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Originally Posted by frostfire

gentlemen, since you've been there, done that (and back again), how does that period of information overload serve you in the long run:
- Does it give a sense of ultimate confidence for any other type of study since you had conquered all that memorization/learning?
- Does it make gaining new knowledge more difficult, and lots of those prior learning are inevitably replaced?

in my experience, any learning makes new learning easier...learning hard stuff makes learning new stuff easier...couple the learning in the course (minor stuff) with the learning from the older guys in the team room (major stuff) and add in experience as you go along, especially down-range (real stuff), i felt pretty comfortable trying and learning new techniques, professions, etc...

this does not pertain to calculus, differential equations, or physical chemistry...

there is no such thing as ultimate confidence...at least, not for long...IMNSHO...