Hello Arthur, Saturday, October 8, 2005, 1:25:44 PM, you wrote:
A> I recently read Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters" - which was not the A> book I was expecting it to be. It was more a book about business, and A> organization to do business - and less a book about programming. He talks A> unabashedly from his own frame of reference (good approach ;))- which A> happens to be the frame of reference of a talented programmer looking to use A> his talent to put himself beyond the clutches of financial insecurity. Which I think those of us on this list are (although money is not my main focus - programming and teaching are). A> He had much to say relevant to a few strains of this discussion (small A> business vs. large, affiliation vs., non-affiliation, etc.). A> But as much as I enjoy (and employ) the "personal frame of reference A> approach", the book is also a frustrating read on that account. A> Kind of like it's a 3 step approach: A> 1) Become a world class programmer.. A> Thanks. A> Not too surprising I lost some focus when it came to the discussion of A> points 2 and 3. Ironically, my local reading group is reading that book *right now*. I loved Chapter 1, as it does expose a thing or two about our secondary educational environments. -- Best regards, Chuck _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig