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I liked the "Advice From An Old Programmer" at the end: "Which programming language you learn and use does not matter. Do not get sucked into the religion surr
by lazyant 16y ago
I liked the "Advice From An Old Programmer" at the end:
"Which programming language you learn and use does not matter. Do not get sucked into the religion surrounding
programing languages as that will only blind you to their true purpose of being your tool for doing interesting things"
"Programming as a profession is only moderately interesting. ...You are much better off using code as your secret weapon in another profession.
People who can code in the world of technology companies are a dime a dozen and get no respect. People who can code in biology, medicine, government, sociology, physics, history, and mathematics are respected and can do amazing things to advance those disciplines."
- zedshaw 16y agoI actually got pissed at an editor who tried to change that. Poor guy. :-)
- SkyMarshal 16y agoI hear similar stories of editors not getting something important like that. What did he want to do with it, and what did you say that got him to grok it and leave it alone?
- levesque 16y agoDoes machine learning count as maths? :(