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navyad··on Ask HN: What habits have help you succeed as a programmer?
reading code.
navyad··on Learn web development
Mozilla, One of the best resources to learn web things.
navyad··on Ask HN: What are you learning right now?
learning about messaging-queues.
navyad··on Ask HN: How do you network with other professionals?
Good. very genuine way of approaching.
navyad··on Ask HN: What are your favorite books of all time, and why?
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand. I like idea of 'I' itself which can shrug the belief(s) of social norms.
navyad··on My personal site is a terminal
I too feeel they are distracting.
navyad··on Ask HN: What's your process for learning?
- pick a topic.

- find reliable resource/book to read from.

- read and make notes.

- refer notes to make things stick.

navyad··on Ask HN: What sites do you use to find Tech Jobs?
angelList.
navyad··on Ask HN: What code samples should programmers read?
find popular github repositories for your tech and explore them for fun !!
navyad··on Ask HN: How do I find an open source project to contribute to?
https://www.codetriage.com/
navyad··on Ask HN: How do you manage your to-read articles?
feedly
navyad··on Ask HN: How many of you quit using Facebook or rarely use?
I stopped using it actively 3 years back, now i use very rarely.
navyad··on Ask HN: What do you like about working in software?
-- solve problems by code.

-- enjoys the culture tech industry provides. e.g.: no 9-5 timings, work from home etc.

-- learning new tech.

navyad··on Ask HN: Needs advice on learning NLP
thanks for input. right now i am playing with built-in corpus and text of NLTK library.
navyad··on Should I do freelance of my skills on weekends or learn new things?
In my opinion learning new things will benefit in long run.
navyad··on Ask HN: Needs advice on learning NLP
Also helpful to read some research papers

https://research.google.com/pubs/NaturalLanguageProcessing.h...

navyad··on Ask HN: Needs advice on learning NLP
thanks.
navyad··on Ask HN: Needs advice on learning NLP
Didn't know of this, highly helpful, thanks.
navyad··on Ask HN: Needs advice on learning NLP
thanks, i would certainly have a look.
navyad··on Ask HN: Needs advice on learning NLP
I am following http://www.nltk.org/book_1ed/
navyad··on Asshole driven development (2007)
And how about Fear Driven Development.

It essentially a fear of trying out best technology, or best practices or fear of visibility. situation where organization does not support a progressive environment instead everyone has been kept under some kind of fear or pressure to create shitty code.

navyad··on Talks that changed the way I think about programming
Thanks for sharing.
navyad··on Ask HN: What's your go-to back end for simple projects?
Django, really easy get started with.
navyad··on Ask HN: Lessons you wish you knew when you were Junior developer?
-- read more code.

-- write code then reflect on it.

-- connect to like minded peoples.

-- communicate clearly and effectively to make sure your message is conveyed the way you wanted.

navyad··on Django REST framework 3.5
DRF with django its deadly combination.
navyad··on Ask HN: Hardest part about preparing for technical interviews?
totally agreed.
navyad··on Show HN: I'm learning VIM and making a game out of it
Nice one although wondering how Vim is involved here.
navyad··on Mentor for Python
look for people in your local meetup groups.
navyad··on Ask HN: When are you considered a “senior” programmer?
sometimes these title can be dangerous.
navyad··on Ask HN: How long is your daily commute?
From home to bus stop 5 minutes, take bus to office which would take around 1 hour, then 10 minute walk to office.

so in both ways, i would take around 2.5 hours.

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