Last night I read Dan Luu’s fantastic article, How I learned to program, which recounts his 20-year-ish journey to learning computer programming. I especially liked how Dan described both the technical skills that he learned along with the meta-skillsthat generalized beyond the slew of ever-changing technologies. Since we’re about the same age, I got inspired to write up my own learning journey before I forget too many of the details.

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