- The truth of the matter is that while you're good at programming and 'tech' in the abstract, you're missing the key production skills that actually make you e

- The truth of the matter is that while you're good at programming and 'tech' in the abstract, you're missing the key production skills that actually make you employable. Spend less time on Lisp and more time on the kind of thing that people post job ads for. Employers will be more satisfied with a decent Django project than a great Diplomacy Adjudicator. Web frameworks are a great idea anyway, you'll be happy you used one. - Every project needs an interface, stop neglecting subjects like typography and really learn how to make something good. - Read CLRS start to finish. This will make you more employable than most other ideas you pursue. - There's a bus stop just up the street from you, it's not actually that hard to go places and the world isn't that dangerous. You should get out more, it'll be good for you. - You're going to forget where you're at right now with this place in your life, this is a problem because such amnesia makes it hard to evaluate long term growth. You should write down what you're doing and keep records that your future self can use to evaluate his progress. Start logging your emotional state with the experience sampling method. As a heuristic if you wouldn't be in trouble losing the last six months of skill growth you have major problems. - Stop focusing on being rich by making lots of money at a job and focus on being rich by investment and steady growth. There are people who make 300k a year in Silicon Valley that live paycheck to paycheck and people who make 90k a year but live like they make 40k while investing the rest. You would much rather be the latter than the former.