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I'd love to know if the HN community has any other tips to add to this list that I've jotted down.

• delano 14y ago
  Great list. I'd add: rather than ask someone what they do, ask them what they enjoy doing.
  • cdevroe 14y ago
    delano: I love that. I'll add it to my post soon.
  • bstpierre 14y ago
    That's an excellent suggestion -- good way to change up a tired conversation starter. My addition to the list would be to learn/practice something that you find frustrating or just don't know well. E.g. I know C/C++/python well, but I'm a terrible javascript programmer, so I could "de-echo" by learning JS and listening to some of the things coming out of the community. Going broader, I try to do achieve some larger (or smaller) non-programming project on a regular basis -- build something, grow fruits & vegetables, learn the Cyrillic alphabet (as an example of something smaller), etc.
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