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Ask HN: I have $2k for books, training and confs. What should I spend it on?
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Re: Ask HN: I have $2k for books, training and confs. What should I spend it on?
#52One more vote for http://www.safaribooksonline.com and http://www.pluralsight.com If you do check out pluralsight, take a look at http://www.lynda.com. It's also a video learning site but also allows you to download a project to work on along with the course you're taking.
Re: Ask HN: I have $2k for books, training and confs. What should I spend it on?
#53If you want to work at Google you should for sure learn Golang. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/go-programming-bootcamp-tour-sa...
Re: Ask HN: I have $2k for books, training and confs. What should I spend it on?
#54Hookers and blow.
Re: Ask HN: I have $2k for books, training and confs. What should I spend it on?
#55does your local university allow non-degree seeking students to take courses?
This was my thought. If you want a deep dive on algorithms and data structures, it would make sense to me to take a university course. I had a friend who used to do this. He'd go through the University course catalog, find some interesting CS courses and then buy the books, show up for class, even take notes and do the homework. Said it was the best way for him to learn and get really deep into subjects which really…
I was listening to a podcast where the guest goes to university courses, listens to the lectures, goes to office hours, but doesn't sign up or even pay tuition... Seems cost effective to me :)