# Murat Demirbas - Advice to the young (Highlights)
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**Authors**:: [[Murat Demirbas]]
**Full Title**:: Advice to the young
**Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles
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**URL**:: [muratbuffalo.blogspot.com](http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2024/07/advice-to-young.html)
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**Highlighted**:: [[2024-07-31]]
**Created**:: [[2024-08-03]]
## Highlights
- I say keep your mind clean, because you should not get lost in the implementation details, and you should see the mapping to the high level algorithm, and to the foundational concepts. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j446d3249k6524wmpspgn7nx)) ^752676038
- Producing something small each week is key to keep your muscles from atrophy. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j446dmxk0z1wkrdnxfdyyg73)) ^752676051
- Without deadlines nothing gets done. Don't be afraid to put your heart into your work to ship on a deadline. When there is a will, there is a way. Your desperate attempts at making something happen would often lead to your most focused and productive (and sometimes creative) work. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j446enz3khfqkbrvwrfzmhgs)) ^752676073
- Young people, and introvert people of all ages, are often too shy and too late to ask. They also don't realize how heavily they get penalized for this. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j446hy927rj80t4wkq68vdmq)) ^752676201
- Getting help from ample online resources is important, but asking help from the people who have gone through the same journey is even more important. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j446jq7pqvdgyk2tadjyn8c6)) ^752676213
- You should cherish your small successes to build motivation. You might get demoralized from failures, but you can reframe them to learn from them, and use them as leverage to drive to your next small success. You can even change the narrative on failures as a setback in your hero's journey. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j446m21gjvzscqrhvcmd8j3w)) ^752676318