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Rich Hickey on becoming a better developer

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Rich Hickey • 3 years ago
Sorry, I have to disagree with the entire premise here.

A wide variety of experiences might lead to well-roundedness, but not to greatness, nor even goodness. By constantly switching from one thing to another you are always reaching above your comfort zone, yes, but doing so by resetting your skill and knowledge level to zero.

Mastery comes from a combination of at least several of the following:

yogthos

Introductory resources

• High level overview https://yogthos.github.io/ClojureDistilled.html
• An Animated Introduction to Clojure https://markm208.github.io/cljbook/
• Interactive tutorial in a browser https://tryclojure.org/
• Interactive exercises http://clojurescriptkoans.com/
• Clerk notebooks with introductory examples https://github.clerk.garden/anthonygalea/notes-on-clojure
• More interactive exercises https://4clojure.oxal.org/
• Lambda Island tutorials https://lambdaisland.com/
• Functional Programming with Clojure resources https://practicalli.github.io/

ssrihari

An opinionated list of excellent Clojure learning materials

These resources (articles, books, and videos) are useful when you're starting to learn the language, or when you're learning a specific part of the language. This an opinionated list, no doubt. I've compiled this list from writing and teaching Clojure over the last 10 years.

• 🔴 Mandatory (for both beginners and intermediates)
• 🟩 For beginners
• 🟨 For intermediates

Table of contents

1. Getting into the language