.. title: How to become a better programmer by James Long
.. slug: how-to-become-a-better-programmer-by-james-long
.. date: 2017-03-21 07:27:38 UTC-07:00
.. tags: general, advice, philosophy, easy
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The original post is `here`_.

.. _here: http://jlongster.com/How-I-Became-Better-Programmer

I might have stumbled upon this via hackernews and this topic is of perennial interest to me. The general advice
given were helpful. I liked the specific, measurable suggestions too. These were:

* Learn C  - *I know C. I have written C. I will need to get back to writing in C.*
* Write a compiler  - *Not yet.*
* Learn macros - *Not yet.*
* SICP - *Not yet.*
* Understand continuations - *Not yet.*
* If anything, just try a new language - *I try this every now and then. The emphasis on his post were learning functional languages which, I think, I will be starting this year.*