lowlyscientist

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   by lowlyscientist 15y ago

   That's true, I do recall skimming through the very early parts of SICP. I'm jealous of Emma, I bet that would be a really strong base for building programming skills.
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   by lowlyscientist 15y ago

   Was it easy to pick up the freelance jobs? One of my colleagues recommended just applying for contract work with a low rate - sort of just for a foot in the door - but I have yet to try this. How did you go about it?
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   by lowlyscientist 15y ago

   Abelson-Sussman's SICP is a steep learning curve for an absolute beginner: I'd recommend reading How To Design Programs first (and SICP right after), which is similar but a bit more gentle. It also uses Scheme, but focuses most at how to th
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   by lowlyscientist 15y ago

   I am very interested to hear about difficulties one might face doing this, as I'm in a similar situation. Currently I am a scientist in R&D for a blue chip company, but have been programming for fun and as a small part of the job for a