我作为高中退学生，在计算机行业干了40年。我写了这本书专门来帮像我们这样的人：《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》（海盗学者的秘诀），作者是 James Marcus Bach。我估摸着我有 ADHD。但我总觉得这更像是一种超能力，而不是缺陷。我儿子29岁确诊了，他发现 Adderall 挺管用的。
I’ve had a 40 year career in computing as a high school dropout. I wrote this book about it, specifically to help folks like us: Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, by James Marcus Bach. I guess I have ADHD. But I can’t shake the feeling that it’s more a superpower than a disability. My son has been diagnosed with it at 29 and finds that Adderall helps a lot.
几年前我写过一个更轻松的版本，参见《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》。我写它是为了解释一个高中退学的技术人是如何参与竞争的。如果你把教育看作一个持续不断的个人……其实竞争起来没那么难。
I wrote about a more relaxed version of this, some years ago. See Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. I wrote it to explain the techniques I use to compete as a technical guy who dropped out of high school. It’s actually not very hard to compete if you see education as an ongoing process of personal…
（注：我花了好多年写了本叫《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》的书，讲的就是这个主题）尽管这篇帖子很多观点很棒，但因为知识的传递并不真的存在就说书籍或讲座“没用”，这既奇怪又没必要。我也……
(Note: I spent years writing a book called Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, which is about this topic) Although there are many good points in this post, it is strange and unnecessary to speak of books or lectures “not working” because transmission doesn’t really exist. I, too,…
……别人都有机动艇，但我只能靠风力航行。不管怎样，“大胆夸口”（Bold Boast）的意思是你公开承诺要完成一个学习或教学目标，而且要有公开演讲或看得到的成果展示。（参见《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》，我看网上到处都能找到盗版）
…else has a powerboat, but I am forced to sail by the wind. Anyway Bold Boast means you publicly commit to achieving a learning or teaching goal that involves a presentation or visible product. (see Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, which I believe you find pirated online here and there)
我以前就是那样的学生。11岁之后我就拒绝写作业了（我搬出了美国宪法第十三修正案）。刚到法定年龄就退学了。我在《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》里写过这事。现在快60岁了，我敢肯定我当时受困于未确诊的 ADHD。你没法强迫大脑去想你想让它想的东西。我甚至没法强迫自己去想我想……
I was one of those students. I refused to do homework after the age of 11 (I cited the 13th amendment). Quit school as soon as it was legal to do so. I wrote about this in Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. Now approaching my 60th birthday, I feel certain I was suffering from undiagnosed ADHD. You can't force a brain to think what you want it to think. I couldn't even force myself to think what I wanted…
这篇文章跟我写在《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》里的学习思路高度一致。看到另一个“海盗”对这些事情的看法真让人兴奋。
This piece is highly aligned with my way of thinking about learning as I wrote in Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. Exciting to see another buccaneer’s take on things.
我作为高中退学生，在计算机行业干了40年。我写了这本书专门来帮像我们这样的人：《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》（海盗学者的秘诀），作者是 James Marcus Bach。我估摸着我有 ADHD。但我总觉得这更像是一种超能力，而不是缺陷。我儿子29岁确诊了，他发现 Adderall 挺管用的。
I’ve had a 40 year career in computing as a high school dropout. I wrote this book about it, specifically to help folks like us: Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, by James Marcus Bach. I guess I have ADHD. But I can’t shake the feeling that it’s more a superpower than a disability. My son has been diagnosed with it at 29 and finds that Adderall helps a lot.
几年前我写过一个更轻松的版本，参见《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》。我写它是为了解释一个高中退学的技术人是如何参与竞争的。如果你把教育看作一个持续不断的个人……其实竞争起来没那么难。
I wrote about a more relaxed version of this, some years ago. See Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. I wrote it to explain the techniques I use to compete as a technical guy who dropped out of high school. It’s actually not very hard to compete if you see education as an ongoing process of personal…
（注：我花了好多年写了本叫《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》的书，讲的就是这个主题）尽管这篇帖子很多观点很棒，但因为知识的传递并不真的存在就说书籍或讲座“没用”，这既奇怪又没必要。我也……
(Note: I spent years writing a book called Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, which is about this topic) Although there are many good points in this post, it is strange and unnecessary to speak of books or lectures “not working” because transmission doesn’t really exist. I, too,…
……别人都有机动艇，但我只能靠风力航行。不管怎样，“大胆夸口”（Bold Boast）的意思是你公开承诺要完成一个学习或教学目标，而且要有公开演讲或看得到的成果展示。（参见《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》，我看网上到处都能找到盗版）
…else has a powerboat, but I am forced to sail by the wind. Anyway Bold Boast means you publicly commit to achieving a learning or teaching goal that involves a presentation or visible product. (see Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, which I believe you find pirated online here and there)
我以前就是那样的学生。11岁之后我就拒绝写作业了（我搬出了美国宪法第十三修正案）。刚到法定年龄就退学了。我在《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》里写过这事。现在快60岁了，我敢肯定我当时受困于未确诊的 ADHD。你没法强迫大脑去想你想让它想的东西。我甚至没法强迫自己去想我想……
I was one of those students. I refused to do homework after the age of 11 (I cited the 13th amendment). Quit school as soon as it was legal to do so. I wrote about this in Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. Now approaching my 60th birthday, I feel certain I was suffering from undiagnosed ADHD. You can't force a brain to think what you want it to think. I couldn't even force myself to think what I wanted…
这篇文章跟我写在《Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar》里的学习思路高度一致。看到另一个“海盗”对这些事情的看法真让人兴奋。
This piece is highly aligned with my way of thinking about learning as I wrote in Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. Exciting to see another buccaneer’s take on things.