I came across this book purely by accident. At that time, I was wandering on CSDN because of some confusion about career planning, and I happened to see Lu Qiming's blog. Lu Qiming was a well-known figure in the domestic video technology field and was the R&D director of iQIYI at the time. He recommended Jeff Atwood's masterpiece "The Training of High-Performance Programmers" at the top. Jeff Atwood is the founder of the famous StackOverFlow website, which is famous for its high-quality technical Q&A community. Atwood himself has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry. In this thin book of less than 300 pages, in fact, It does not discuss many technical issues, but extensively involves project management, personnel communication, practice habits, demand design, life experience and many other aspects. The author tells us his thoughts with his rich life experience and professional experience, which can be described as insightful and unique. After reading it, I have a feeling of "listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books".
How to work efficiently and communicate with people is a lesson that domestic IT practitioners have to learn. The so-called "good book never tires of reading, familiar with deep thinking and self-knowledge", the following are some classified book excerpts for us to repeatedly taste the meaning of the book. The following parentheses are some of my own words to help understand the original text.
1. The hardest thing in life is figuring out what you really want to do, rather than learning a bunch of stuff that is supposed to be useful in the future. (The world is too big, and those who understand their own pursuits have their own peace of mind)
2. What are we doing and why our work is meaningful (all can say it is for the money, but there must be a second answer of their own)
3. The hardest part for a programmer is to figure out what you're working all day and night for. Think hard, lest your career follow in the footsteps of the so-called high-tech bubble companies that failed: come and go, and end up empty-handed. (Similar to the first point, in the IT circle full of overnight fame stories, we need more reasons to stay calm)
4. The method of happiness:
4.1. In the case of a certain limit of income increase, happiness is proportional to income, and it is not the case after it exceeds
4.2. If money doesn't bring you happiness, it's probably because you're spending it the wrong way
4.3. Experience is better than material, because experience can always be shared with others
4.4. Helping others: Spending a little money to establish a deeper connection with others will help the social relationship to be closer.
4.5. Small water flows: The most effective way to spend money is to often buy small changes, rather than spend a lot of money on a big surprise, and then wait for the novelty to pass quickly.
4.6. Buy less insurance: In fact, when something goes wrong, people are not as annoyed as they initially imagined
4.7. Paying for the future: Impulsive buying kills the feeling of expectation, which is the source of happiness
4.8. Think before you act
4.9. Beware of the pitfalls of comparison shopping: assessing how much we like the item, not some trivial feature that differentiates the item from others
4.10. Go with the flow: if something reliably brings happiness to many other people, it is likely to bring happiness to you too