Are you a fast learner?

[TecHNooB]

curious :whiste:

 

[SlitheryDee]

Not really, but I think I learn things more completely than most people. I'm a mill that grinds slowly but exceedingly fine.

 

[Turin39789]

Yes, now give me a job!

 

[polarmystery]

Nope

 

[Krynj]

Not terribly fast, not terribly slow. Somebody can explain something to me for an hour, but I often have a hard time absorbing verbal instructions, so I learn much quicker from actually doing it. Helps drive it into my memory that way.

 

[Macamus Prime]

I am also have a pretty intuitive approach when I am very interested in the job.

 

[Beev]

Very. I can do nearly any job proficiently within a week, assuming it's not something as difficult as surgery, etc.

 

[MotionMan]

curious :whiste:

Probably faster than average, so I voted yes. To some extent, it depends on what it is I am trying to learn.

MotionMan

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

No. Usually after I've learned a certain amount, the rest comes with ease.

 

[Martin]

Yes. As an engineer, pretty much anything analytical comes easy.

 

[rivan]

I'm a very fast learner, if it's something I have an interest in.

If it's not something I find interesting... I have a hell of a time learning it at all.

 

[OverVolt]

Broad question, I can do any type of learning depending on what type of pressure I am under.

I prefer and default to the floundering around method, where you suck very badly at first but after a couple nights rest of sucking badly a week or two later I'm rocking the top. You have this option to just screw around and learn what works and what doesn't in more casual training.

The other one is when your under pressure to perform well from the get go. It's possible to feign confidence even if your really just 70% sure your doing it right but in the end you end up being 'that guy' who despite being there for 3 years does 30% of his work incorrectly. Places that train you this way are stupid, but it makes them feel productive management wise.

 

[nageov3t]

yes, but I think it's a good mix of being able to figure things out intuitively pretty easily (mostly -- it did take me 4 hours to figure out how to eject a floppy from a Mac back in the day) and knowing how to find out whatever it is that I need to know and don't.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Only if I find the subject matter interesting.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

In general yes, but as I've gotten older, it takes me longer to learn things than when I was younger. I can feel a noticeable difference.

 

[TridenT]

Only if I find the subject matter interesting.

This.

Most subject matters I am only faster than average on when it comes to learning if they're boring. If they're interesting then it's lightspeed+1.

 

[Cookie]

Not terribly fast, not terribly slow. Somebody can explain something to me for an hour, but I often have a hard time absorbing verbal instructions, so I learn much quicker from actually doing it. Helps drive it into my memory that way.

This for me too! A lot!
Verbal instructions are nearly useless to me until I can put it into practise.

 

[purbeast0]

yes i definitely am, but only if i'm actually doing stuff, not just by reading HOW to do stuff.

 

[gaidensensei]

I'm a visual learner, and can pick up pretty fast if it's done correctly.
I don't learn very well aurally (by hearing and working on it).

 

[BoomerD]

Yes, I quickly learned not to reply in threads like this.


Ah dammit...

 

[SpunkyJones]

Not any more. I use to pick things up very quickly, but with age I can feel the brain slowing down.

 

[Albatross]

Yes,but I am a faster forgetter.

 

[DrPizza]

Extremely fast. Back in the 80's, I interned in an engineering department. They were just starting to computerize everything - that was supposed to be a large part of my summer job. On the first morning, "have you ever used Symphony?" "No." "How about Lotus 1-2-3?" "No." "What spreadsheet software have you used?" "What's a spreadsheet?" 2 weeks later, I was the plant's expert. 3 weeks later, I was debugging software written by the "expert programmer" who had been flown in from the company's headquarters to get some custom software working at our plant. (He failed; I succeeded - on a lunch break.) 4 weeks later, I had finished what they thought would take me 3 months.

Our school switched to a new brand of software for keeping track of grades, lessons, etc. I was selected as one of the faculty to receive special training so that I could teach the rest of the faculty how to use it. I skipped the training; spent a couple hours playing with the software, then trained the rest of the staff, answering questions that the formally trained trainers couldn't answer.

I bought a tractor 2 years ago. Never operated one in my life. No problem there. (Wife still can't operate it.) Operating it isn't much though. It stopped running well one day. Never touched a carburetor in my life. Tore it apart, found the problem, fixed it; and can now explain how my carburetor works. Good thing, too, because that problem recurs; permanently fixing the source of the problem would take way more effort than tearing apart the carburetor once a month. Speaking of which; I should get my butt back outside and finish getting my hay elevator working, and find the coolant leak in the tractor.

 

[MotionMan]

Extremely fast. Back in the 80's, I interned in an engineering department. They were just starting to computerize everything - that was supposed to be a large part of my summer job. On the first morning, "have you ever used Symphony?" "No." "How about Lotus 1-2-3?" "No." "What spreadsheet software have you used?" "What's a spreadsheet?" 2 weeks later, I was the plant's expert. 3 weeks later, I was debugging software written by the "expert programmer" who had been flown in from the company's headquarters to get some custom software working at our plant. (He failed; I succeeded - on a lunch break.) 4 weeks later, I had finished what they thought would take me 3 months.

Our school switched to a new brand of software for keeping track of grades, lessons, etc. I was selected as one of the faculty to receive special training so that I could teach the rest of the faculty how to use it. I skipped the training; spent a couple hours playing with the software, then trained the rest of the staff, answering questions that the formally trained trainers couldn't answer.

I bought a tractor 2 years ago. Never operated one in my life. No problem there. (Wife still can't operate it.) Operating it isn't much though. It stopped running well one day. Never touched a carburetor in my life. Tore it apart, found the problem, fixed it; and can now explain how my carburetor works. Good thing, too, because that problem recurs; permanently fixing the source of the problem would take way more effort than tearing apart the carburetor once a month. Speaking of which; I should get my butt back outside and finish getting my hay elevator working, and find the coolant leak in the tractor.

Have you reviewed the "cure for the common cold" thread, yet? We could use your help.



MotionMan

 

[jhu]

我學東西比你們快因為你們都很笨。