Ask by Debanjan Sengupta: Can we create a thread of the most impactful courses/books/projects you've encountered that changed your career course in some way or the other?

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Debanjan Sengupta @dsengupta16 · Sep 26, 2023

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Can we create a thread of the most impactful courses/books/projects you've encountered that changed your career course in some way or the other?

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Niels Hoven @NielsHoven · Sep 30, 2023

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Dan Gilbert's TED talk on happiness [link] led me to his book Stumbling on Happiness, which led me to Predictably Irrational and the whole field of behavioral economics (yeah, fraud and replication crisis, I know) Anyway, my world was rocked by the realization…

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The surprising science of happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

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heyotetsuo @heyotetsuo · Sep 27, 2023

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"Let Us C" by Yashavant P. Kanetkar instead of just syntax, this teaches how a computer actually works. illustrations were super clear in explaining things like pointers and RAM and the exercises simulated a classroom environment. Easy favorite for me ⭐

Book Jul, 2003

Let Us C: Authentic Guide to C Programming Language