Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning?
by dankruss on Monday July 27, 2015 @08:34AM
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Code. Teach yourself how to code.
Create a project that you would find useful.
Given your finance background, create a system to manage your personal finances or automate some of the tasks you perform at work. You have the mathematics background, so logic isn't a hurdle. If the glove fits... code.
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Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning?
by Sealy on Monday July 27, 2015 @08:44AM
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I second this. You are after all asking the Hackernews community! Like what dankruss says, you have a lot of complementary skills too.
I'd recommend some sort of dynamic web based language so you can launch your own startups in the future if you want.
Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning?
by h0phead on Monday July 27, 2015 @08:56AM
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Which language though? Coming from someone who knows a bit but doesn't work in the field.
Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning?
by T-A on Monday July 27, 2015 @09:45AM
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I would say Python. Easy enough to be a good teaching language + a huge ecosystem for real work, spanning everything from web dev to machine learning.
Re:Ask HN: What skills would you invest in learning?
by nindalf on Monday July 27, 2015 @10:22AM
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I second the other suggestion - Python. I think its a great language to learn first up. I feel its biggest strength is its excellent standard library and ecosystem Python allows you to do really cool things with minimal frustration. This is important because once a person gets past the basics what keeps them hooked is doing cool things what they've learned.