[adamnemecek]

I quit my job to hack on things and to read. My skills have gotten like billion times as good as when I quit.

[pvarangot]

Who are you hacking for or talking about what you read with? It's easy to believe you are getting better when no one is around to give a reality check.

[adamnemecek]

I contribute to open source. However I fundamentally disagree. You can measure how well you are performing tasks that are based on your reading.