Peter Norvig, who I’ve written about here before, has a number of really interesting articles on his site.
Here’s one that stands out:
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
I like this:
There appear to be no real shortcuts: even Mozart, who was a musical prodigy at age 4, took 13 more years before he began to produce world-class music.
It’s a short article and well worth a read.
While I’m referencing this, there is also a great quote in the appendix:
When asked ‘what operating system should I use, Windows, Unix, or Mac?’, my answer is usually: ‘use whatever your friends use.’ The advantage you get from learning from your friends will offset any intrinsic difference between [operating systems]”
Nice – I think I’ll use that.