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by henrik_w 10y ago
I just turned 50, and I still code and still love it. Like other people here have pointed out, keeping your skills up-to-date is key, and making a conscious decision to stay coding instead drifting into management. A good way to stay releva
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Top 5 Surprises When Starting Out as a Software Developer(henrikwarne.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
I thought the book "Why We Get Fat" by Gary Taubes was a pretty interesting read in the sugar vs fat debate. https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307474259
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by henrik_w 10y ago
Lots of things surprised me when I first started working as a developer after university, including version control. For me, he biggest surprises were: - programming is a team effort - writing (non-code) is important - software is never don
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The Ergonomics of Type Checking(michaelfeathers.silvrback.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
Very true. Some well known companies, like Google, still have more applicants than jobs, and so they need to filter people out. Most companies have the opposite problem - they need to attract people. This shift means that the interview proc
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by henrik_w 10y ago
MOOC = Massive Open Online Course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course
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MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions(venturebeat.com)
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The Importance of Mathematics Courses in Computer Science Education(devlinsangle.blogspot.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
I very much agree with this. I quite often check the comments before the story on HN. On reddit (programming), the comments are rarely as good as on HN. Also, the turnover of stories on Reddit is much slower.
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by henrik_w 10y ago
Keith Devlin argues that math training helps when programming, in an article (from 2003) in Communications of the ACM called "Why universities require computer science students to take math" (pdf) ftp://ftp.gunadarma.ac.
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5 Things I’ve Learned About Creativity(digitaltonto.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
Here's a similar post that I thought was quite good: "If the system is not easy to monitor, it is not well designed" http://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2015/03/02/monitoring-check-sme...
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When Will Bolt's Record Be Beaten(1843magazine.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
I thought this was pretty funny (from The Onion a year ago): "Jeff Bezos Assures Amazon Employees That HR Working 100 Hours A Week To Address Their Complaints" http://www.theonion.com/article/jeff-bezos-assure
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by henrik_w 10y ago
+1 for Ghost in the Wires! It reads as a thriller, and the amount of social engineering in it was amazing.
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by henrik_w 10y ago
+1 for The Martian - fantastic book!
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Is an algorithm any less racist than a human?(theguardian.com)
2 points by henrik_w 10y ago|2 comments
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by henrik_w 10y ago
Another job as programmer, or another job as a project-/product-manager?
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Not saying winter is coming, but where is your coat?(m.facebook.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
In a similar vein, I liked this post (breaking the code from Kevin Mitnik's book "Ghost in the Wire"): http://www.fabiensanglard.net/Ghost_in_the_Wires/index.php By the way, the book is excellent!
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by henrik_w 10y ago
I had pretty bad RSI some years ago, to the point where I thought I wouldn't be able to program anymore. However, I got through it, and I don't have any pains today. The key thing for me was starting to use a break program on my c
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Google unleashes DeepMind on energy-hungry datacenter, cutting cooling 40%(techcrunch.com)
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AI User Interfaces(medium.com)
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Pokemon Go feels like a religion(theguardian.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
There is also the problem of analyzing why certain AI actions where taken when investigating accidents: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601860/if-a-driverless-ca...
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If a driverless car goes bad, we may never know why(technologyreview.com)
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A Happy Life or a Meaningful Life(aeon.co)
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Machine Learning Driven Programming(highscalability.com)
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by henrik_w 10y ago
My read of the article is that he argues that software development doesn't have economy of scale - which I agree with.

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