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Conclusion: Be in the top 1% of programmers, not the bottom 99%.
by Hexstream 18y ago
Conclusion: Be in the top 1% of programmers, not the bottom 99%.
- blogimus 18y agoNot just be a top coder, but be a good salesman, self promoter, and networker to make those opportunities.
- eru 18y agoAnd teach.
- ajross 18y agoIndeed. FTA: "First and foremost, by being the best damned Java or C++ programmer their management had ever seen. In 1996, I took three Java books on my honeymoon, and read them. [...] Every single night after work on my C++ contracts, I would read something from Design Patterns and Stroustrup." Truly, the author is a paragon of development expertise. He reads books (books!) on Java and DP. He's even read the manual of his programming language! That's one 133+ h4x0r there, I tell you. I'm in awe.