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Hello friends I have asked some questions to < marcinmoskala> How to be more Effective with Kotlin How to write a book that doesn t get obsolete Do tech companies under invest in mentoring and training

nfrankel · Answer

gt How to write a book that doesn t get obsolete just answering this question alone could be the subject of a book and it will make the writer a billionaire

Czar · Answer

I think one option is to write it as an opensource project put it on github gitlab and maintain it there slightly smiling face Where is my first billion

Czar · Answer

or it could be closed source but still VCS based and access is sold as a subscription

seb · Answer

That s what < Mark Murphy> basically does slightly smiling face

nfrankel · Answer

< Czar> let s see if you have got any subscription so far

Czar · Answer

I haven t written any books just answered the posed question

nfrankel · Answer

but you must validate the proposed solution

Czar · Answer

It is in fact validated there are books like that I stole the idea D

nfrankel · Answer

it s validated only if they made a billion which i doubt as a book author i can testify it s a really hard task to keep the content relevant after a few years or you need to keep it up to date that s akin to documentation

marcinmoskala · Answer

Some books age well For me Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is a perfect example but also Code Complete or Clean Code

nfrankel · Answer

some do yes actually the more abstract and the less technical ones wink

jmfayard · Answer

I m glad we were able to help book writers earn billions stuck out tongue

nfrankel · Answer

help me help me stuck out tongue

codeslubber · Answer

< Czar> speaking of billions I think Bill Gates was a trailblazer here he revised The Road Ahead like 20x and it was still wrong and missed most the major stuff of the next 20 years

codeslubber · Answer

< marcinmoskala> I don t like either Code Complete or Clean Code the Go4 book takes the crown for aging Meyer s book on OOP is a good one the book Purely Functional Data Structures aged amazingly well and of course Mythical Man Month is the most amazing time wise still radiates genius 45 years later

Mike · Answer

Yes unfortunately after 45 years mythical man month is still relevant I keep hoping that one day it will be seen as obvious knowledge

jmfayard · Answer

< Mike> that s a great point a book that makes an important so clearly that it becomes common knowledge is a very successful one

cedric · Answer

Seems like technical books are unavoidably going to be obsolete in a majority of cases and books based on people and interactions between people are more likely to sustain the test of time