When I read this the first time I printed it out and read it over and over again. It guided me to start my efforts to download linux and learn to program in the

When I read this the first time I printed it out and read it over and over again. It guided me to start my efforts to download linux and learn to program in the 5 languages he mentioned. I took the "learn programming in 10 years" to heart. It's made me a programmer. The flaws people are talking about in the article, I think, are true but irrelevant because the spirit of the article will still guide people such as me. His "how to ask questions" article is another great one.