I feel like programmers and software engineers are well-represented at the Nexus, so I want to see if anyone has any tips for me.

I studied Financial Math for a few years, but I found it deeply unsatisfying after a while, and I met some bankers who left a very bad impression on me. I have always loved programming (I've already been coding a little and self-teaching for almost two years), and I've always wanted to learn more about computer hardware, machine learning, AI, networks, etc. so I made a big change in my life.

Since the switch, I have been much happier. The work I'm doing actually feels meaningful, and I feel like I can now have a big impact on the world and actually help people rather than trade and model financial products for no end other than profit. And I feel like CS goes much better with the psychedelic lifestyle, as I can work to produce efficient, useful, intuitive, and creative code that transforms my thought stuff into reality!

So if you're into CS, how did you get into it? Do you feel like your work is meaningful? Do psychedelics go hand-in-hand with your work, and if so, how? Any tips for how I can be a more successful coder?

Thanks!

I'm just an amateur, and actually I'm mostly into Unity programming (=games), so I don't know if I can really help you improve.

What I've notice recentely is that the best way to improve and being satisfied with what you produce is to get directly into coding what you want to code, then when you're stuck go searching for theory and what the others made.
Programming seems to me something where the approach "put everything possible into the programmer's memory" is completely worthless. Learn by making, not by chopping informations. Through this path information will also root into your memory a lot deeper.

This is just a very general advice, and maybe many has already told you this, but I hope it'll be appreciated btw

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Get fully certified in Java and Hadoop..........work as a developer for3 years at 80k then become a consultant and charge whatever you want.

I started with assembler in the late 80's (that's when people used to talk directly to the CPU ) and have been programming ever since. Most people in the industry I've found are caffeine fueled obsessives - not very conducive to leading a relaxed or meditative life style. Don't know if there's such a thing as a relaxed programmer but the two words don't exactly go together well I've had the good fortune to be in a project that helps animals and the environment for many years now so at least I have the satisfaction of knowing I'm doing some good (maybe!) and not just helping bankers to get richer.

Careerwise probably best to get sh**hot at C#, MVC and all that Microsoft VS stuff. A bit more right on could be to go down the open source path, especially if it's more web based stuff you're doing.

Good luck with that

i started with computers at the university level in 1976.
i then outsourced myself to the adult industry where the money is.

fast forward 2015.....
all my friends in the computer industry, have been outsourced to HB1 visa holders.

not trying to be a buzzkill here.
just glad i had the sense to get out.

I'm studying telecom engineering and i had many programming, networking, computer hardware and software courses...
Programming especially in C language was one of my favourite things so far, few weeks into uni and i found my self writing codes to solve typical exam questions of other courses like mechanics(telecom but i still learn all kinds of courses, French system) i also joined a community called cybercomunity where we learned about cyphers, internet security, hacking and stuff like that
Programming was very helpful to me in real life cause when dealing with machines you have to be organised, explicit and clear in everything you do which helps a lot in analysing and solving everyday problems...
Psychedelics didn't work out well with uni and computer stuff for me, it makes me feel organic and that i don't belong here and that i should leave it all and go live in nature
https://youtu.be/Gx6P6Nq8JoY
i watched this recently and i enjoyed it a lot, hope you like it

Thanks for the info! I am not like a lot of other programmers I know, as I do not spend my life on the computer tinkering. I feel like it is just as important to understand the people you are coding/creating/engineering for as the code itself. Also I like the idea of code minimization, so I frequently try to do things with the least amount of work possible. While solutions are satisfying, elegance is supreme.

Also I am looking at product management options rather than coding 24/7, so hopefully I won't end up hooked on caffeine coding in some cubicle somewhere... But you never know how your preferences will change.



Thank you too for the information. I understand what you mean about wanting to be in nature, but I find I get that feeling mainly on mushrooms. DMT and LSD inspire me to learn more about and be around technology. I see that even though it is invented by humans, humans are natural, so in a way the tech that we create is "natural" to the universe, in a grander sense (especially if its design is discrete/fractal).

Thanks for the link; I'll try to watch it soon!

I think if I could do a 28 year rewind, I'd probably skip the computer stuff, go and live in a rain forest somewhere, settle down with a nice native girl and lead a simple life admiring everything that nature has to offer.

Well I did end up with the nice native girl ... who loves living in a cultured European city. Life's just weird