alt Hacker NewsAlternatively, consider being an idealistic programmer!
- Fall in love with a single topic, regardless of how trendy.
- Learn as much as you can about it.
- Keep learning about it.
- Learn about it some more.
- Spend years of your life doing nothing but breathing and thinking about this one topic.
- Let fads and fashion pass you by.
- Don't settle for good enough. Try to build the best version possible.
- Choose where you work based on your ability to reach staggering new heights with this one topic, and disregard whether it seems like an amazing CV line item.
- Fail to even notice fads and fashions passing you by.
- Become a master.Replies
jimbokun • today at 4:14 PM
All comes down to whether or not you picked a topic that will be financially viable several years later.
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EagnaIonat • today at 5:51 AM
Redundancy groups are full of idealists.
It's ok to be passionate about a topic, but also understand if that topic is still relevant in 3-5 years.
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FrustratedMonky • today at 1:51 PM
Did that, doesn't pay. Being a technology hipster is like being a master of jazz, it doesn't pay, so you sell out and play pop music.
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theultdev • today at 5:24 AM
I get you're comparing philosophies but none of those suggestions are mutually exclusive to the lessons taught in this book.
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manoDev • today at 12:46 AM
Yeah, we need both types.
shakabrah • today at 1:37 AM
Amen
I have read many books. If you can only read one book about how to program in your life , I would say that it is this book: A philosophy of software design: John Ousterhout. It is 10 times better than the next best book.