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That is not true.
You make a mighty strong argument, but I think I'll side with the guy that wrote more than one sentence.
One sentence; how'd I do?
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There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…
Just wanted to add a brief, loose third: The third type recognizes their passion and self-educates themselves, often finding formal education diabolical. From the late Jim Rohn, "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."[1] [1] http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/jimrohn121282.htm...
TBH, as a self-educated developer, I perceive formal education as a premature optimization.
It's a fact that one needs to develop certain skills and gain insight from the knowledge that reflects the experience of expert people, but it's also a fact that one won't need everything the first moment after graduation.
I prefer to research and learn about something the moment I need it, than to be forced to learn it (and probably forget about it) some years in advance.
Anyway... The first skill you need to develop to become self-educated is self-confidence, because nobody is going to believe in you. I have been accused of being an idiot numerous times for dropping college...
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There's no conspiracy, 42Floors just shares the HN blog post links internally and gets people to upvote them. You only need a few quick upvotes to hit the front page, and having a few 42Floors employees vote up 42Floors content is more than enough. The 42Floors blogposts are generally good quality too, so nobody has any reason to flag them, and they're generally on topic and somewhat interesting, like this one.
Wouldn't this count as a voting ring?
What next? Send out internal emails saying "Hey, the company has just posted a new blog, but you don't need the actual link, instead just use the HackerNews one, or maybe this Reddit one..."
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Gal is fine, if a little forced. Person would probably be best here though.
Hey Jennifer, Well done on your journey, very impressive! It's an inspiration for many of us. You replied about the use of "girl" (and I agree, "person" would be best here), but why not reply to petea's original comment where he criticizes you? Every time your blog makes it to front page on HN, I notice you're active in the comment thread but you don't reply to the criticism. Why not? It would quickly put an end to t…
This is fantastic. Especially inspiring to me, more than the fact that she learned how to code, is the fact that she dove into something that she had no background in, and after 180 days she came out with a solid understanding of the basics of programming; enough to do stuff on her own (and, combined with her graphic design/illustration skills, probably enough to do freelance webdev or get a junior level position in…
There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…
One of the things I've learned over the years is that it's impossible to tell whether being obsessed with something other people consider foolish or trivial is genius or idiocy. Obsessively playing Starcraft might turn out to be a lucrative profession. We just never know.
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There are 10 people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
There are 11 types of people in the world, those who understand unary and those who don't.
This is fantastic. Especially inspiring to me, more than the fact that she learned how to code, is the fact that she dove into something that she had no background in, and after 180 days she came out with a solid understanding of the basics of programming; enough to do stuff on her own (and, combined with her graphic design/illustration skills, probably enough to do freelance webdev or get a junior level position in…
I spent 90 days learning (and implementing) how to get ideas for my next product by calling business owners in my target market and asking what they need to help their business. I now have owners waiting with money-in-hand for me to solve their problems. I'm spending the next 90 days pre-selling and getting the actual product wireframed for demos, then built, then scaling marketing while I sell sell sell... TL;DR - p…
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There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…
Translation: There are two kinds of people in this world: 1) Those who hit some ceiling and actually achieve contentment. 2) All-consuming psychopaths who love looking down on everyone else for their lack of ambition. I was born the second, but I sure as hell don't have to stay that way. Also, side comment: some of us don't want to be employer-capitalists. We like doing things for their own sakes, not so that we can…
Their comment is putting everyone in two buckets, 1 that sits around and watches TV when they get home from work, and 1 that works on personal development in their free time.
What they want to use that personal development is up to them. They could use it to start a non-profit, or learn a new hobby or learn a new skill. But... sitting around watching TV until bed certainly isn't ambitious.