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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:18:12 -0600
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From: Justin Jackson <jjackson385@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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> I'm going to quote a fellow 9fan to you, it gets upvotes whenever I post =
it
> on reddit / slashdot / ycombinator so it must be true :)
>
> You want to make your way in the CS field? Simple. Calculate rough time o=
f
> amnesia (hell, 10 years is plenty, probably 10 months is plenty), go to t=
he
> dusty archives, dig out something fun, and go for it. It's worked for man=
y
> people, and it can work for you.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=97 Ron Minnich
>


That's great. I'm keeping that one.

I've actually been following the "dataflow programming from shell
interpreter" thread on the list with great interest...I think there's
a glimmer of hope there.