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brikis98

461 karma · joined February 21, 2011

Co-founder of Gruntwork (gruntwork.io). Author of "Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery" (https://www.fundamentals-of-devops.com/), "Terraform: Up & Running" (https://www.terraformupandrunning.com/), and "Hello, Startup" (https://www.hello-startup.net). See https://ybrikman.com for more info.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/brikis98; my proof: https://keybase.io/brikis98/sigs/6iCl-ewbVqjY3c8fJLdxHddBOKe9sHBHg0qLnm10ECk ]

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brikis98··on Could Coding Become the Next Mass Profession?
My guess is that in the next few decades, not knowing how to code will be equivalent to being illiterate. This doesn't mean everyone will get paid to write code, but I suspect there will be far more programmers in the future than now.

Of course, coding in and of itself is likely to change dramatically, as languages will gradually support higher and higher levels of abstraction, making programming more and more approachable for the average person. But no matter what the code looks like, a strong grasp of logic, problem solving, and how software works will probably become a fundamental skill in society.

http://www.quora.com/Does-the-computer-programming-professio...

brikis98··on The Golden Age of the Developer
Golden Age of the Developer? No, not even close. This is the just the tip of the iceberg.

Prediction: in ~30 years, programming will be just as important as literacy.

brikis98··on College: The biggest scam we'll ever buy
The purpose of school and college isn't training. It's education. People that confuse the two will be very disappointed with the results.
brikis98··on Coffeescript: Joyful and Unreadable
If your central point is about context switching, you probably should've picked a different title for the post :)
brikis98··on Coffeescript: Joyful and Unreadable
Looking at things in a vacuum is not very productive. The equivalent code with just raw JavaScript - that is, with no templates, no CoffeeScript, no backbone - would be MUCH more verbose, complicated, and hard to read/maintain.

For example, the => actually makes the code shorter and more readable than the equivalent versions (var that = this all over the place). The el and @template have nothing to do with CoffeeScript: they are from backbone and underscore, respectively. And once again, they are better than the raw JS alternatives (document.getElementById()? and inlining HTML into your JS).

brikis98··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (July 2011)
Mountain View, CA (full-time): LinkedIn

Engineering positions open across the board. We are building the professional network. Work with Java, Spring, Scala, JRuby, Grails, Node.js, RoR, Hadoop, iPhone, Android, and more. See http://engineering.linkedin.com/ for more info.

* Software Engineer - Applications: http://linkd.in/SWE-Applications

* Software Engineer - Mobile Applications: http://linkd.in/SWE-Mobile

* Front End Engineer - Applications: http://linkd.in/Front-End-Engineer

* Software Engineer - Systems and Infrastructure: http://linkd.in/SWE-SI

* Research Engineer - Data Analysis, Data Mining, Machine Learning: http://linkd.in/SWE-Data

* Software Engineer - Tools: http://linkd.in/SWE-Tools

* Performance Engineer: http://linkd.in/SWE-Performance

* Software Engineer in Test: http://linkd.in/software-engineer-in-test

* Release QA: http://linkd.in/Release-QA

brikis98··on LinkedIn announces Intern Hack Day 2011
Yup
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