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Dan Luu's style is so impressive for his ability to be super objective about pros and cons of things. There's a post he wrote where he traces his career and lis
by ambulancechaser 10y ago
Dan Luu's style is so impressive for his ability to be super objective about pros and cons of things. There's a post he wrote where he traces his career and lists out possible missteps and successes. His ability to dispassionately look at situations and evaluate them on their merits rather than allow their connotations into his judgement is quite enjoyable to read.
Also his talk at strange loop was spectacular.
- zump 10y agoHe comes off as an expert but he hasn't done anything impressive to my mind.
- qntty 10y agoMost experts haven't, you don't need to do anything impressive to have expertise.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoI agree. Especially on the Windows vs Linux thing.
- bosie 10y agoAny chance you can link it? For some reason i cannot seem to find it.
- andars 10y agohttps://youtube.com/watch?v=80LKF2qph6I https://youtube.com/watch?v=80LKF2qph6I
- bosie 10y agook sorry, I mean't the career analysis.
- andars 10y agoWhoops. In that case, I think they are referring to http://danluu.com/learning-to-program/ http://danluu.com/learning-to-program/
- kristianp 10y agoInteresting read. "I managed to get a B.S. degree without ever using or seeing anyone use version control." This agrees with my own experience. Do tech courses teach VCS's these days?
- burkaman 10y agoI took two semester-long group project courses that required version control, but they were optional upper-level classes. At my school I think you could feasibly get through the degree without being forced to use version control, although it would be difficult to not ever hear about it.
- DashRattlesnake 10y ago> Do tech courses teach VCS's these days? I would kinda hope not. They're one of those things you'll quickly get lots of experience with on-the-job, and there are so many useful things you can learn at university that no employer will let you learn on the job.
- bosie 10y agoThank you very much
- chamakits 10y agoCan you link to his post tracing his career. I often wonder how others have made decision to make career choices, and what they think of their past decisions.