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Riccardo Bernardini

I teach digital signal processing (so, technically not strictly programming) and I like it, although it can be very tiresome: after two hours in the class I feel exhausted, I guess is for staying concentrated all that time.

Actually, in general I like to explain things. If I must be a bit introspective, I say that I like the challenge to put a sophisticated concept in a form that even a non-technically initiated can understand it (if I am talking to a non-technical public, in class it is a different matter).

I also like the feeling of sharing what I know (that brings me sometimes to talk about technical stuff to uninterested people...).

It is very rewarding when I see a student that gets really interested and maybe goes autonomously beyond what I explained.

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Valentino Gagliardi

"put a sophisticated concept in a form that even a non-technically initiated can understand it" I love doing that!

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Riccardo Bernardini

I know, right? :-)