avid readers = could be decent gpu programmers I post a lot of technical CS things but at Stanford, I was actually set on being an English major or something adjacent to that! so you can understand why I chose to be part of an intense reading humanities program freshman year. I spent probably 20 or more hours a week reading (it was 8 units so technically like 24 hours) from the old testament to zhuangzi. I think we were supposed to read the old testament in a week (I think I was like 80% there lol) reading became a default thing to do and it wasn't until I got into CS and more so reading docs for gpu programming that I realized how useful it is to be able to read things that you're not in the mood to read and also very poorly written (side effect of too much AI everywhere). people who read would be at least decent at gpu programming (if they actually tried). I don’t think it matters what they like reading (I mean what genre of literature prepares you to read nvidia docs ??), reading is a general skill that I’ve come to realize people don’t have anymore. this entire thought came to me as I was preparing to write another thread about new nvidia features for CuTe DSL kernels. it's surprising how much you remember if you read documentation fully yourself rather than putting it into chat or claude to summarize it for you. maybe there's a psychology study for this but it reminds me of how taking notes pen and paper is better for memory than typing it up or studying someone else's notes! there's also something about reading a good blog from someone who really knows what they're talking about where you end up mirroring their phrasing or their analogies as you work through problems later. sometimes I find when I don't do this, I can barely explain what I'm thinking and end up sounding incredibly funky 🤮 (anyways here's a picture of a part of the gigantic pile of books I now have)