How You Can Become a Modern-Day Intellectual

PLUS: Everything we published last week (ICYMI)

You know that person who always has the answer to everything.

Every. Single. Time.

No matter the topic.

Here’s what they do that you don’t:

• They read a book about a book that interests them.

• They read reviews about movies they are about to watch.

• They inform themselves about history before they go on that trip to Rome.

Remember, spending 5 hours in the Louvre staring at paintings doesn’t make you more cultured.

Instead,

• Read about the artists.

• Know the history of the paintings.

• Try to create some art of your own.

The experience will be much more meaningful.

Now, here’s what you might have missed last week 👇

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Weekly Posts Pack

1. 6 Ways to Become the Most Valuable Coder on Your Team

2. 5 Game-Changing Benefits of Using a Task-Capturing System

3. 6 Ways to Become the Most Valuable Non-Coder on Your Team

4. Why 87% of Developers Struggle to Finish Projects—and How SPARK Can Fix That in 5 Steps

That’s it.

Reminder:

Weekly Shoutout

• Why Your Data Science Resume Isn’t Landing Interviews (and How to Fix It), by

  Andres Vourakis
  .

• Don’t Waste Time Applying to FAANG Without Knowing These Metrics, by

  Mandy Liu
  .

• 7 things to pay attention as degree student, by

  Marcos F. Lobo
  .

• Level Up: A Software Engineer’s Guide to Accelerating Your Career, by

  Rafa Páez
  .

• Wardley Mapping Buffer, by

  Aleix Morgadas
  .

• Chapter 7: Onboarding Feedback, by

  Stephane Moreau
  .

• 4 Ways to Show Ownership as a Software Engineer (And 3 Anti-Patterns to Avoid), by

  Adler Hsieh
  .

• When a Duck Calls Out • On Duck Typing and Callables in Python, by

  Stephen Gruppetta
  .

• What is the real cost of not having tests (at all), by

  Akos Komuves
  .

• Simplicity Wins - Less is More, by

  Michał Poczwardowski
  .

• LLM Research Recap of 2024, Fine-tuning LLM Judges, Amazon's Nova Models, Google's Genie 2, and More, by

  Logan Thorneloe
  .

Have a good one,

—Alberto

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