I kept at mathacademy for about 6-8 months and completed Foundations 1, which was mostly a review of things I'd forgotten. Once I got to Foundations 2 and started regularly failing quizzes, I had to let it go. In my opinion, the pedagogy of "learn this one method to deal with this one problem type, we'll teach you why it works later" is great for young learners and their sponge-like memory, but I'm well into middle age and my memory is shot. I failed quizzes because I forgot the rote method for the solutions, even though I mechanically understood the method and had completed several problems just like it. Taking copious notes might have helped, but there are only so many hours in the day and flipping through notes during timed quizzes is tough.
Not saying don't try it, definitely do (especially if your memory's still sharp), but if you start failing, don't be too hard on yourself.
Now that I think about it, I never once got a job from a cold application. It was always on either an employee recommendation or having met a family member.
In a comment on another Rust-related post, the author noted that, "rust definitely skews younger than average. i don't have statistics on hand, but almost all people i know working on the project are younger than 35, and a surprising number are 17-25."
I've messed with Rust a bit and I like it. I like the ideas and lack of compromise. But good ideas and a lack of compromises are what you get from youth, along with the arrogance of style choices that make things harder to understand. Will Rust stick around once these folks have bigger responsibilities?
I've known some corporate recruiters personally and I thought I'd heard most of the hiring horror stories. I have _never_ heard of this, and now I'm wondering how prevalent it is.
Public transit is hot garbage in 99% of cities in the US. Bus routes represent a shuttle for moving the poor, elderly, and infirm between various public assistance offices. It won't go away, but it's unlikely to ever be more than that.
Yeah, it is. The only glaring issue I see is that Yaccarino will definitely have to compromise by kicking some of the more radical people off the platform to get the high-dollar accounts advertising on Twitter again, which will draw fire from what is now the most visible user base. Or at the very least, reducing the "freedom of reach" I've seen Elon refer to. Otherwise, she seems to be a decent hire, catering to a lot of groups.
The takeaway that stayed most with me: all laws of physics are proven to be wrong at some point in time, and get step by step replaced by less wrong versions.
