Become a Tech Master in 1 week, get ahead of 98% of people
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Tech masters can:
- Beat the algorithm (because they know how it works)
- Automate tasks
- Learn how to use new software rapidly
- Be their own IT and troubleshoot effectively
- Save money by creating their own software
They can even create a new program or automation which works specifically according to their needs.
Tech masters get ahead.
They save time and money.
The also avoid that rage computers produce when they “just don’t do what I want them to do!”.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or Linda from human resources, without automation and bespoke workflows You. Will. Be. Outperformed.
Luckily, I’m here to show you how to become a tech master in 1 week.
Even with zero tech background
To become tech savvy in the modern era, you only need to know two things:
- A tiny bit about how computers work
- What software exists already
The first aids the second, but we’ll get to that.
Point is:
You no longer need to be a programmer.
There’s enough software out there which has made creating new programs, websites, or workflows easy.
You just need to know what apps exist already and how to learn them rapidly.
In this article, I’ll give you a game plan to become a computer pro in less than 1 week.
In my next article, I’ll arm you with the software necessary to supercharge your productivity.
To start, let’s talk about why computers aren’t aliens.
Computers Are Not Aliens
Knowing how computers operate allows you to pick up any new software quickly and intuitively.
Every computer and every program operates on the same basic principle:
Logic
Logic played out in real time is essentially:
When thing 1 does something, thing 2 happens.
When multiplied, this can get really complicated really fast. But this is the underlying principle in all computers.
Actually, this is the underlying principle in literally everything.
Philosophers call it “contingency”. Sane people call it “cause and effect”.
Computers are not aliens, they come from the same place as us.
Therefore, they function by the same laws.
Whilst I’m sure this isn’t news to anyone, it’s massively important for what comes next.
What comes next…
Have you experienced that computer rage I mentioned earlier?
Same, and I think everyone else has.
This is usually a result of a computer not doing what we want.
Something doesn’t work.
As a species, we aren’t accustomed to our tools not working and having zero reason why.
In our life prior to complex machinery, we could always understand why our tools weren’t working.
My knife isn’t cutting = it needs to be sharpened.
My roof is leaking = there’s a hole that needs patching.
These are all instances of us learning about the effect of some cause.
Water coming in = Effect
Hole in roof = Cause
This cause and effect relationship is called a “causal interaction”.
Humans have the wonderful ability of tracing causal interactions.
We can find the cause for a given effect.
I call this “contingency tracing” (I’ll be writing an article about this soon so follow along if you want to see it).
Computers are nothing more than a very large number of these causal interactions happening at an insanely fast rate.
This means if we desire to understand computers, we need to know their foundational causal relations.
Put simply:
To hone your contingency tracing ability for computers, you need to know how they’re built from the ground up.
This might sound daunting.
It isn’t.
You only need to learn the principles, the skeleton.
The skeleton gives you the basis from which you can extrapolate.
With the skeleton, you learn new software rapidly because all software is based off the same exact principles. The only variation is how it’s applied.
Luckily for you and me, someone has already written an excellent book about these principles.
It’s called “Code” by a gent named Charles Petzold.
It’s 390 pages and is written in a fun, digestible manner.
It is not a textbook in the slightest.
In “Code” you’ll learn all the basic principles of computers.
Honestly, even if you just read the first half, you’ll learn enough to be more computer savvy than 85% of people on this earth, even many coders.
If you were hoping to become computer savvy by the end of this article, I am sorry to disappoint.
The good news is that it should only take you 1 week or less to read “Code” if you put in the time.
If you read “Code” with the principles I mentioned in mind, you will become an unstoppable tech master.
You’ll pick up programs and make life easier for yourself faster than you can say “it just doesn’t do what I want it to do!”.
Speaking of programs, stay tuned for my next article discussing what you’ll need in your software arsenal to become a fully equipped tech master.
