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I had a guy at Qualcomm Austin tell me to read Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Muchnik. I read it and a few months later I was working for Qualc
by hoka-one-one 7y ago
I had a guy at Qualcomm Austin tell me to read Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Muchnik. I read it and a few months later I was working for Qualcomm San Diego. I've thought about thanking him but I doubt he'd remember me, it was such a small comment.
- fwip 7y agoEven if he doesn't remember you, I'm sure he'd be happy to hear from you.
- hoorayimhelping 7y agoThank him! Even if a lot of time has passed. Better late than never totally applies here. If he didn't remember you before, he'll remember you after. I've given thousands of semi strangers advice in various forms. I remember the two or three who followed up with me and said, "thank you for your advice, I followed it and have since reached my goal," and have kept in touch with them. It makes you feel really good to hear that.
- ComputerGuru 7y agoHe doesn’t have to remember your name because your name is besides the point - it’s about him and what he did (for you) and not about you (the beneficiary). What you’re telling him is that something he did/does is good and helpful; one day when he asks himself “should I bother giving (such detailed) feedback?” he’ll have your anecdotal datapoint in mind to help him make his decision!
- bigiain 7y agoDo it anyway. You know if someone you don't remember from an interaction ages ago emailed you to say "Hey, you probably don't remember this, but you once told me $thing, so I took $action, and now I've achieved $outcome. Thanks you for that, it really helped my career!", it'd make you feel great and would probably be the highlight of your day, right?
- snide 7y agoAs an anecdote. I once received something like this (on Twitter of all places). It was a "you probably don't remember me but..." for someone I'd passed on a decade ago. It really touched me and made me sit down and reflect on my career. The person had gone on to have a successful career being creative. Which honestly, is all we can ever ask. I remembered the person, but not anything about what I'd said that day. I assume it was just what I normally say. Having that last realization made me feel even better. The easiest, most rewarding thing you can do daily in your life is appreciate the people around you. We all need that feedback.
- ianai 7y agoAgree! Be kind. The universe is chaotic to cruel and indifferent enough on its own.
- Iv 7y agoEvery word you speak, especially to the youth, is a seed. Handle them like they were going to land on fertile ground.
- jodrellblank 7y agoIs this, "grind them up so they won't be competing with you for sunlight" or "don't shit on them, it will only help them grow stronger"?
- thecatspaw 7y agoits "watch out which seeds you throw their way"
- jmnicolas 7y agoUpvoted for a good laugh !
- bonzini 7y agoTechnically, shit helps seeds grow stronger.
- zweep 7y agoSomeone once did do this to me on the off chance I would remember it. I did remember it. And the memory of it is now one of the proudest things I look back on in my professional life.
- abfan1127 7y agohello fellow Qualcommian! I'm in Tempe, AZ.
- mathattack 7y agoOnly upside in thanking him, and it will give him the encouragement to keep doing it.
- lenkite 7y agoIs this still a book that should be read nowadays ? I am slowly going through "Engineering a Compiler". Muchnik's book was written in '97 so unsure.