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I've seen the video version before, but it never fails to inspire me, so I think I'll go watch it now as well.
Really gets you to think in terms of the impact you could have and what intentional steps you could take to get there.
Maybe even reading less Hacker News. I can't think of a more appropriate place for this message. As the monthly Who's Hiring posts are effectively automatic, I suggest this talk should appear regularly as well.
Agreed, except maybe read more Hacker News. I used to, like many people here, consider HN a distraction. Thanks to changing my reading style (I now set aside an hour to read/skim every single front page article) I find that the distraction is worth it.
Somewhat similar to Hamming's "open door" philosophy, I suppose.
(Also, HN's comments and community seem to have improved, lately.)
I've seen the video version before, but it never fails to inspire me, so I think I'll go watch it now as well.
Really gets you to think in terms of the impact you could have and what intentional steps you could take to get there.
Maybe even reading less Hacker News. I can't think of a more appropriate place for this message. As the monthly Who's Hiring posts are effectively automatic, I suggest this talk should appear regularly as well.
Transcript of the original version of this talk: http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html