Caveat Task: Diving into the Hacking Culture

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Watching (non-fiction):

2. (2 points) Season 1 of Mr. Robot, available on Amazon Prime

I really enjoyed watching season 1. One particular scene I liked was when we realized that Elliot's father was actually Elliot all along and that he founded fsociety by himself. The series gave me a new perspective on the world itself and what evil really means. This takes me back to an important quote that Dumbledore said in the series Harry Potter: "There is no such thing as evil and good in the world, only power." I am looking forward to season 2.

Reading (non-fiction):

1. (1 point) Peter Norvig's Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (not 21 days)

I agree with Norvig saying that 21 days is not enough to teach you all about programming and that in order to become actually good at a skill, you need to do it for about 10 years (or about 10,000 hours). As a person who has done a lot of self studying (like for calculus in high school), I know that a textbook can only take one so far before they have to actually practice and put in the hours to become good at a certain skill. The textbook can probably only teach the skills necessary to become a good programmer, but it's another thing to put in practice to actually become said good programmer. I also appreciate the section about how to become a better programmer. It gives me comfort that I am headed in the right direction to becoming a better programmer myself.

2. (1 point) Jeff Atwood's How To Become a Better Programmer by Not Programming.

I agree with Atwood saying that there is a large difference between the good programmers and the mediocre programmers that live in this world today. I always thought that programming needed the certain kind of intuition to solve problems creatively, but that's not the case with this. I learned that while sheer bulk programming can help with getting to be a better programmer, it's not the solution - the solution is to become more passionate about what you're doing and to sometimes take a step back and understand why you're doing the things you're doing.

Total points: (2+1+1)/4 ==> 4/4