Re:Linux Toolbox
by wpietri on Saturday December 14, 2019 @12:19PM
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Have you tried reading the zines in this set? I love 'em.
Even as a greybeard, I learn the occasional bit, but what I really get out of them is a reminder of how amazing computers are. The author's excitement is contagious.
If I were in a physical office these days, I'd absolutely buy the boxed set to have around for junior engineers. I'm lucky in that when I started out, computers were orders of magnitude less complex. I got to grow along with them. But these days, there's so much of everything and in so many dimensions.
About 70% of my job with interns and juniors is just to tell them, "Yes, your feelings of overwhelming ignorance are reasonable, but let's instead focus on learning what you need to get to get the next thing shipped." Having fun, readable introductions to tools and concepts like this is a great way to make technology less overwhelming, so I'm all for it.
Even as a greybeard, I learn the occasional bit, but what I really get out of them is a reminder of how amazing computers are. The author's excitement is contagious.
If I were in a physical office these days, I'd absolutely buy the boxed set to have around for junior engineers. I'm lucky in that when I started out, computers were orders of magnitude less complex. I got to grow along with them. But these days, there's so much of everything and in so many dimensions.
About 70% of my job with interns and juniors is just to tell them, "Yes, your feelings of overwhelming ignorance are reasonable, but let's instead focus on learning what you need to get to get the next thing shipped." Having fun, readable introductions to tools and concepts like this is a great way to make technology less overwhelming, so I'm all for it.