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Thinking of working with systems rather than towards goals. I got this idea from How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COOFBA4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

Learning to type - Enhanced productivity https://hkelkar.com/2014/03/02/learn-to-type-before-you-lear...

Writing a blog has been extremely rewarding. It takes effort to Blog Over the years I published a book based on the blog.

Understanding Compounding.

Learning Python for fun. Learning Python was really the stepping stone to learning other interesting things.

this is fantastic. Great snapshot of the past. Thank you jsomers for sharing this.

make more money and then give some of it to causes you support.

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller. Read about John D Rockefeller and the likes of Bezos and Zuck seem like amateurs.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of - John D Rockefeller.

GE stock.

planet money and freakonomics.

Helps me understand how the world actually works.

Risk Management. No more than 5% of your portfolio in a single company. No more than 25% of your portfolio in a single sector. A stop loss strategy. An exit strategy. The best investors in the world generate 20% returns year over year consistently. Don't be greedy.

Read The most important thing - Mark Howards.

Meditate and swim https://hkelkar.com/2017/05/29/why-i-love-to-swim/

great way to tell the masses and countless business school grads that its not even worth trying. Any astute investor will support articles like this since it reduces competition. Thinking is bad. Long live index funds.

try Sphero, its a fun robot to learn with.

if you don't like hacker rank. suggest a technical phone screen over a shared notebook or a homework problem as an alternative. See how that works.

learn to debug

Good luck Patrick on this new adventure.

This is a mobile keyboard no? The story is misleading imo. It will be interesting to see how this holds up against a regular keyboard on a laptop.

This is also my first product.

1.How to fail at almost everything and still win big- Scott adams 2.The Surrender Experiment - Michael Singer 3.Choose Yourself - Jamel Altucher

learn python, more general purpose and easier to learn.

I write on http://hkelkar.com mostly about being a Software Craftsman.

find another job first.

this is a new one http://www.everlaw.com/

how to make wealth http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html

This is an ebook that I wrote based on my journey as a software engineer.

have to add that I've never done business with them, know about them primarily for their crypto pals challenge and microcorruption.com

Matasano was the defacto goto, it looks like they are part of this org now https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-services/security-consulti...

talk by Josh Kaufman of Personal MBA fame on generating ideas and validating them to build a sustainable profit making business.

came across this by @joshkaufman https://vimeo.com/71250239 , "shut up and take my money". A framework on coming up with ideas and validating them

thanks bobby_9x, that was the feeling I had but needed validation.

go read http://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/15...

This is a book written by Scott Adams of Dilbert fame, he has failed at more things than you can imagine. You are unique, divine. So hang in there. Start off with eating right and exercise to get increase your energy. Then follow your curiosity. You will be surprised what you are capable of. Take a course on Coursera, it could be anything. Then build upon that to propel forward.

indeed many problems are locked in exec chambers.

I plan to hunt for business problems this break. That for me is harder than learning a new language or technology stack.