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Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
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Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's the best way to learn machine learning without a real GPU or a budget for cloud time? There's lots of demos and stuff that can run on low end CPUs, but is that close enough in terms of skill to what you'd actually be doing on the job to be worth it?
Google colab?
Unfortunately this might not be the truth any longer, as it has adopted a new pricing model that is far stingier with gpu time and very confusing to properly track and predict.
Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#33I think this is just the wrong way to go about learning things. There are 3 things to learn at any given time: 1. That which never changes i.e. humans, yourself and others 2. What you need to know to succeed right now i.e. deeper in your current tools and systems, or those you'll need to use next month 3. Whatever intrigues you. Maybe this is what you're asking: what's new to be intrigued by? To the latter, I would s…
For 1. specifically, I like this quote from Jeff Bezos:
> I very frequently get the question: "What's going to change in the next 10 years?" And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one. I almost never get the question: "What's not going to change in the next 10 years?" And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two -- because you can build a business strategy around the things that are stable in time. ... [I]n our retail business, we know that customers want low prices, and I know that's going to be true 10 years from now. They want fast delivery; they want vast selection.
> It's impossible to imagine a future 10 years from now where a customer comes up and says, "Jeff, I love Amazon; I just wish the prices were a little higher." "I love Amazon; I just wish you'd deliver a little more slowly." Impossible.
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/20-years-ago-jeff-bezos-said-...
Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#34I think systems thinking is needed more than ever. There are way too many myopic decisions being made all across the board. For specific programming languages, I think Elixir is a great investment. Edit: Some systems reading if anyone is curious: * Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows * Designing Freedom by Stafford Beer. I also recommend anything by Stafford Beer. * Anything by Christopher Alexander * Systems T…
+1. I always recommend starting with the foundational document, Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener (and the companion title, The Human Use of Human Beings).
Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#35It feels like top money is in DevOps / Blockchain + Crypto (not graphy) right now
I'm not a fan of any of those :D
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#36Haskell is once again better than ever.
Can you elaborate? I haven’t followed Haskell for some time, and would really appreciate some highlights!
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#37I think this is just the wrong way to go about learning things. There are 3 things to learn at any given time: 1. That which never changes i.e. humans, yourself and others 2. What you need to know to succeed right now i.e. deeper in your current tools and systems, or those you'll need to use next month 3. Whatever intrigues you. Maybe this is what you're asking: what's new to be intrigued by? To the latter, I would s…
For 1. specifically, I like this quote from Jeff Bezos: > I very frequently get the question: "What's going to change in the next 10 years?" And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one. I almost never get the question: "What's not going to change in the next 10 years?" And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two -- because you can build a business strate…
Funny because I think we are at a point where I wish averages prices were a little higher on Amazon, by eliminating all the junk and fake stuff off it.
Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#38It feels like top money is in DevOps / Blockchain + Crypto (not graphy) right now I'm not a fan of any of those :D
Eh seems like the big investors will be winding down their crypto funds and layoffs are harsh in crypto. I wouldn’t go there now. Also the fact that the billions didn’t lead to any successful businesses other than the gold pick sellers (coinbase, FTX lol) and shady big yield lending services that are all now bankrupt
Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#39Here would be my guess:
* GPU programming (GPUs have consistently kept up with Moore-like laws)
* FPGA/ASIC design (hard but price for all of these is dropping rapidly, so becoming more accessible)
* Bitcoin/cryptocurrency related tech, including standing up your own miner, full node, or understanding how to build applications on top of it (web3/etc.) (despite the hate, cryptocurrencies are still around and thriving)
* Solar and battery related tech (solar prices continue to drop, as does battery technology. Consumers ROI on solar installations are approaching 2-5 years instead of 10+).
Understanding "fundamentals", either in terms of computer science education or mathematics, I think is also critical but I don't really know what fundamental math should be focused on, in the short term. It's easy to say "neural networks" but proficiency in that area is mostly about learning frameworks (as a snapshot of right now) and little to do with some underlying theoretical understanding.
In terms of specific languages or frameworks, just a word of warning. What language/frameworks that were popular 10 years ago are still relevant today? Many people gain utility both from using and from being paid to manage frameworks (and to a certain extent languages) but they tend to be ephemeral.
One piece of advice that I think was pretty good was to avoid the "stampeding hoards". One can "win" at the game of being the best at what's fashionable now but the greater utility is in understanding more fundamental skills with the added benefit of, should a skill become fashionable later, being well versed in it when it does.
Re: Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?
#40I think this is just the wrong way to go about learning things. There are 3 things to learn at any given time: 1. That which never changes i.e. humans, yourself and others 2. What you need to know to succeed right now i.e. deeper in your current tools and systems, or those you'll need to use next month 3. Whatever intrigues you. Maybe this is what you're asking: what's new to be intrigued by? To the latter, I would s…
For 1. specifically, I like this quote from Jeff Bezos: > I very frequently get the question: "What's going to change in the next 10 years?" And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one. I almost never get the question: "What's not going to change in the next 10 years?" And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two -- because you can build a business strate…
Sales I guess? Best way to learn that