Be widely read. There are endless books about architecture, books by naturalists, both classic and popular modern novels, and most of them have absolutely nothing to do with computers or programming or science fiction.
what's Sci Fi got to do with it?
I really don't like this article. He's basically saying, "Now that you're out of academia, don't try to improve anything. Worse Is Better. The Right Thing is for ivory tower elitist that you have finally escaped."
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http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html)
It's bizarre to me because I came from a Worse Is Better school. So my reaction is that they didn't give me a real education, and that's why I'm currently learning Haskell in my spare time. Also because I WorseIsBetter at my job every day.