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What kind of books, novels or movies inspired you to be a better programmer?

Prahlad Yeri on June 06, 2019

Personally, my all time favorite movie is The Matrix. If you think about it, its entirely based upon virtual reality and programming. The matrix it...
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Ben Lovy

I don't know that it was all that inspiring for me, but I don't think it's proper or appropriate to talk about this genre without a moment of appreciation for Hackers. What a weird, terrible, fun movie.

RISC is good.

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Prahlad Yeri • Edited

Sure, those were the days of the hacker culture! I believe programmers back then were far more creative and ahead of their times considering that Linux, GNU, apache, PHP and a whole lot of other stuff got invented back then. Imagine the world today without Linux!

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Ben Lovy

... I'm not sure I can picture a modern world that doesn't have Linux. Talk about ubiquitous!

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Fernando B 🚀

Die Hard with the hackers lol. Mr. Robot is also well taken in programming community for being realistic.

I also resonate a lot with Ironman with his cool virtual reality models, and gadgets.

I watch a lot of old Unix videos from AT&T Bell Labs those are pure gold

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Evan Oman

I tend to get inspired by any movie with a focus on using engineering to solve problems. Good examples include The Martian, Interstellar, Hidden Figures, and especially Apollo 13.

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Fernando B 🚀

Wow, those are pretty much my favorite movies. I've read/listened/watched The Martian a thousand times no kidding.

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Evan Oman

Ha, I guess we are both obsessed with space then 👍 🚀 🌠

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Fernando B 🚀 • Edited

Definitely! 👍🚀

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Tim Downey

Tron Legacy and Hackers 😊👍

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Fernando B 🚀

Don't mind me but I got a copy of the original Tron it is equally cool.

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lbonanomi

The Velveteen Rabbit: If you love something hard enough it will come to life.

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Abdul Qadir Luqman

My best inspiring series of all time is Person of Interest. That show had everything. Wow

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Shon G

SO GOOD! Action, AI, genius crime solving, uber hackers. A good dog.

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Nick Huanca • Edited

GATTACA: No matter the obstacles you face, self imposed or otherwise, hard work yields results.

Also Sneakers - thinking outside the box