Comments on: A programmer’s 2009 resolutions

By: Yert

Yert — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:56:06 +0000

Writing open source software will help you practice, can help you learn a new language, and contributes to the community. Furthermore, it gets you noticed if you do a lot of work, which can lead to a job.

Remember, it doesn’t have to be GPL’d. The BSD license is more free, and as the post says, “You don’t need a reason to help people.” including pushing your license on people; the BSD license does not impose, but politely asks.

By: my very own 2009’s resolutions « odds and ends

my very own 2009’s resolutions « odds and ends — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:36:20 +0000

[...] 2, 2009 by etwas I came across a post here. I, as a freelance-going-to-be programmer, should set up a few resolutions either. Prospectively [...]

By: ganesan

ganesan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:27:20 +0000

Nice resolution mr congrats :)

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:28:29 +0000

Heh, definitely good resolutions. Interesting, I just posted some ideas because I always find them to be unrealistic and heavy: my 9 realistic new years resolutions for developers Happy new year!

By: Eric Wendelin

Eric Wendelin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:32:05 +0000

I think I’ll probably go for speaking. I’m too young to manage anyone above an intern and I’m not really as interested in that right now. Speaking will be more useful soon as I will probably be speaking at my local JUG soon ;)

By: Jesper Jarlskov

Jesper Jarlskov — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:28:06 +0000

Good resolutions, and good reasoning. Any specific idea what kind of soft skill your aiming at? It’s a pretty long way from a new (spoken) language, to marketing :-)