"rwxrob's influence is all over my dotfiles now, bound into the way I work."

"Hey Rob, I’m a fairly new viewer and wanted to say thank you for the work you are doing to build your knowledge tools and the community around it. But also for the free conversations and teachings you are providing on YouTube. I agree 100% with your comments about Facebook and Google and think your knowledge projects are fascinating. But I also identity with your recent wisdom about mentoring and teaching. I am 45 years old, graduated with a CS degree in 2002, but because of various reasons I did not do well in college and didn’t pursue programming until about 6 years ago. Through that pursuit I found a job which lead to a second job which had me working on projects with zero documentation with languages I did not know. I struggled but eventually figured out what I needed to get the work done, fix bugs, and add features. That was until I burned out February of last year. Since then I’ve been on my own path of self learning and healing. So when I first heard you talk about what an autodidact was I realized that I’ve already been doing that because I’ve had too. And that I am being one now. Your conversations about all this has given me context and validation. So once again thank you for putting all this out there for people like me to see."

Sundays 11:40-14:40pm (North Carolina). Annual cycle begins May the 4th every year (by week of year): 18-20: Start a career in tech (JOB-3w) 21-25: Create basic web site (WEB-4w) 26-30: Get a Linux machine (LINUX-4w) 31-39: Learn Bash Command Line (BASH-8w) 40-52: Learn to code (Python, JS) (CODE-12w) 52-01: Learn C for understanding (C-2w) 02-14: Develop serious software in Go (GO-12w) 15-17: Leverage Linux containers (LXC-3w) See [skilstak.io](https://skilstak.io) for more.

"Just watched your AMA comparing Rust hype to Node hype and as a Rustacean of 2 years I couldn't agree more. It convinced me to not put all my eggs in one basket and write more Go+C. Love your videos."

"Clearly, you have a talent for educating people in tech. ... After [your member's] success [here], I suspect the review team will be even more interested in picking up one or two of your students. We've had a lot of very bright interns from some of the top universities in the country and [your community member] was right in the mix with the best of them."

"I've only been here for about an hour and you've literally broken the mental barrier in my head telling me I can't do this on my own. Thank you for the wisdom and motivation."

"You know what's funny, after joining this stream just a few days ago, I removed 95%+ of my twitch subs, and 99% of my youtube subs. Signal to Noise ratio is real, made me realize how much noise I was letting in. There are some true gurus I've also unsubbed just because, right now I have to admit I cannot benefit from all of them. It's not their fault they are just putting themselves out there. But it's the rare few who are guru-ish status who also can speak to newbs like myself."

"I have enjoyed my time learning at Skilstak! My favorite thing is that we are always changing and learning the newest available material for web development. Most of my girl friends don’t like to talk about code, but it is because they don’t understand it. I have found other coding girls at Skilstak, I enjoy figuring out assignments together with them and also working at my own pace."

"Our quiet, unexcitable 11 year old son has been taking classes with Rob and his crew at Skilstak going on 3 1/2 years. These classes are a challenge that school can not provide. He says that they are just fun and he likes creating on the computer. But we see much more! We have seen him become more creative and analytical, confident, independent, and self-sufficient. Mr. Rob has opened his eyes to future job possibilities and the importance of professionalism and good character. As well as legitimate computer programming instruction. He can’t wait to go to the classes! These classes are more than standard ‘summer camp’ computer classes. Students are expected to actually learn different languages and create programs. They will get certified at their own pace. And the classes are challenging. We highly recommend Skilstak to anyone wanting to do more than ‘play on a computer’."

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Height: 174 cm Weight: 76 kg Born: 1967 FTP: 241 Max HR: ~176 Weekly TSS: ~800 Weekly Hours: ~20 Zwift: 41

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