Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "The Daily Blob" channel.

  1. Programming is not about languages any more than English language being about books.
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  2. +Lanre Oladejo You can be involved in big data but not be a data scientist. A data scientist is really a mathematician that works on data models. There are various branches of specialisms. You should do some research on big data and see where your current skills and knowledge would best suit you. And you could go and focus in that area of big data.
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  3. ***** That is the direction that computer programs/languages are going.
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  4. Racket would be easier to learn how to design OOP and lambda. Then move to Java/python/c++ or c#.
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  5. If you want to learn hardcore programming skills in the short period of time use Drracket language with the design recipe. It is a lisp based language and all the skills carry over to Java, Javascript, python, C++ and so on. It is based upon structure and interpretation of computer programs that was the MIT standard for many years. What counts in programming is technique not language.
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  6. If you were to go and do 1000 interviews by the time you reach 1001 interviews you would probably be bored of them and also you would have no nerves with it at all. The first time I jumped out of an aircraft in the military it was the most nerve wrecking experience of my life by the time I had completed 25 jumps it was nothing to me. If you were nervous around girls but you were to meet thousands of girls over a long duration of time you would find it easy with girls. If you want to get confident with presentations do acting or debating as both of those will make interactions easy. The things you value now and find a big deal by the time you are 24 they will seem insignificant. If you want to become an expert in programming look up the book how to design programs and the book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. These books will make you an expert by the time you attend university. .
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  7. The books how to design programs is free and can be down loaded or viewed on the site.
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  8. One of the best learning routes out there is the programming design recipes with drracket. All of the main learning technique are there and it allows for detailed OOP design principles.
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  9. What about scheme is that not not a good language.
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  10. People need a language that supports objects and functional programming to really be able to learn how to design programs. Most people who call them self a programmer are not really a programmer they are software developers and they use a small amount of programming techniques.
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  11. If you want to consider data science then you need to be good at mathematics. You can make yourself good at maths if you desire but most people do not want to do this.
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