> See the comment above: “I'm not even sure what to recommend for developing good software judgment and habits.“. It’s like a chess coach admonishing their subject to simply “think harder”. Not helpful.
Hey, it seems like you took this as gatekeeping or something. These skills can definitely be taught or self-learned, I've done it and seen it done many times.
My point was only that I don't know resources that can act as a shortcut (my actual word above), i.e. ways to skip over the longer path of gaining experience through long engagement with the topic. So maybe more like a chess coach saying they don't know any books that let a beginner jump ahead to being a more experienced player?
There are hundreds of past threads on HN about books to level up in software, so clearly some people have thoughts about this. I just don't know what to recommend a data scientist who needs these skills immediately.
What you said wasn’t egregious or anything, no worries. I’ve seen some incomprehensible code from data scientists with PhDs, stuff that has no excuse. I also know of one single resource for essential coding skills specific to data scientists either.
Sometimes a rant on a topic brews in my head for weeks or months, and I will uncork it on a random passerby that brings up the subject—which happened to be you this time.
But, I’ve had coworkers who like clockwork sneer at anything a data scientist wrote. “Why did you do it that way?”. When asked for advice on how to improve it, they huffily say nevermind. It’s ingratiating as hell.
Hey, it seems like you took this as gatekeeping or something. These skills can definitely be taught or self-learned, I've done it and seen it done many times.
My point was only that I don't know resources that can act as a shortcut (my actual word above), i.e. ways to skip over the longer path of gaining experience through long engagement with the topic. So maybe more like a chess coach saying they don't know any books that let a beginner jump ahead to being a more experienced player?
There are hundreds of past threads on HN about books to level up in software, so clearly some people have thoughts about this. I just don't know what to recommend a data scientist who needs these skills immediately.