Coding Career Handbook
Learning and science
developer career guide
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
14 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 18 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 4 for, 4 againstPricing: 4 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful distillation of HN career advice
From 2 comments
Read a version of this book pre-release and loved it! Distills much of the best advice you can get if you hang out for a few years on HN into an easily shareable package. Would…
forrestbrazeal on HNI highly recommend this book and Swyx's other work. He's thorough while also distilling down to the most important bits. Great book for people that are just starting their coding…
abd12 on HN
Learn in public approach valued
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch, Shawn! I'm frustrated and saddened by the amount of negative comments here from doubters, burnt out folks, and cynical engineers. I want to weigh in with…
elliotbnvl on HNI highly recommend this book and Swyx's other work. He's thorough while also distilling down to the most important bits. Great book for people that are just starting their coding…
abd12 on HN
Objections
Author has only about two years of professional experience
From 2 comments
Please don't take this the wrong way; I am genuinely curious. As far as I can tell, you've been a professional developer for approximately 2 years. What qualifies you to instruct…
claudiulodro on HNI am not downvoting you, but (if GP is accurate) 2 years of professional experience is nothing, and to be an authority is laughable. To say he established himself as a developer…
odshoifsdhfs on HN
Price too high for a book
From 2 comments
$39? Pass.
Ninjinka on HNI'm curious enough about some of the content in this book that I'd consider reading it if the price was cheaper (maybe $10-15 or so). Unfortunately this book seems too…
geochronology on HN
Suspected astroturfed positive comments
From 1 comment
A lot of the early positive comments in this thread feel astroturfed
freewilly1040 on HN
Requests
Free sample chapters to audit
From 2 comments
The book may be an excellent resource, but this appears to be just an advert - are there free examples you can point us to? It would be better to link directly to that page I…
mellosouls on HNAny free version I can audit? Not convinced this is worth the money since you have 2 years of experience, but I am willing to invest some time to prove myself wrong.
antonzabirko on HN
Cheaper price
From 1 comment
I'm curious enough about some of the content in this book that I'd consider reading it if the price was cheaper (maybe $10-15 or so). Unfortunately this book seems too…
geochronology on HN
Questions
What qualifies the author to give career advice
From 1 comment
Please don't take this the wrong way; I am genuinely curious. As far as I can tell, you've been a professional developer for approximately 2 years. What qualifies you to instruct…
claudiulodro on HN
Can you upgrade package by paying difference
From 1 comment
Looks very interesting, even tough I'm not new in the industry. So I'm interested in buying and if like it I'd like to upgrade the package. Is it possible just by paying the…
miguendes on HN
Alternatives named
Tech Lead YouTube channel
From 1 comment
I highly recommend the channel Tech Lead, a youtuber who covers some of the mundane aspects of programming career.
foobar_ on HN
Programming Without Anxiety book
From 1 comment
Shameless plug: my work-in-progress book Programming Without Anxiety [0] might be interesting for you. It got a bit of scope creep which I'll have to cut back on, but I'm pretty…
treetide on HN