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Jeremy Allison's Advice to Young Programmers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the take-heart dept.

Hyram Graff writes "Jeremy Allison has written a wonderful piece with advice to young programmers. As someone who's been out of college for just over a year, I find it to be a very insightful piece. Please allow me to say, thanks Mr. Allison!"

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  1. Re:The first advice is also the most important one by cperciva · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coding is a bit like sex. It's only satisfying when you do it for the joy of creating code, not if money's all that matters to you.

    Also, it's very easy to make a mistake which you don't discover until several months later, but which you end up having to support for the next two decades.

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  2. And of course, by HarryCaul · · Score: 3, Funny


    Wear Sunscreen.

  3. Re:The first advice is also the most important one by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    That only happens to novices who don't know how to do it in protected mode.

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  4. Re:The first advice is also the most important one by seven+of+five · · Score: 3, Funny

    COBOL is a bit like sex.

    a missing period can mean big trouble.

  5. Re:The first advice is also the most important one by acroyear · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I *like* writing linked lists...

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  6. Re:The first advice is also the most important one by drix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Coding is a bit like sex. Wow.. I mean, have you had sex? Coz I just got finished doing both, and ... no.
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