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nice discussion on negotiation and onboarding when you get an offer - happy to chat about any of the topics raised, i'm friends with the hosts
and youtube here:
and youtube here:
This was an old but gold listen:
I'm somewhat obsessed with learning lessons from React's early days to hopefully gain some ideas for future use.
I'm somewhat obsessed with learning lessons from React's early days to hopefully gain some ideas for future use.
- Early recruits like Sophie Alpert, Cheng Lou, Dan Abramov liked internals of React, not "look how fast i can build an app" (35 mins)
- "People conflate making programming easier for programmers and making programming more accessible for a wider audience". Pick your audience, dont do both (45mins)
1. PUWTPD on React's official channel
Go check out their recent Q&A and how I did a small bit of PUWTPD there :)
2. Clone a familiar app and take in-progress screenshots
3. Contribute to React and take notes on how you did it:
(an old post from me)
Go check out their recent Q&A and how I did a small bit of PUWTPD there :)
2. Clone a familiar app and take in-progress screenshots
3. Contribute to React and take notes on how you did it:
(an old post from me)
A thought provoking blogpost from a devtools PhD:
> "tools research is still light-years ahead of what’s being deployed. It is not unusual at all to read a 20 year-old paper with a tool empirically shown to make programmers 4x faster at a task, and for the underlying idea to still be locked in academia."
> "Programming tools are not a domain where advances are “an idea whose time has come.” That happens when there are many people working on similar ideas; if one person doesn’t get their idea adopted, then someone else will a few years later. In programming tools, this kind of competition is rare."
The HN discussion has more:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26612894
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> "tools research is still light-years ahead of what’s being deployed. It is not unusual at all to read a 20 year-old paper with a tool empirically shown to make programmers 4x faster at a task, and for the underlying idea to still be locked in academia."
> "Programming tools are not a domain where advances are “an idea whose time has come.” That happens when there are many people working on similar ideas; if one person doesn’t get their idea adopted, then someone else will a few years later. In programming tools, this kind of competition is rare."
The HN discussion has more:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26612894
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I've been reading the handbook for a while, and I am enjoying it a lot.
My two biggest takeaways so far:
My two biggest takeaways so far:
- I was already familiar with many of the topics of the book, but having them in a single place I can reference is pretty handy and refreshing knowledge is always great.
- The sheer amount of external links is amazing. That helps me to collect more information about areas I want to dive deeper.
super cool to see
Radek Osmulski
join the
Charlie You (ML Engineered)
podcast, both of whom are in this community!! an inspiring journey into ML from a self taught point of view.
For those interested in an IC (non-management) path beyond Senior, Will Larson's StaffEng.com is the definitive resource, and it now has a podcast! and the first guest is Sarah Dayan, one of the biggest inspirations for the Coding Career Handbook.
Transcript here: https://share.descript.com/view/hA5qDZGG4YP
Transcript here: https://share.descript.com/view/hA5qDZGG4YP
https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/so/2011/06/mso2011060104/13rRUwI5Uj1
recommendation from Tef, who I quite enjoy
recommendation from Tef, who I quite enjoy
We're going to meet up on 9 April, Dinner at Lechon near Novena. comment/DM if you're in!
1. How to Learn How Things Work, by Julia Evans
https://jvns.ca/blog/learn-how-things-work/
She writes extremely simply and there is a very calming effect to how she develops this piece. You can read this on two levels - first for the actual content, second for how she delivers this content. Both will help you LIP.
2. Compound's Lightweight Guide to Editing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MoMVNkmVq-abYgdZiB3nKk3c2307GPwqLK3_CUpxxXQ/edit?usp=sharing
my TLDR:
- shift into editors mindset (thoughtfully express what you dont like, make constructive suggestions)
- clarify the writer's objective - the core idea of the piece based on first few paragraphs, structure of the piece. summarize in a sentence or two.
- structure edits - reorder sections, suggest new headings/sections, extract ideas important enough to be their own paragraphs or sections
- seek clarity - add clarifying questions, highlight anything that confuses you (tangents, jargon, long sentences). two tricks: read the whole thing out loud, and imagine explaining this over drinks
- highlight gold - use formatting to help ideas shine - visually prioritize pull quotes, keep paragraphs in check, add images, graphs, tables, lists, bold
3. It can take 10 years to become an overnight success.
4. The Two Goals of Audience Building
Becoming a domain expert, and building a product your audience needs.
To Build or Learn in Public:
- engage with people
- empower people
- provide meaningful, valuable content regularly.
5. Radek Osmulsi on Charlie You's Podcast
Two community members podcasting with each other!
Some LIP-relevant quotes from the episode picked by Charlie:
5. Radek Osmulsi on Charlie You's Podcast
Two community members podcasting with each other!
Some LIP-relevant quotes from the episode picked by Charlie:
- "You are the best person in the entire world to help somebody who is just a few steps behind you. There are blog posts that I would not be able to write right now that I was able to write a couple of years ago from the perspective of somebody who just picked up the skills. So I found something that was hard. I learned how to do it. And then I explained it in the language that Radek from three months ago would understand"
- "With every piece of work that you share, you are building your credibility, more people are hearing about you... Just through being active on the Fast AI forums, I got many job offers... and also through Kaggle competitions"
- "So there is value in putting your name out there and sharing your work. It sounds bizarre that this is how the life works now, but I keep running into people who are having these freak accidents: They post something online, they keep doing it for a year or two, and suddenly they wake up in a completely different place professionally."