Great piece combining a personal struggle and a thesis on education. James Somers uses Project Euler as an example of learning done right, and it really struck me how closely it (unintentionally) echoes the ideas in Deliberate Practice.
once you get the right answer you’re given access to a forum where successful solvers share their approaches. It’s the ideal time to pick up new ideas — after you’ve wrapped your head around a problem enough to solve it.
…What you’ll find there [in the forums] is something that educators, technologists and journalists have been talking about for decades. And for nine years it’s been quietly thriving on this site.
