Hackers and painters [reprint]

The best book I read in April was Paul Graham's masterpiece "hacker and painter" (Chinese version), a masterpiece that could trigger thinking by technicians, true hacker spirit, start-up ),Programming LanguageIs the topic of this technical essay. Ruan Yifeng's translation is in place and he enjoys his translation. The translation of technical books in China is a task of "high investment and low return". Fewer and fewer people are able to concentrate on things.

From explaining why nerd is not popular to explaining the significance of hackers' spirit, hacker and painterProgramThe Member is named correctly. Keeping hackers in mind may change the world. Those who do not obey discipline are the source of social strength and wealth. Yes, few people care about it now. People are more concerned about houses and oil prices, food and vegetables.

From the perspective of self-interest, it is strongly recommended that everyone who is about to graduate from school or all technical personnel read chapter 6 of this book first ,"How to Create Wealth"(How to make wealth), it is necessary for a technician to establish a value for wealth. Speaking of "Fortune", it seems to be a tough thing, but it is also seen that many technical people around us are keen to talk about stocks and speculators. Who made us live in this bad age? Few people talk about the relationship between wealth and technology at the same time. Fortunately, this book is available. Money is just a form of expression of wealth, but wealth is not equal to money, not just a house or a car. Paul Graham's point of view is: the best way to get rich is to create wealth (rather than plunder), and to start your own business or join a startup team is a reliable way to get rich (Let me see, if you are the second generation of the official or the second generation of the rich, it is another matter ). Paul is different from the common dumb masters in that he also gives the ice-cold fact that the payment and return for a startup are generally proportional, however, it is out of proportion on the individual. Do not overwrite the myth of entrepreneurship, but entrepreneurship does give us more possibilities.

I am inspired by the following"What can't be said. In the current complex social environment, if you find some taboos in this society-you will certainly find something you can't say, what should you do? The most appropriate way is to choose a suitable occasion, instead of talking about it everywhere. We should learn to "only fight the battles worth fighting ". I think we usually spend a lot of energy on the internet, isn't it a meaningless battle? Don't agree with any hysterical society, but don't tell them what kind of enthusiasm you disagree. If you have to face such a challenge, either raise the debate to an abstract level-in fact, this is relatively difficult; or, using metaphor-this is not easy, the author also suggested a way, that's humor (fuck, this guy is so interesting ). If you are a part of the tide, you cannot see the direction of the tide, the only way is to always question, improve your thinking ability.

In fact, this book may have two consequences after being published in China:

• There will be more people thinking about entrepreneurship (Remember, creating wealth rather than looting wealth)
• There will be more lisp programmers (How many lisp programmers are there in China? Two digits or three digits ?)

At your own risk

 

Reposted from: hackers and painters

For more information, see Paul Graham.