Hacker News with Generative AI: Skills

Ask HN: Want to keep my software engineering skills sharp (ycombinator.com)
I currently started work as a data analyst. For a data analyst, the work is quite programming heavy actually (e.g. we don't use Excel but Jupyter). But for a software engineer, the amount of programming feels low. It's more like creating quick scripts.

Software Engineering, Data Analysis, Programming, Skills

19 points by mettamage 5 days ago | 33 comments

Graduate Degrees Are Overrated (lemire.me)
Though I have many brilliant graduate students, I love working with undergraduate students. And I am not at all sure that you should favor people with graduate degrees, given a choice. Many graduate students tend to favor abstraction over practical skills. They often have an idealized view of the world. Moreover, these students are often consumed by research projects, theses, or dissertations, and the publication of scientific articles, which limits their time for concrete actions.

Education, Higher Education, Skills, Academia

3 points by ibobev 66 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Anyone learned art (drawing, caricature etc.) as an adult? (ycombinator.com)
Any form of art. Started with zero natural talent as an adult and got decently good at it? If yes, how did you do it?

Learning, Art, Adult Education, Skills, Drawing

95 points by akudha 104 days ago | 91 comments

Do programmers need touch typing? (hakanserce.com)
Touch typing (also called touch type or touch keyboarding) is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. Specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory. (Wikipedia)

Programming, Typing, Skills

24 points by amichail 131 days ago | 65 comments

Athletes and musicians pursue virtuosity in fundamental skills (andymatuschak.org)

Skills, Music, Sports, Virtuosity

159 points by JustinSkycak 139 days ago | 154 comments

Ask HN: What skills/things are you learning? (ycombinator.com)

Learning, Skills, Career Development, Community

23 points by sawirricardo 157 days ago | 48 comments

Speedo-Shaped Skillset (scottantipa.com)

Software, Humor, Skills, Web Development

8 points by escot 157 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: Skills to Learn for Wartime? (ycombinator.com)