Yes it does come back on HN frequently; it's worth a re-read every time though! ;-)

Yup! Related:

Gian Carlo Rota's Ten Lessons - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40113970 - April 2024 (2 comments)

Lessons I wish I had been taught (1996) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32081288 - July 2022 (62 comments)

Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught (1997) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23722803 - July 2020 (52 comments)

Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught (1996) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15989599 - Dec 2017 (28 comments)

Lessons I wish I had been taught (1996) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11747598 - May 2016 (20 comments)

Lessons I wish I had been Taught - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3220746 - Nov 2011 (20 comments)

Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=110091 - Feb 2008 (1 comment)

"Ten Lessons I wish I Had Been Taught", by Gian-Carlo Rota - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=85611 - Dec 2007 (1 comment)

Also related:

Gian-Carlo Rota on Alonzo Church (2008) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9073466 - Feb 2015 (1 comment but it's so good I put it in https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights)

and

Lessons I wish I had learned before teaching differential equations [pdf] (1997) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38248532 - Nov 2023 (248 comments)

Lessons I wish I had learned before I started teaching differential equations [pdf] (1997) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32530035 - Aug 2022 (177 comments)

10 lessons I wish I had learned before I started teaching differential equations - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19005798 - Jan 2019 (2 comments)

Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential Equations (1997) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15163979 - Sept 2017 (108 comments)

Ten lessons I wish I had learned before teaching differential equations (1997) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11207183 - March 2016 (118 comments)

and

10 Lessons of an MIT Education - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32115290 - July 2022 (17 comments)

Lessons of an MIT Education - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31775074 - June 2022 (1 comment)

Lessons of an MIT Education - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15628869 - Nov 2017 (247 comments)

"10 Lessons of an MIT Education" by Gian-Carlo Rota - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=53322 - Sept 2007 (14 comments)