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Glad to see this being said. This last year I got fed up with mindlessly completing homework and studying for Math and CS in school and started doing what I really want to do in my spare time; building. I decided web…
Yes and yes. I am not a fan of "self-help" books, though this book could or could not be labeled as such. As someone who has for most of my life been quite socially inept, have found it very useful. After reading this…
you can find other forums to ask more "abstract" questions Could you name a few? I am often looking for places to ask unspecific questions of experienced programmers.
Chef
Thanks for the advice. It is important not to overlook the downsides of any investment strategy, and I do keep very diligent records. The downside to DRiPs as you mentioned is the amount of paperwork you have to do and…
I personally own (not through a broker) shares in a diversified portfolio of companies, all of which offer Dividend Reinvestment Plans with optional cash purchases of additional shares directly through the company's…
Thanks for the words of caution mcintyre. I am pretty new to all this, and my approach for learning outside of school is to just build things, and figure out the bits I don't know along the way. So when I need a quick…
Well, for JQuery I have been reading tutorials on W3schools and practicing with toy web pages and using some for my personal website. For Ruby, I have been reading the pragmatic programmers book, as well as…
As a CS student entering into my second year and feeling a little drained from studying theory, this summer I spent a lot of my time learning practical skills and technologies and coding for fun. I've been learning…
Glad to see this being said. This last year I got fed up with mindlessly completing homework and studying for Math and CS in school and started doing what I really want to do in my spare time; building. I decided web…
Yes and yes. I am not a fan of "self-help" books, though this book could or could not be labeled as such. As someone who has for most of my life been quite socially inept, have found it very useful. After reading this…
you can find other forums to ask more "abstract" questions Could you name a few? I am often looking for places to ask unspecific questions of experienced programmers.
Chef
Thanks for the advice. It is important not to overlook the downsides of any investment strategy, and I do keep very diligent records. The downside to DRiPs as you mentioned is the amount of paperwork you have to do and…
I personally own (not through a broker) shares in a diversified portfolio of companies, all of which offer Dividend Reinvestment Plans with optional cash purchases of additional shares directly through the company's…
Thanks for the words of caution mcintyre. I am pretty new to all this, and my approach for learning outside of school is to just build things, and figure out the bits I don't know along the way. So when I need a quick…
Well, for JQuery I have been reading tutorials on W3schools and practicing with toy web pages and using some for my personal website. For Ruby, I have been reading the pragmatic programmers book, as well as…
As a CS student entering into my second year and feeling a little drained from studying theory, this summer I spent a lot of my time learning practical skills and technologies and coding for fun. I've been learning…