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It's mostly books and blogs: I like to read a lot. Also, your guess is correct, my dad is a computer scientist.

manicennui 3y ago
Reading books to increase your understanding puts you ahead of 90% of people who graduated from a CS program in the last 5-10 years from what I've seen. Several of my coworkers admitted to having never read a book on anything related to software engineering before and it shows.
- flykespice 3y ago
  To be honest these days articles on the web seem to be more efficient means to attain knowledge than a book, with less condensed words
  - manicennui 3y ago
    These people don't read anything that they aren't assigned in school or by their manager at work.
  - bakuninsbart 3y ago
    And youtube/twitch. I think in the last couple of years a lot of new content creators with very high and maybe more niche topics started producing videos or streaming, and for me at least it is quite entertaining and educational. It doesn't replace books, I don't think short-form, more or less spontaneous content ever could, but given how low-effort text production these days is, it filters out some of the noise. Some recommendations: https://www.youtube.com/@CodeAesthetic/videos https://www.youtube.com/@CodeAesthetic/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen/videos https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelLearning/videos https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelLearning/videos https://www.youtube.com/@strager_/videos https://www.youtube.com/@strager_/videos
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  - keyle 3y ago
    If you can find good articles. The reality is with the ad economy, 99% of articles are plain wrong and copypasta. Todays internet is a cat litter spilled all over the floor.
  - yi_xuan 3y ago
    Don't think so. If articles are more efficient, then it means there are plenty of nonsense in books. I don't think good books are filled with a lot of nonsense, if they are, then they are not good. However, it's a fact that there are a lot of books which are collections of many trivial topics, collections of unrelated articles.
- uoaei 3y ago
  Having parents who expose you to these things and instill curiosity and passion puts you ahead of 99.9% of people who graduated from a CS program if you decide to go through that yourself. Direct early-life hands-on experience is a huge privilege and it is important to remember that.
- peruvian 3y ago
  We just had a thread about programming books where plenty of people admitted to never reading them.
sagarpatil 3y ago
I'm impressed. What did your dad do to help you get interested in coding?

Reading books to increase your understanding puts you ahead of 90% of people who graduated from a CS program in the last 5-10 years from what I've seen. Several of my coworkers admitted to having never read a book on anything related to software engineering before and it shows.

flykespice 3y ago
To be honest these days articles on the web seem to be more efficient means to attain knowledge than a book, with less condensed words
- manicennui 3y ago
  These people don't read anything that they aren't assigned in school or by their manager at work.
- bakuninsbart 3y ago
  And youtube/twitch. I think in the last couple of years a lot of new content creators with very high and maybe more niche topics started producing videos or streaming, and for me at least it is quite entertaining and educational. It doesn't replace books, I don't think short-form, more or less spontaneous content ever could, but given how low-effort text production these days is, it filters out some of the noise. Some recommendations: https://www.youtube.com/@CodeAesthetic/videos https://www.youtube.com/@CodeAesthetic/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen/videos https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelLearning/videos https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelLearning/videos https://www.youtube.com/@strager_/videos https://www.youtube.com/@strager_/videos
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- keyle 3y ago
  If you can find good articles. The reality is with the ad economy, 99% of articles are plain wrong and copypasta. Todays internet is a cat litter spilled all over the floor.
- yi_xuan 3y ago
  Don't think so. If articles are more efficient, then it means there are plenty of nonsense in books. I don't think good books are filled with a lot of nonsense, if they are, then they are not good. However, it's a fact that there are a lot of books which are collections of many trivial topics, collections of unrelated articles.
uoaei 3y ago
Having parents who expose you to these things and instill curiosity and passion puts you ahead of 99.9% of people who graduated from a CS program if you decide to go through that yourself. Direct early-life hands-on experience is a huge privilege and it is important to remember that.
peruvian 3y ago
We just had a thread about programming books where plenty of people admitted to never reading them.

sagarpatil 3y ago

I'm impressed. What did your dad do to help you get interested in coding?