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How I Learned

Shamus Young

This autobiographical account traces the author's journey from a "learning disabled" child to a successful author, pundit, and software engineer. It allows the reader to see classroom education from the point of view of one of the many "abnormal" kids who are demonstrably bright but dysfunctional in the classroom. It's also a story of a kid who wanted to learn about computers about ten years before the school system was prepared to teach anything on the subject.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Dec 7th, 2011
  • Pages: 308
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.64in - 0.91lb
  • EAN: 9781468015904
  • Categories: Personal Memoirs

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About the Author

Shamus Young is a programmer specializing in old-school graphics techniques. He's the author of the blog Twenty Sided. He's the creator of the webcomics DM of the Rings and Stolen Pixels. He's one of the hosts of the videogame commentary series Spoiler Warning. He's tired of writing about himself in the third person.

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