Chiming in a bit late, but here was my path: * Read "Land of Lisp" by Conrad Barski. This was my first real contact with lisp and functional programming. I found it challenging, but the book is well-written and the technique of teaching through writing games was perfect for me. It uses common lisp which is almost baroque compared to Clojure, but it was helpful later in getting a better sense of Clojure's roots. Also, most of the classic lisp books out there use common lisp * Tried to write my own web-based game using common lisp. This was true fun and I learned a ton * Read "On Lisp" by Paul Graham. It is an excellent book * Was introduced to Clojure through a talk given by Alan Dipert at my workplace * Learned Clojure by skipping around Clojure in Action, Programming Clojure, and Clojure Programming. Settled on Clojure Programming. * projecteuler.net has been a good help * I've been teaching Clojure to folks at work, which forces me to deeply understand the material * At the same time, I've kept building little web apps to solidify my knowledge. One of them, http://gratefulplace.com, is actually used :)
I feel like I know enough to get stuff done, but there's still so much more to learn. Most recently I've been brushing up on math/logic so that I can better understand the more mathy texts whenever I encounter them. On Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:08:41 PM UTC-4, Marcus Blankenship wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I'm a post technical PM who's fascinated by Clojure, and want to learn it, > but am having a hard time without a "real" project to work on. It's > actually excited me so much I'm considering hanging up my PM hat and diving > back in the "programmer pool" again! > > My problem appears to be 1) focus, and 2) fear. Focus because I can't > (yet) earn a living on a clojure project, so it must be done during "off > hours". Fear because it's harder and more different than the old OO > languages I've used in the past. > > So I'm curious: how did you learn Clojure well enough to be proficient > with it, or how are you working on learning it? > > Anyone else facing the focus + fear dilemma? > > Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
