It gave me a good starting high level map of the domain
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