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by hvd 13y ago
Yes my technique improved after i purchased a kinesis advantage split keyboard which forced me to separate hands, Now with gtypist drills I am much better on regular ones as well. Great to know learning to type has worked well for you @josh
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by hvd 13y ago
Point noted duiker101, I think though typing well is a discipline in itself and enhances dev productivity. I think there was a post by Steve Yegge a few years back on learning to type http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008&#x2
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Learn to type before you learn to code(hkelkar.com)
12 points by hvd 13y ago|19 comments
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by hvd 13y ago
Welcome to the industry, you are a professional now. As a freshman in a moderately sized company, the projects you are given are a way for them to assess you. Do them well. Observe what problems are being solved and what aren't? Is the
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by hvd 13y ago
http://www.pomodoro.me/ do stuff in chunks of 25 minutes of uninterrupted time.
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American Style start-ups take root in India(dealbook.nytimes.com)
8 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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by hvd 13y ago
I would say 3 books did it for me: 1. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott adams http://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook... 2. Choose Yourself! - Jam
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by hvd 13y ago
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life. This is Scott adams take on being successful. http://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook... Choose yourself is a similar th
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by hvd 13y ago
I doubt people will pay for that, I actually launched something similar over the weekend http://hkelkar.com/2013/10/27/how-i-built-a-weather-decision...
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How-i-built-a-weather-decision-engine-or-the-story-of-wearthejacket.com(hkelkar.com)
1 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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by hvd 13y ago
wouldn't installing gawk on all target machines take care of portability?
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by hvd 13y ago
thank you tux1968, will consider learning perl! I did have a query on the post asking how perl would fare and you just gave that answer.
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by hvd 13y ago
Thank you mtdewcmu, did not know about the built in sort in gawk, will make the switch.
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by hvd 13y ago
Nice article. awk is a fantastic tool to get quick insights into not so large data. This is my take which I wrote last tuesday incidentally http://hkelkar.com/2013/10/15/rolling-up-data-with-awk/
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Rolling up data with awk(hkelkar.com)
3 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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Inspiration for the Craftsman(hkelkar.com)
2 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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Two Questions for the Software Craftsman(hkelkar.com)
1 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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Embrace Randomness(hkelkar.com)
1 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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Good Algorithms Beat SuperComputers(hkelkar.com)
3 points by hvd 13y ago|0 comments
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by hvd 14y ago
This is something I wrote couple of years ago. http://hkelkar.com/2011/02/19/the-case-for-open-source-devel... For me its to become better at my craft.
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The Case for Open Source Development(hvd.posterous.com)
3 points by hvd 16y ago|0 comments