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Isaac Clayton @slightknack High-school student and aspiring Software Architect. Enjoys Language Design, Graphics Programming, and Machine Learning. Working at

by ozten 6y ago

Isaac Clayton @slightknack High-school student and aspiring Software Architect. Enjoys Language Design, Graphics Programming, and Machine Learning. Working at @vrtbl on Passerine.

brundolf 6y ago
Jesus. What have I been doing with my life? Edit: Here's another super impressive project by this person https://github.com/slightknack/keikan https://github.com/slightknack/keikan
- ashkankiani 6y ago
  People born of the highschool age have had access to computer at least 10 times more powerful than when I was the same age, and with a lot more material on the internet and a more mature field as a whole. It would be stupid to feel bad by comparing yourself. He mentions that he's been programming for "a decade" by high school. There were no computer science classes in high school in America when I went 10 years ago. So he seems to have had good exposure from his parents as well. That said, he does seem to be taking full advantage of his advantages. He's the kind of CS major I wish I had encountered when I was in school. Too many of them just seemed to slip in for the 6 figure salaries on the rise. Also it's pretty nostalgic how obvious the wording on his site is as being poised as a resume. It reminds me of my career start. Though with just this PL project, his resume is already stronger than most his age.
  - gonzo41 6y ago
    Not to be too cynical. The real challenge is to see if he's able to avoid using all those skills to make people click on adds.
    - eevilspock 6y ago
      "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks." ~ Jeff Hammerbacher, fmr. Manager of Facebook Data Team, founder of Cloudera (one can argue that indirectly that is what every employee of Google does)
  - vitus 6y ago
    > There were no computer science classes in high school in America when I went 10 years ago. To be fair, this is a function of the high school you went to. AP Computer Science has existed in some format since the 80s. "The College Board added computer science to the Advanced Placement Program in the 1983-84 academic year; as the discipline has evolved, the AP Computer Science course and exams have also changed." https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap07_compsci_teachersguide.pdf https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap07_compsci_teach...
    - cageface 6y ago
      I took AP computer science in 1987. It taught me almost everything I needed to know as a foundation to keep coding up to today.
  - MattRix 6y ago
    Yes, they have access to a more powerful computer, but they’re also surrounded by more powerful distractions. This is incredibly impressive no matter how you look at it.
- maximente 6y ago
  posting on this web site too much? :)
  - brundolf 6y ago
    probably :P
- weatherlight 6y ago
  I'm 36 and wrote my first line of code when I was 28. I'm so thoroughly impressed. I too, thought, what am I doing with my life?
  - ed25519FUUU 6y ago
    I feel proud of what this young person accomplished, but I also really hope they didn’t skip some important life experiences in the late teens and twenties that can’t really be replicated later in life. That’s a special time.
    - spijdar 6y ago
      I'm jealous, honestly. When I was in my early teens I wasn't doing anything impressive, but looking back I feel like I had momentum. I had always idolized college/academia, though, so I started at 16. The next 5 years of my life were the most empty I've had so far, and it still pains me to think about how pointless it all was. My social skills only deteriorated over time, till the last semester when I ended up just ghosting all my classes and let my minor burn. Dropped my GPA from a 3.7 to something like a 2.8, but it felt so good to get a job and get back to doing the stuff I loved. I've gotten better at socialization through work, and now have a life partner and a daughter. Maybe I'm only proving your point since I'm only in my mid twenties, but sometimes I wish I'd have just kept hacking away and seeing where that road took me. I feel like I might have had potential like this fellow, but left it behind a decade ago.
    - phabora 6y ago
      Oh stop speculating about their personal life and stay on topic.

by ozten 6y ago

Isaac Clayton @slightknack High-school student and aspiring Software Architect. Enjoys Language Design, Graphics Programming, and Machine Learning. Working at @vrtbl on Passerine.

brundolf 6y ago

Jesus. What have I been doing with my life? Edit: Here's another super impressive project by this person https://github.com/slightknack/keikan https://github.com/slightknack/keikan

ashkankiani 6y ago
People born of the highschool age have had access to computer at least 10 times more powerful than when I was the same age, and with a lot more material on the internet and a more mature field as a whole. It would be stupid to feel bad by comparing yourself. He mentions that he's been programming for "a decade" by high school. There were no computer science classes in high school in America when I went 10 years ago. So he seems to have had good exposure from his parents as well. That said, he does seem to be taking full advantage of his advantages. He's the kind of CS major I wish I had encountered when I was in school. Too many of them just seemed to slip in for the 6 figure salaries on the rise. Also it's pretty nostalgic how obvious the wording on his site is as being poised as a resume. It reminds me of my career start. Though with just this PL project, his resume is already stronger than most his age.
- gonzo41 6y ago
  Not to be too cynical. The real challenge is to see if he's able to avoid using all those skills to make people click on adds.
  - eevilspock 6y ago
    "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks." ~ Jeff Hammerbacher, fmr. Manager of Facebook Data Team, founder of Cloudera (one can argue that indirectly that is what every employee of Google does)
- vitus 6y ago
  > There were no computer science classes in high school in America when I went 10 years ago. To be fair, this is a function of the high school you went to. AP Computer Science has existed in some format since the 80s. "The College Board added computer science to the Advanced Placement Program in the 1983-84 academic year; as the discipline has evolved, the AP Computer Science course and exams have also changed." https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap07_compsci_teachersguide.pdf https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap07_compsci_teach...
  - cageface 6y ago
    I took AP computer science in 1987. It taught me almost everything I needed to know as a foundation to keep coding up to today.
- MattRix 6y ago
  Yes, they have access to a more powerful computer, but they’re also surrounded by more powerful distractions. This is incredibly impressive no matter how you look at it.
maximente 6y ago
posting on this web site too much? :)
- brundolf 6y ago
  probably :P
weatherlight 6y ago
I'm 36 and wrote my first line of code when I was 28. I'm so thoroughly impressed. I too, thought, what am I doing with my life?
- ed25519FUUU 6y ago
  I feel proud of what this young person accomplished, but I also really hope they didn’t skip some important life experiences in the late teens and twenties that can’t really be replicated later in life. That’s a special time.
  - spijdar 6y ago
    I'm jealous, honestly. When I was in my early teens I wasn't doing anything impressive, but looking back I feel like I had momentum. I had always idolized college/academia, though, so I started at 16. The next 5 years of my life were the most empty I've had so far, and it still pains me to think about how pointless it all was. My social skills only deteriorated over time, till the last semester when I ended up just ghosting all my classes and let my minor burn. Dropped my GPA from a 3.7 to something like a 2.8, but it felt so good to get a job and get back to doing the stuff I loved. I've gotten better at socialization through work, and now have a life partner and a daughter. Maybe I'm only proving your point since I'm only in my mid twenties, but sometimes I wish I'd have just kept hacking away and seeing where that road took me. I feel like I might have had potential like this fellow, but left it behind a decade ago.
  - phabora 6y ago
    Oh stop speculating about their personal life and stay on topic.