My most important decision was having a child. Returning to my first love, Lisp, pales in comparison.
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#13Life: leaving the academic world and doing things that actually affect / matter to people.
Programming: writing an Atari ST emulator (it landed me a job offer by a prestigious game company)
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#14Life: Doing what I loved first, consistently and without fear.
Programming: Switching to emacs and dvorak.
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#15Life: moving to London. Programming: quitting permie jobs and going for a contract in London.
Having just quit my job for a contractor role in London, I am so glad to see this here.
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#16Hard to put just one, so I'll cheat.
Life: having a family, emigration, travel, stop caring about money beyond what I need for day to day living
programming: read more code instead of writing more code
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#17Life: Moving to the United States
Programming: Discovering Lisp after 15 years.
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#18Life: starting to read again and reading broadly: psychology, architecture, software, theatre, business, anthropology, great literature, philosophy, linguistics.
Work: realising that I am not stupid and that I can make a difference, I began to apply a three-word philosophy to life: "Belief, Thought, Action." All beliefs that withstand scrutiny must be acted upon.
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#19Life: stopped doing overtime, stopped eating meat and started living minimally (items I own total expenditure of £600).
Programming: ignoring fads and applying engineering discipline to problems.
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#20Life: starting to read again and reading broadly: psychology, architecture, software, theatre, business, anthropology, great literature, philosophy, linguistics. Work: realising that I am not stupid and that I can make a difference, I began to apply a three-word philosophy to life: "Belief, Thought, Action." All beliefs that withstand scrutiny must be acted upon.
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