Comment by qarl

1 month ago

To be fair - I think the world is in such flux right now it's kinda impossible to predict what is a good path forward. I have no idea what to tell my kid.

But yes, I think many of us started with that book on BASIC making little programs for the joy of it. And it leads you all sorts of places.

"Follow your bliss" as they say.

Yeah, I'd be a lot less confident in any career advice today compared to, say, ten years ago. But what else can you do....