= Sandy Maguire
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* https://sandymaguire.me
* https://github.com/isovector/
Lots of similar ideologies to <Ciro Santilli>, love it:
* https://sandymaguire.me/about/[]:
* he's an <idealist>
\Q[I might best be described somewhere between independent researcher and voluntarily-unemployed bum. At the ripe old age of 27 I decided to quit my highly-lucrative engineering job and decide to focus more on living than on grinding for the man. It's what you might call a work in progress.]
* https://sandymaguire.me/blog/reaching-climbing/[]: <don't be a pussy>
\Q[Last Friday was my final day at work. According to my facebook profile, I am now "happily retired." As of today, I don't plan to do another day of "traditional work" in my life. That's not to say that I'll be sitting idle playing tiddly winks. I want to build things, to dedicate my life to independent study, and to get really, really good with building communities. I don't have time for any of this "work" stuff that somehow pervades our entire culture, choking our inspiration and sapping our energy away from the things we'd rather be doing.]
One is also reminded of <Gwern Branwen>. Sandy is also into self-improvement stuff, so even more like Gwern. This is a point Ciro diverges on. Ciro works actively on self-worsening.
* he thinks <university> is useless:
* https://sandymaguire.me/blog/where-uni-fails/ Where University Fails (2018), mostly talking about <backward design>
* https://sandymaguire.me/blog/gatekept/ rejected from <Imperial College> <PhD> program due to <grade (exam)> being slightly too low for their stupid requirements, even though he had a referral already, and an amazing CV
* he likes <jazz>: https://sandymaguire.me/blog/too-smart/
Other interesting points:
* https://sandymaguire.me/blog/sandy-runback/ he changed his own name to Sandy because he didn't like it, he was born Alexander
* https://algebradriven.design/ <closed source> books though, ouch. At least they seem to have been made with <leanpub> though, could be worse.
He's a <Haskell> person.