Boss: Studies show that it takes 10,000 hours of focused practice to become an expert at anything. According to your resume, you’ve only had enough database experience to be an incompetent menace. Interviewee: How many hours have you practiced doing interviews? Boss: I don’t like where this is headed.

The first time the idea of 10,000 hours to be an expert at something really affected me was during Peace Corps service. Due to the nature of Peace Corps it is commonly referred to as a 24-hour per day job. To reach 10,000 hours at this pace takes less than 16 months. During a Volunteer’s service, it is generally about this time that that projects and work really take off. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

Source: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2012-11-03 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

Source: SanDisk Fusion ioMemory PX600 5200 – Solid state drive – 5.2 TB – internal – PCI Express 2.0 x8 : Storage, Drives and Media | Dell

I look forward to reading this years from now after holographic storage is the norm, or SSD prices drop significantly.

 

Really the specs on the device are impressive, and I would be exceptionally thankful to have all of my data on a SSD of this magnitude.

Considering the Samsung 16TB internal 2.5inch SSD was unveiled in August 2015, I might wait a bit for this.

I can pick up five 1TB drives from Samsung for around $400 on Newegg.com. The performance of this internal drive, or whatever characteristic commands a $50k price difference between off-the-shelf drives must be important to only the biggest companies.

I am not currently a corporation in need of this. A guy can dream though.