How very right and appropriate - and so simply put!
Posted by Rugby Star at March 2, 2026 01:06 PM* Before embarking on an ambitious project, try to kill it.
- By far the best advice given. The last project I started out, had a major mid-life crisis and only after putting a lot of energy / thought was I able to save it. Might've saved me a lot of trouble if I had thought it through *before* I started off ...
Posted by Sayantan at March 2, 2026 08:52 PMMy boss is very fond of killing projects.
I used to wonder why :)
Well I guess this advice is relevant for everyone related to research.. not just computer science..
Liked and agreed to most of what was said..except maybe
Never tackle a problem of which you can be pretty sure that (now or in the near future) it will be tackled by others who are, in relation to that problem, at least as competent and well-equipped as you are.
Seems to me as though there maybe a lot of assumptions going into that one.
Posted by Shweta at March 20, 2025 02:02 PM