Comments on: Programming Skills vs Life Skills

By: Antonio

Antonio — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:23:43 +0000

I agree with Pang’s article.
Once a time I heard that speech from a teacher. Then, it is what I am trying to do, it has been my advice and horizon: if you want to live you have to show people that you are alive. If you want to be noticed you have to appear, to make yourself able to be seen.
Social, communication and strategical thinking are so wanted skills right now. Maybe our background made us ignore them and this lack (of knowledge, social life) has let IT workforce far from boarding, far from who make decicion.
Of course not all want to be there. It’s all about what you want from life.

By: bachtiar

bachtiar — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:12:31 +0000

i didn’t get it…since im write code not only for money but also for fun..btw i think its worth to try..nice to know it and thanks for share your knowledge

By: MIS Dude

MIS Dude — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:31:11 +0000

In America, it seems that we lives to work…all the others countries seem to work to live.

By: roberto

roberto — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:06:31 +0000

Nice post, I´m changing my life…. thanks a lot

By: Kevin Pang

Kevin Pang — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:35:22 +0000

@Watsh

I can’t say that I’ve read any of Dave Ramsey’s work. Also, I’m not a financial guru by any stretch of the imagination, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

When it comes to investing books, my general rule of thumb is this: if a book claims that it can help you beat the market, then it’s probably full of crap (Robert Kiyosaki’s books come to mind). It’s the books that give you sound, financial advice backed by numbers and historical data (e.g. keeping costs low, diversification, maximizing tax-sheltered accounts, etc.) that are worth reading.

Based on the short summary I’ve read on The Total Money Makeover, it sounds like the book falls into the latter category and would be worth the read.

By: Watsh Rajneesh

Watsh Rajneesh — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:19:00 +0000

Do you think the contents of the book The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness – Dave Ramsey is any good compared to the ones you recommend?

By: morph

morph — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:34:51 +0000

good point. spending a bit too much time on work myself. thanks

By: crysfel

crysfel — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:19:17 +0000

it is really true!!

i’ll spent more time on me

thanks for the reading.

By: Satai

Satai — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:44:07 +0000

Cooking is essential. It makes you to feel indenpendent (on presence of a woman, on money for restaurants…). And it helps to comunicate with friends – just cook a home made hot chocolate or a chicken with salad for them at your home and you have your hearts open

By: UrbanSurvivor

UrbanSurvivor — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:05:51 +0000

Best article I have read on the pitfalls of single-minded focus in college. Wasn’t college supposed to make "well rounded citizens"?