dromtrund

Hi James, I love your essays and the talks you've held that I've been able to find online! It's so refreshing to find good CS themed writings about other things than "why Emacs is evil" or "how you can force compiler branch prediction to avoid having your exception handling pollute the cache".

I'm an embedded engineering student currently writing the concluding thesis for my MSc, and I've been offered an opportunity to do a PhD in cooperation with a company I've already accepted a job at. I come from a long line of farmers and fishermen, and everyone I can ask for professional advice are answering with an agenda, trying to pull me in their direction.

You've obviously made some solid life decisions, what do you think are the most important aspects to consider when deciding on which direction your future should take?

That's great advice, I have some thinking to do. Thank you.

Also, you're all over this AMA, thanks for taking the time to do this!