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labarilemon Ask HN: How did you learn sales?

I've read "How to Win Friends and Influence People", fascinating book. Since I read it, I also started putting into practice what the author says. Guess I'll have a quick re-read to see if I overlooked anything. The other 2 books are in my reading list, I'll move them up haha.

labarilemon Ask HN: How did you learn sales?

Did you already have some sales experience before joining the startup?

labarilemon Ask HN: How did you learn sales?

How did it help you learn?

labarilemon What are some cools topics one can learn about that aren't software dev related

I think it's definitely ok to feel like that when you first open a DAW. Some things that worked for me to go over the first overwhelming phase:

- Watching tutorials/following courses on a musical genre you like

- Picking a reference track before you start composing

- Using sample packs, then maybe replacing/recreating sounds you don't particularly like

labarilemon What are some cools topics one can learn about that aren't software dev related

You don't actually need a lot of music theory to get started and make something. I also used to play an instrument (guitar, classic and electric) before producing music with a DAW. While that helped me learn faster, I also realized you just need some basics to produce music that sounds good enough. Here the most important factor, imo, is practice.

labarilemon What are some cools topics one can learn about that aren't software dev related

I'm following a course on EDM production. It's a paid course and so far I'm really happy with it. You can check it out here: https://www.edmprod.com/edm-foundations/ (let me know if this is not allowed on HN so I can remove the link).

If you prefer free resources, youtube has a lot to offer if you're starting out with DAWs and music production. Just do a quick search about your favorite genre and you'll find some good youtubers explaining how to get started with it.

labarilemon What are some cools topics one can learn about that aren't software dev related

I used to play guitar and recently I've started producing EDM and rap beats. Can't agree more with you.

labarilemon What are some cools topics one can learn about that aren't software dev related

Music. Besides learning it, you could also play it.

labarilemon Ask HN: How can I become more proactive in work and life?

Usually this means you don't have a clear goal that you really desire to achieve. Why do you want to perform better at work? Maybe you don't have any incentive to do so. I'd talk about this to your therapist.

labarilemon Ask HN: Anyone highlight text as they read?

I do it, usually when I'm focused and really trying to understand the text. Don't know when I started, feels like it's always been like this.

labarilemon Ask HN: What do you do for a living?

CTO, Co-Founder of an italian startup working with AR and VR.

labarilemon Ask HN: Which algorithms based on biological ideas do you know?

Yeah I know most of these algorithms are not state of the art. That's why I explicitly said that. Still, I find it interesting to read about them. It satisfies a curiosity of mine, hopefully shared with other people here too.

labarilemon Ask HN: Which algorithms based on biological ideas do you know?

Really like explanations with visualizations. I'm starting to think it would be interesting to have a playground webpage collecting those visualizations.

labarilemon Ask HN: Which algorithms based on biological ideas do you know?

Maybe you could find the Google Hashcode problems to be interesting for a weekend project

labarilemon Ask HN: Which algorithms based on biological ideas do you know?

So simple yet so complex

labarilemon Ask HN: Share your personal site

I was doubting it's easy to read.

For example, take this page: https://marcolabarile.me/quickstart/oauth2-oidc-which-flow/

Wouldn't it be better without the right (personal info) and left (table of contents) columns in your opinion?

labarilemon Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://marcolabarile.me

Trying to find a new theme for my website or improve the current theme. Any ideas?

labarilemon Ask HN: Anyone into Music Production?

Cool, how did you learn songwriting?

labarilemon Ask HN: Anyone into Music Production?

I'm starting with FL Studio and Windows, no issues so far (so far = for some months haha).

labarilemon Ask HN: How to make side income of 500-3k$ a month as a CTO?

Maybe consultancy to other companies? Lots of startups don't have a highly skilled CTO at the start of their venture. But I'd say try to figure out how to grow your business since it's been running for some years and I assume it's worth investing in?

labarilemon Ask HN: What are some good styles/layouts for technical blogs?

So are you suggesting to use the "Prof. Dr." style?

labarilemon Ask HN: What inspires awe in you?

How some "simple" rules and (presumably) some randomness shaped up our universe.

How we extract math from nature and find new applications for it.

labarilemon Ask HN: Should I fake a blog posts published date/time?

With a pragmatic approach, you can first write the blog post and then worry about the date. When the post will be ready, there might be a slight chance you won't care anymore about the date issue?

Also a tip to get started: next time you start your pc, write only the _first_ line of your blog post.

labarilemon Thank You HN

I don't really remember how I found HN. It's been some years I've been reading posts and comments daily. It has definitely helped me in my career and in expanding my knowledge. Hands down the best internet community I've ever joined!

labarilemon Ask HN: What books helped level you up from a developer to something more?

Second this. Happened several times in my past experience.

labarilemon Ask HN: What books helped level you up from a developer to something more?

Based on my professional experience:

"Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems", useful when working in orgs using microservices. This is not only technical and it will make you appreciate "Domain Driven Design", already recommended in this thread.

How to win friends and influence people, must read if you intend to deal with people in your career.

labarilemon Ask HN: What technologies greatly improve the efficiency of development?

Besides the techs mentioned in this thread, understanding what are the minimum features to build and understanding the people working in my team. What drives them, what they like, etc.

labarilemon Ask HN: What book changed your life?

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Introduced me to the beauty of logic and its limits. Also gave me solid mathematical thinking foundations.

Pro tip: Try listening to Bach while you read about Bach.

labarilemon Ask HN: What project management tool is your team using and why?

We are a 5 people startup using Leantime.

https://leantime.io/

labarilemon Ask HN: How to maintain an online presence as a developer

There are lots of opportunities in software development. The efficacy of your online presence depends on your goals, professional/personal as they might be.

What's your goal?