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Great article. Programming is fun but when you're at a company and you're the most knowlegdable programmer than it becomes very lonely because your getting bombarded with work and like stated in the article if you do not know the answer to something Google and stackoverflow is your friend.

Great article, happy you got the job at Apple doing what you love.

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I never realised that this was a thing, but now that its been brought up, this is a big issue that I've been facing at work for some time. I'm not a programming rockstar but I am the only programmer at work. And I can't seem to find any other programmers in similar fields in this town. I only found out recently that going to conferences for programming was also a thing, although they seem hugely expensive. I just discovered user groups too, but there isn't one within 100s of miles of me. Still, now that I know these things exist and why people go to them, I have something to work towards.

Add IRC and friends who are way better than you working elsewhere too.

That helps but nothing like having a 1-1 face to face interaction with some developer you meet everyday.

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