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by dget 16y ago
A lot of the AB test was learning Java (took it in Spring 08). Despite that, I loved the class because of my teacher, who taught us enough that I was running into things through my sophomore year that I learned from the class. Unless your s
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by dget 16y ago
While PHP is incredibly messy, if you already know HTML, I'd go with it. It's a fairly gradual step up from static HTML/CSS, and will probably be less frustrating at the start.
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by dget 16y ago
While I agree that being able to press forward into abstraction is more valuable than trying different permutations of the same problem, I do think the calculator (or at least a function it serves) has some use. In particular, it lets you,
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by dget 16y ago
It probably matters to the extent that it helps form the company's culture. It might not be that one is better than the other, but picking one side might matter for its own sake.
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by dget 17y ago
I think numbers 2 and 4 are going to be the most valuable in introducing functional programming. I've been using Scala to learn functional programming, and the hardest conceptual pieces for me have been been staying immutable and using recu
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by dget 17y ago
need, no. but fairly often, it happens that there's a class that I want to take, but think won't fit, that it turns out would if I flipped my schedule around. I'm half trying to solve that issue, and half think it's an interesting problem t
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by dget 17y ago
Looks like an awesome idea.
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by dget 17y ago
since I really can't avoid school... I was planning on making some software to help me choose classes.
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by dget 17y ago
It'll probably be most rewarding long-term to keep hacking away at them, especially if you've already taken the first step to begin. If you're getting stuck at specific blocks, it's likely that you'll be able to find some resource to get yo
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by dget 17y ago
Recognizing that difference in how people react is what puts you into the first category of confident people in the article.
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by dget 17y ago
This is pretty true, and always something I think I struggle with. Clearly, one needs a mindset like this to choosing your life's path, or to your job/studies/whatever is most important. But where is the line drawn? Is there anything wrong