29 April 2020 by Phillip Johnston Last updated 15 August 2023I believe that everyone should read Dr. Richard Hamming’s famous talk, titled “You and Your Research”. Dr. Hamming primarily couches his talk in the context of scientific research, but I believe it applies beyond science, and in general to all knowledge workers such as ourselves. Hamming’s focus for the talk is on “doing first-class work and achieving something significant”, which certainly is not specific to science. Dr. Hamming “became very interested in the difference between those who do and those who might have done,” and he tries to analyze the …
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