

Ask HN - I need a greybeard mentor - factorialboy

I've done plenty of web and enterprise app development. Occasional stints with mobile and desktop apps as well.<p>I am getting bored.<p>I need a greybeard to help me keeping my programming career rewarding.
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seiji
As a start, read and understand [http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Linux-
Kernel-Third-Editi...](http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Linux-Kernel-Third-
Edition/dp/0596005652) (that's a very technical and in-depth book) and
[http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-3rd-
Edition/d...](http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-3rd-
Edition/dp/0672329468/) (that's a more gentle overview book) then dive in with
[http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Filesystems-Evolution-Design-
Impl...](http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Filesystems-Evolution-Design-
Implementation/dp/0471164836) and write a very simple file system.

Learn C as necessary.

The FreeBSD kernel book is worth a look too: [http://www.amazon.com/Design-
Implementation-FreeBSD-Operatin...](http://www.amazon.com/Design-
Implementation-FreeBSD-Operating-System/dp/0201702452)

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zephjc
Were you looking for something more in terms of systems programming?

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factorialboy
Perhaps. I'm not sure, I'm open to it.

