Computers are no different than humans when it comes to learning. One of my favorite ways to learn about learning is to think of our brains as an interpreter and compiler, just like your favorite programming language may have. Unfamiliar concepts are inputs into your compiler to which they are then translated into a familiar …
One of the hardest questions to answer in an interview is the “So, tell me about yourself” question. Although it’s fairly easy to talk about yourself given there’s no wrong answers, but rather this question gives you the free reign to respond as you wish. You could… Talk about your life. Talk about your job …
I recently came across Scott Young’s work on a concept he coins “Ultralearning”. It was so interesting that I picked up his book and read it in a couple days and wanted to share his framework with how you might apply it with regards to learning to program. Why Ultralearning? Imagine having the ability to …
In MJ DeMarco’s book Unscripted, he talks about life through a concept of a gumball machine. This gumball machine has four types of gumballs in it: White Orange Red Gold You can insert a coin to which you’ll twist the handle and a gumball will come out of the dispenser. Majority of the gumballs are …
As someone who works mostly with their brain, there is a concept known as being “in the zone”, in which you are fully concentrated on the work and you completely tune out the environment and distractions. If you’ve ever been in the zone, you’ll know that you lose track of time while creating spectacular work. …
A resume is your golden ticket to get an interview. Companies get hundreds of resumes for every opening they have. If you imagine it from their shoes, there’s just no possible way to interview that many people for a single position. The best thing that companies can do is screen out people based on their …
What is the one thing that keeps you grounded? In other words, if I were to ask you to name one thing that you do everyday, that no matter the circumstance, you would go crazy if you were not able to do it, what would it be? If you don’t have something today, pick one …
One of the most intimidating things we can do is learn on our own. What if we’re not learning the right things? What if we’re not understanding them fully? What if we’re not on the path to our goals? Within the software industry, you will find people from all walks of life. Those who went …
Multitasking as we know it today is a lie. Multitasking is neither efficient nor effective. In the real world, having your fingers in many pies is simply not sustainable. It provides you an opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time by bouncing between one thing and another and eventually you have …
What does being too busy really mean? You should know, that “being busy” is a myth. We all have shit to do, we all have things we’d rather be doing, and we all have a limited amount of time to do it with. Whenever you tell somebody you are “too busy”, you are telling them …
