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Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

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Re: Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

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Two things I want to focus on are Kubernetes and Golang. I've played with them in the past, but not spent enough time with them to be confident using them in production.

I've been using K8's for over a year and have built some golang apps. But would like to take a deeper dive into understanding parts of the k8's source, build my own controllers, etc. If anyone else is interested let me know maybe we can start a niche community.

Re: Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

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I think the electronics and electronics fabrication industry is ripe for major disruption in 2019. The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight, and that will change the way we think about electronics in fabrication. Electronics is also kind of exciting right now in particular. The open hardware community while in it's infancy still, is growing rapidly. Notably, the ESP32 platform has allowed home brew IoT t…

>The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight, and that will change the way we think about electronics in fabrication.

That's an interesting thought. But where would this lead us?

Re: Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

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I've been learning Elixir, which is really good for creating concurrent and scalable systems. Concurrency has always been something that has fascinated me and I see in Elixir a chance to make very concurrent code without having to deal with locks, race conditions, and all the other icky low-level stuff. Elixir is also a functional language, making this is the first functional language I've learned, which is another reason I'm enjoying it.

Over the past couple years, I've heard from developers who were very satisfied with Elixir, so I finally sat down and started to learn it.

As I've been learning Elixir, I've been writing a series called "Learn with Me: Elixir" at https://inquisitivedeveloper.com. The idea is that anyone else who's also interested in Elixir can follow along as I learn it and learn it for themselves as well.

Of course, playing around with it has also helped me learn far more than just reading about it. Writing about it has helped me learn a lot better, and my hope is that someone else will also find my writing useful.

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post #10

I think the electronics and electronics fabrication industry is ripe for major disruption in 2019. The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight, and that will change the way we think about electronics in fabrication. Electronics is also kind of exciting right now in particular. The open hardware community while in it's infancy still, is growing rapidly. Notably, the ESP32 platform has allowed home brew IoT t…

> The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight

Where can I read more about that? My google searches have not been fruitful.

Re: Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

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Financial literacy. I find many of my smart, technology friends don't really have a solid grasp of finances and economics. Something as simple as a six-month cash flow spreadsheet would do wonders for most people. I am trying to instill this in my older children.

Re: Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

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Investing is a great skill to have. Starting with understanding different asset types, their histories, modern portfolio theory, diversification, tail risks of all assets, how central banks and other banks work. I believe the market can be beaten, but you have to have more financial knowledge than the average retail investor.
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