> What are some resources you can recommend for those seeking to become better programmers?
> The biggest thing for me, and that I have done personally and continue to do, is to sit at the feet of great coders. I have learned the most in my career when I have been around excellent people who I can learn off of.
I find hard to meet passionate developers from which I can learn from.
Likely, this is due to my career choices (I'm a consultant for large corporations). The last time I worked with a brilliant developer was ages ago. Most of the people I work with in these contracts, are 8-5 drones who are stuck with Java 6 and they are afraid of every new bit of technology (to be fair, it's hard to even tests certain technologies for them).
Anyway, this is one of the biggest regrets of my professional life.
> The biggest thing for me, and that I have done personally and continue to do, is to sit at the feet of great coders. I have learned the most in my career when I have been around excellent people who I can learn off of.
I find hard to meet passionate developers from which I can learn from.
Likely, this is due to my career choices (I'm a consultant for large corporations). The last time I worked with a brilliant developer was ages ago. Most of the people I work with in these contracts, are 8-5 drones who are stuck with Java 6 and they are afraid of every new bit of technology (to be fair, it's hard to even tests certain technologies for them). Anyway, this is one of the biggest regrets of my professional life.