gosenx

Don’t be modest. How did you become a great programmer?

The more specific the better

How much do you write code in your job? I have 4 1/2 years of experience and I have never had a time where programming was 60-80% of what I did and I’m very frustrated about this.

The whole point I started programming at 16 was to get a job were actual programming would be the main thing.

Tell me your experience and what kinds of programs you work in or industry if you find relevant.

For those working on the field, dealing with servers, setting personal machines, do you consider yourself an advanced user? If so, how did you achieve that level? What are the subjects you think are the most important?

If you want to, share one moment you had an aha (aka revelation) moment that changed your perception of Linux*?

* Kernel or OS specific

I'm starting to get interest in research and plan to write papers on the future.

Where can I find a forum or a social network where researchers ask questions to each other and interact?

If in my brain and body lives only one person, how can I desire great things for myself while also actually sabotaging myself in the way?

Ex: I want to read a book, I know it that's a good thing, but I procrastinate and end up not reading anything while also being fully aware that that's bad?

This is not a question about proscrationation, rather about the different selfs (mind, brain, heart, inner voice, whatever) and how to deal with them.

Scientific material and studies much appreciated.

I wonder if you maintain a personal career roadmap file that you keep updated, with stuff like things you should learn on the long-term, habilities, certifications, promotions you are preparing for?

If you do, for how long have you been maintaining it and how does it look like now?