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Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by bluntfang »

quicklime wrote: post #36

> The Coding will always be the easiest part of a Coding Career I'm a little triggered by this headline. I understand what it means, and I agree there's some truth to it. It can be good advice when given to developers who haven't yet figured out that their job is not exclusively to write code. But in my company (which is a big non-tech corporate) I've noticed that a similar phrase often gets used by non-technical peo…

Coding isn't the hard part of your job, it's convincing people that outsourcing isn't going to result in good outcomes. The reason why they won't result in good outcomes:

* maintenance is hard

* writing quality code is hard

* CI/CD is hard

* requirements gathering is hard

etc.

Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by swyx »

miguendes wrote: post #32

Looks very interesting, even tough I'm not new in the industry. So I'm interested in buying and if like it I'd like to upgrade the package. Is it possible just by paying the difference? I couldn't find this in the FAQ

hello! Podia does allow "upsells" and I tried to do everything right to configure it such that you just pay the difference if you do. however i havent run thru this userflow myself. if you do wanna upgrade later and have trouble just ping me, i'll sort you out manually

Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by sokoloff »

acemarke wrote: post #38
claudiulodro wrote: post #33

Please don't take this the wrong way; I am genuinely curious. As far as I can tell, you've been a professional developer for approximately 2 years. What qualifies you to instruct people how to manage their dev career, let alone charge $40+ for the advice?

As a bystander but friend of Shawn's, I can say that over the last few years he has demonstrated an incredible ability to quickly learn and master concepts, then pass that information on to others. I've seen him go from someone who didn't know anything about web dev at all, to a master of what's going on with React and its ecosystem. He's added expertise on Svelte and other tools as well. Shawn excels at a lot of "bi…

I think GP's point is that I would be similarly skeptical of taking parenting advice "from diapers to diplomas" from someone who hadn't yet had their first-born blow out a birthday candle, regardless of how well-edited or how much effort they put into publishing that advice.

To me, it's not about the $40; it's about advice on "the full journey from Code Newbie to Senior Developer" from someone who is probably much closer to the former than the latter.

Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by dreamer7 »

swyx wrote: post #19
ddlec wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks like a great resource, swyx. I'm considering buying but would strongly prefer to read a physical book. Do you plan to publish a print version?

thanks! I have no immediate plans but am open to the idea - if only for the fact that itd be freaking cool to give out my own book - any idea what the best way to do a small print run of books would be? theres the added complication that i'm stuck here in Singapore due to coronavirus, whereas my target audience is all in the US. so i probably shouldnt do shipping myself.

Amazon has a print-on-demand service. Should work well for you

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/l/print-on-demand

Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by [deleted] »

quicklime wrote: post #36

> The Coding will always be the easiest part of a Coding Career I'm a little triggered by this headline. I understand what it means, and I agree there's some truth to it. It can be good advice when given to developers who haven't yet figured out that their job is not exclusively to write code. But in my company (which is a big non-tech corporate) I've noticed that a similar phrase often gets used by non-technical peo…

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Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by rsecora »

tydok wrote: post #25
janwillemb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please elaborate. Why do you think he needs to ask more for the book? Is it because he poured so much of his time in it?

Ask more? The book is expensive. If he lowers the price, say to $10, the sales will probably increase 10x.

It depends on the price elasticity of the product and that's a known unknown.

So every product starts as high as possible to discover the price. Because there will be time to lower it.

(Increasing the price afterwards never works, because early adopters are more elastic)

Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by canadev »

quicklime wrote: post #36

> The Coding will always be the easiest part of a Coding Career I'm a little triggered by this headline. I understand what it means, and I agree there's some truth to it. It can be good advice when given to developers who haven't yet figured out that their job is not exclusively to write code. But in my company (which is a big non-tech corporate) I've noticed that a similar phrase often gets used by non-technical peo…

I agree, and I'm glad I don't work at a place where coding is considered easy work.

Re: Show HN: Coding Career Handbook

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Post by kamaal »

claudiulodro wrote: post #33

Please don't take this the wrong way; I am genuinely curious. As far as I can tell, you've been a professional developer for approximately 2 years. What qualifies you to instruct people how to manage their dev career, let alone charge $40+ for the advice?

Haven't read the book, but by reading the table of contents, it does look like it is essays on commonly known topics to most programmers.

Stuff like reading books, training frequently, exposure to Machiavellian strategies, perennial interview practice, side projects etc is already known to most programmers who are aware and actively seeking improvement.

One thing that I like to see most programmers pay importance to in the future is physical fitness and rest. Mental health would also be a good topic to add. We are a profession where every one wants to win spectacularly or die trying. Or we just over eat and sit our excercise-less bodies to death.

A comprehensive programmer nerd's guide to exercise, rest and mental health would be something I'd be interested in reading.

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