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I think it comes down to your "persona". For example George Hotz does multi-hour long coding streams that are all over the place, but they have some entertainme
by twox2 6y ago
I think it comes down to your "persona". For example George Hotz does multi-hour long coding streams that are all over the place, but they have some entertainment value because he's a bit of a kooky character.
- ramraj07 6y agoWho are some other intersection coders one can follow?
- superdisk 6y agoIt also helps that he doesn't actually accomplish anything and mostly just dicks around. Also "kooky character" is a pretty charitable way to describe him.
- ChicagoBoy11 6y agoIt made me almost feel bad watching it, though. The dude is clearly so quick -- not even in coding, but just using a computer in general -- that given how much of my life I spend in front of this thing, I think I really missed a trick in not being extra attentive to trying to make sure I could maneuver my way around it as fast as he does.
- enchiridion 6y agoIt's just a case of taking the time to learn your tools. Take the time if you think it's worth it. A few hours of dedicated learning will put you miles ahead of casual users. It's not at all unattainable.
- ramraj07 6y agoThats like saying anyone can become a good concert pianist if they practice enough, not true.
- dgellow 6y agoWell, that’s in part true. You need to learn and practice your fundamentals if you want to improve your skills in a domain. In software development, learning your main tools is one of those.
- enchiridion 6y agoWould you say geohot is a concert level pianist at...typing? Maybe you could say he's at the level for actually coding. I'd say what I'm talking about is more akin to learning scales, which most people could do with a few hours of effort.
- ponker 6y agoYou can always find people better than you. But if you focus on continuous improvement that number will shrink while the number that you are better than will grow.
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