Comment by giorgioz

Comment by giorgioz 2 months ago

This is why for young people is useful to pick a new field where there are no experts yet. I was very lucky to graduate Computer Science just when the iPhone/Android came out. I had two years experience in Android programming where literally no-one could have more than 2 years experience. If I had tried to make it work in C++/Java I would have find myself competing with people with 10 or 30 years of experience.

Right now I would recommend young people to go deep into LLM. Do stuff that have never being done before and everyone is a novice!

tough 2 months ago

I mean most of the papers already come from pretty young folks!

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giorgioz 2 months ago

A dear friend of mine from Greece decided to study archeology and did a Phd in LITERALLY Byzantine iconography of penises. Now at 37 he works as workman in a factory producing food. He seemed happy before and he seems happy now. There are many ways to read into this real life events. I'm still struggling to understand it. A part of me sees it as a cautionary tale of pursuing outdated fields. Another parts of me wonders if maybe my friend is happy and everything else doesn't matter. Another part of me wonders if too much unconditional happiness might lead you in dead end alleys. Another part of me wonders if that is false and believing that is preventing me to be happier. Life is chaos.

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giorgioz 2 months ago

Exacty! They chose to go into a new field rather than persuing archeology and restoration.

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