Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

http://norvig.com/21-days.html?foo

by jdale27 • 18 years ago

70 19 18 years ago

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aleo• 18 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43243

henning• 18 years ago

I don't think users should periodically repost a classic just because its message bears repeating.

I'm 23 years old. I started programming when I was 13. All my problems in software now revolve around people issues.

axod• 18 years ago

Doesn't sound much fun. If you've solved everything technically, what else is left to do :/ Maybe you should find some harder problems to work on.

scott_s• 18 years ago

I don't see a problem with it when it's a response to stories like "learn how to hack in nine months."

hugh• 18 years ago

I've been programming for well over ten years. I found it hard at first, but now I find it really really hard. By the time I retire, hopefully it will be damn near impossible.

evdawg• 18 years ago

The best part is that it was old back then, too.

auston• 18 years ago

Cheater.. appending variables to be allowed to submit!

demallien• 18 years ago

That's not cheating, that's hacking the system... Maybe this is actually a really clever meta-post :-)

tdavis• 18 years ago

I recently reached the end of my 10-year plan and let me tell you, it's more like "teach yourself programming in a lifetime" because if there's anything I've learned it's that there's always more to learn.

And if you don't have any "problems" anymore, you're not trying too hard... or you've solved every problem there is to solve.

j2d2• 18 years ago

You mean... learning happens the whole time you're alive?!

gabriel2• 18 years ago

Even though an old and previously posted article, is anyone listening? Or maybe it's a question of beliefs?

Because I think another aspect to look at this article with is that learning how to hack is fine, though start-ups should be focusing on the toughest problems, and ignoring history (how things got to where they are today) won't help anyone.

All of you working on the next social platform better beware of the history.

Tichy2• 18 years ago

Listening to what, exactly? "I suck, because I haven't programmed for 10 years"? What exactly is the message here?

gabriel2• 18 years ago

My message is that it's one thing to learn how to hack, but another part of it is learning why hacking is the way it is in order to figure out what to work on today.

Some things change fast, others don't. Most don't take the time to understand this--the best will.

aaronblohowiak• 18 years ago

when you've programmed for 10 years, how much further do you hope to be than you are now?

schtog• 18 years ago

is norvig born in denmark or he just has danish heritage? couldnt find out via wikipedia or his site but he wrote "...my fellow dane..." on his site.

raganwald• 18 years ago

Should you invest ten years in (a) becoming a better programmer? Or in (b) learning how to manage the people side of things? Or in (c) discovering what kinds of problems are worth solving?

How about (d) all of the above, making this "necessary but not sufficient"?

hernan7• 18 years ago

You would need more than 10 years for that...

mojuba• 18 years ago

I'd invest 10 more years into enjoying programming in the first place. (Although I've already invested 20 into it.)

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

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