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In this post I sketch out Big L notation, which plots your learning as a function of N years of experience, with P peers. » DEV Community | dev.to

I’ve often seen people suggest that you should learn C in order to learn how computers work. Is this a good idea? Is this accurate? I’m going to start with my conclusion right upfront, just to be crystal clear about what I’m saying here: C is not “how the computer works.” I don’t think most people mean this phrase literally, so that is sort of irrelevant. Understanding the context means that learning C for this reason may still be a good idea for you, depending on your objectives. » Steve Klabnik | steveklabnik.com

Quincy Larson was just a ”guy in a suit in an office” and decided he wanted to learn how to code. So he asked around. He started by picking up a bit of Ruby then found himself skimming through other languages like Scala, Clojure and Go. He learned Emacs then Vim and even the Dvorak keyboard layout. He picked up Linux, dabbled in Lisp and coded in Python while living on the command line for more than half a year. ...

A continuación os pongo una serie de páginas webs que considero imprescindibles en caso de tener cualquier tipo de duda. Se incluyen tanto páginas en castellano como en inglés, y junto a la página una pequeña descripción de lo que podéis encontrar en ella. Espero que os resulte útil. » Alber | eingleses.com

I regularly receive e-mail from people who want advice on how to learn more about computer security, either as a course of study in college or as an IT person considering it as a career choice. First, know that there are many subspecialties in computer security. You can be an expert in keeping systems from being hacked, or in creating unhackable software. You can be an expert in finding security problems in software, or in networks. You can be an expert in viruses, or policies, or cryptography. There are many, many opportunities for many different skill sets. You don’t have to be a coder to be a security expert. In general, though, I have three pieces of advice to anyone who wants to learn computer security. ...