Alan Kay: In 2024, I'll have been a programmer for 40 years, but I'll get there. He says you'll get a lot better from ten years each of four different areas than you will from 40 years writing network-socket servers. It’s not that 40 years of depth has no value. Depth definitely has value.
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Software Development is YoungYou Don’t Have to Start YoungOrder Isn’t Make-or-BreakIt’s Early YetThe Work is GoodIt’s not a Sprint or a Marathon, It’s a DiaryDon’t Confuse Work and CareerThere are No Defined LevelsThe Better You Get, the Less You Look Like Everybody ElseYou Learn Deep Principles by Doing the BasicsWhat Tech You Use MattersLook to Other Fields, Learn From Other FieldsProgrammers are ContraryBe Careful About Productivity TipsBut Seriously, Mostly Just Do ItSort: