10k page challenge starts in two days

People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.

Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?

Forsaken_GA

mikedisd2 wrote: »

People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.

Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?

For me the goal is just something I'd do anyway. I try to spend at least 4 hours a day reading

dynamik

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

For me the goal is just something I'd do anyway. I try to spend at least 4 hours a day reading

Yea, I stopped keeping track last year since I estimated that I'd hit my target around August. I probably do 1000-1500 pages/month.

broc

It's funny, I never thought about counting the number of pages I read until I saw all those threads, I just had a quick look at my reading list and it looks like I'm going to easily hit about 20000 pages this year...

veritas_libertas

mikedisd2 wrote: »

People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.

Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?

It's more of a fun goal...

You know they must be doing this since they are achieving their goal of getting certifications.

skrpune

I doubt I'll make the 10K pages, but I want to at least try to get some non-IT related reading done. Just got the George Carlin memoir for Christmas, and it's the first non-techy book I've read in a few years...excellent read so far...

gorebrush

10K is a lot.

ISCW, ONT, CCNA:V, QoS should make up the bulk of it for me this year

Obdurate

Since I decided to take up this challenge:

Picked up RAMA II from Arthur C. Clarke -- I liked the first one, but this second one is a little sluggish.

I know I should be reading all the classics, but after working all day and studying for my certs, the last thing I want to read is anything serious.

~Obdurate~

GT-Rob

Due to it being pretty quiet at work this week, I am 200 pages in and on track for 10k!

Claymoore

mikedisd2 wrote: »

People are going ahead with this? This goal is just a high-water mark; how can it achieve anything without the material being re-read, note taking, labwork etc.

Or does everyone here have a photographic memory?

Perhaps a better way to explain it is a commitment to learning a little bit more and getting a little bit better at your job every single day. You need some way to measure that goal - some use certifications or promotions - and this is a way you can measure progress every day. I only have 4 exams planned for this year, and I've done that many in a month before. Certifications or a job change won't be a metric for me this year, but I can focus on reading goals and maybe pick up a few IT books that aren't specifically cert-related and work to get better at some of the things I already do.

It's only 27 pages of reading a day, but 'Annual 10,000 Page Challenge' sounds better than 'Annual 27 Pages Per Day Challenge'.

BTW, I'm 350 pages into the Exchange 2010 Administrators Pocket Consultant so I am ahead of schedule. (I'm also padding my stats with small pages.)

GT-Rob

someone once put it that even if you only absorb 10% of what you read, thats still 1000 pages of information you didn't otherwise know. Thats more than what most people do in their lives I bet.