I have the role of "chief troubleshooter" in my engineering group. I have a bit of a nervous tic that forms when I hear absolutes like this.
Don't assume the customer is always an idiot. Don't assume ANYONE is always an idiot. It limits you as an engineer.
Listen to everything. You don't have any need to abide any of it, but listen to it all.
I've had some of the least-qualified people throw out something which absolutely ended up being insightful, although sometimes in a way they didn't expect.
I was commenting on this just last week. Gaming on Linux has exploded since the Steam Deck was released (just as all Linux users were hoping it would).
All the effort which went into Proton to get games working on Steam Deck has done wonders for the desktop.
It used to be that you could play AAA games up to about 2 years prior (same story like macOS today), but now you can play almost anything on desktop Linux. I even run HiDPI / 5K monitor and it all works now, at least on Arch.
The only notable exception (truly, a surprise), at the moment, is Starfield not working on day 1. This was surprising, but the reasons net down to GPU drivers - and progress is already being made.
I have loved programming (literally) my entire life. Some of the books I learned to read on was TS-2068 BASIC program listings in kindergarten.
Luckily for me, before I got too far down the road into choosing a major, it became clear to me that I would never love getting paid to program. Writing code as a career was not going to appeal to me. Being able to keep it as a hobby, where I can choose how much time I put into it, has kept me happy.
I will always wonder about "the road not taken", but I do think others are coming to that realization.
If you're going to blame NIST for what NSA did in this case - you might as well say "don't even trust anyone for digital privacy" since the NSA already collects literally everything from everyone.
I think the implication that NIST lacks integrity is unfair.
I highly recommend this same approach for schoolwork/studying. Just simply doing something, everyday, keeps topics fresh in your mind. It's so much better than forcing activity into giant chunks. I feel it reduces stress as well.
It keeps feeding your brain to subconsciously churn over topics during downtime like showers and sleeping.
I have the role of "chief troubleshooter" in my engineering group. I have a bit of a nervous tic that forms when I hear absolutes like this.
Don't assume the customer is always an idiot. Don't assume ANYONE is always an idiot. It limits you as an engineer.
Listen to everything. You don't have any need to abide any of it, but listen to it all.
I've had some of the least-qualified people throw out something which absolutely ended up being insightful, although sometimes in a way they didn't expect.