This is the question asked by John Cook on Twitter. He lists responses from different people:
- R
- Version control
- Linear algebra
- Advanced math
- Bayesian statistics
- Category theory
- Foreign languages
- How to not waste time
- Women
Mine are: quantum mechanics, Python, cooking, the language of philosophy.
What learning curve do you wish you'd climbed sooner? Give reasons and stories if you feel like it. Do you think other people should climb the same curves?
I understand the "steep learning curve" to be a curve on the plot where the X axis is the measure of progress, how far into the subject did you make it, and the Y axis is the measure of difficulty.