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Strangeattractor comments on Interesting things to do during a gap year after getting undergraduate degree - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Strangeattractor 19 August 2015 10:52:38PM 0 points [-]

Spend a lot of time around someone that he admires, who may not be in his field of study, and who may live in a different part of the world. Figure out how to observe them at work, or be their assistant, or something like that.

It may be more important to find the person or people to learn from than the specific activity.