The inclusion of the perspective section: <a href="https://github.com/charlax/professional-programming?tab=readme-ov-file#perspective">https://github.com/charlax/professional-programming?tab=read...</a> I think is <i>really</i> smart. Same for personal productivity. Two things that can dramatically change how and what you end up studying and doing with your time / life.<p>I did a coding bootcamp and yeah the frontend knowledge they taught was useful, but I could have learned that online for free. I used to consume big githubs like this by by the bucketful, but none of them really focused on these soft skills. Looking back, the far more valuable thing I learned was these exact soft skills, that unlocked a level of discipline I'd never had, without which I'd never been able to have a career change, or a successful career after.<p>The shared article in the github is incredible: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/07/terminal-cancer-live-cancer-life-death" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/07/termin...</a><p>I often wonder why I don't see more of these sorts of articles. From watching a family member slowly die of cancer, and from reading books like "When Breath Becomes Air," I'm guessing it's some combination of exhaustion, disability, and a new set of priorities that doesn't really involve death blogging. Still, I find these kinds of writings more poignant than most things I read.