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richhickey.md

Rich Hickey on becoming a better developer

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:

@gskielian
gskielian / Mario.ino
Created August 1, 2013 21:44
Mario Theme in Arduino: )
tone(9,660,100);
delay(150);
tone(9,660,100);
delay(300);
tone(9,660,100);
delay(300);
tone(9,510,100);
delay(100);
tone(9,660,100);
delay(300);
cmd = ~S"""
ruby -e '
STDOUT.sync = true
def receive_input
encoded_length = STDIN.read(4)
return nil unless encoded_length
length = encoded_length.unpack("N").first
STDIN.read(length)