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In this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, I talked to Erin Kim from NIS America. For those of you that don't know, NIS America is the America-based counterpart of the Japanese game development company NIS (Nippon Ichi Software). The company is famous for original titles such as Disgaea, and for publishing English localizations of some of the best JRPG series in the industry, such as Trails of Cold Steel and Ys. I normally have the pleasure of speaking to the company every year at the annual Tokyo Game Show. However, Tokyo Game Show 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19. While I didn't get the chance to see the marketing team and demo their games in person this year, I figured a podcast was the next best thing. In this podcast, we talk about how things are going at NIS America and how the company has adapted their work style amidst COVID-19. We also briefly go over their new and upcoming releases: Mad Rat Dead Trails of Cold Steel IV Ys 9: Monstrum Nox Check out the podcast below and let me know your thoughts in the Youtube comments!

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A Podcast with NIS America: How has COVID Changed the Gaming Industry? In this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, I talked to Erin Kim from NIS America. For those of you that don't know, NIS America is the America-based counterpart of the Japanese game development company NIS (Nippon Ichi Software). 6. Justify Your Game Price Increase, Don't Just Raise It Games are increasing price, but they haven't been in value. 7. 6 Reasons to Utilize Sandbox Technology in Game Development Running a successful online application is an exciting journey, But it is also full of challenges. It starts from product-market fit (PMF) 8. Resident Evil Re:Verse Pushed Back to Summer 2021 Resident Evil Re:Verse has been quietly delayed by Capcom. Instead of launching along with Resident Evil Village in May, it's release window has been to summer. 9. 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In-Game Advertisements vs. Microtransactions: Which is the Lesser of Two Evils? It’s time to explore the pros and cons of in-game advertisements versus microtransactions. 16. Wordle: A Deeper Analysis Paul Haahr discusses Wordle and how it works. 17. 5 Super Heroes Who Need their Own Game It's time for other Super Heroes to get the game treatment that Spider-Man and Batman got. Here are just some of the heroes gaming needs to do justice. 18. Reinventing the Legendary Fish Shooting Game Using Blockchains With the emergence of new technologies like AI/ML, AI, and Blockchains, the gaming industry today is ready to bring new advancements in the gaming field and create a whole new experience for gamers worldwide. While other techs are slowly picking up the pace, blockchain-based gaming platforms have already started to revolutionize the sector. With their transparent and decentralized ecosystem, they have become sought-after games for players worldwide who are looking for more than just an enhanced gaming experience. Fishcoin is one such blockchain game that is intending to revolutionize the ever-famous fish shooting game by taking it on a blockchain ledger. 19. Duelist King Nominated as Blockchain Game Dev of the Year Nicole Nguyen is the co-founder of Duelist King, the first NFT game powered by Dual Launch via OccamRazer IDO and PancakeSwap IFO. 20. Advantages of AI in Gaming: How We're Creating Smarter Competition Why artificial intelligence is being introduced into competitive and cooperative games today, and how the development teams of such games use AI. 21. Stop Forcing Me to Explore Your World Last year, when I started playing Immortals: Fenix Rising, I was excited to play a far more colorful open-world action game. After years of realistic, tiresome Open-World games that Ubisoft had become known for, Fenix Rising looked to be a breath of fresh air that seemed to take inspiration from all things, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. However, when I claimed my first tower, the game instantly bloomed with tasks to do, items to collect, all in the name of "encouraging" me to explore Fenix Rising's vast world. 22. Oculus Quest 2 "Accidentally" Leaked by Facebook In a surprise development, the specs and information of the much anticipated Oculus Quest 2 was reportedly "accidentally leaked" by Facebook. Luckily, the leaked promo videos were saved and uploaded immediately by numerous journalists and Youtubers, before Facebook took them down. Here, we will list the most important features and everything we know about the Oculus Quest 2. 23. What are Crypto Games and How do they Work? 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Mike Vittiglio dropped some serious knowledge bombs about game dev on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast. Amy asks Mike about the cost of game development. Thank you for checking out the 72 most read stories about Video Game Development on HackerNoon. to find the most read stories about any technology. Visit the /Learn Repo

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Blockchain Tech In the Gaming Industry: Major Players To Spark Mass Adoption? While the blockchain and crypto industry participants never stop developing and exploring new possible applications of the tech, major global industries are now turning for answers in this unique technology when it comes to innovations in their field. 14. Learn to Code with Pico-8 Games There are a lot of reasons to learn to code with games. Games are fun. Unlike to-do apps, games are something you are excited to show to your friend because it is something they will engage with. There is a misconception among some developers that games are difficult to code, and unapproachable to beginner developers. I couldn’t disagree more, especially if you learn to code with Pico-8 games. 15. Quest Arrest: Shipping a Physical Game Boy Game in 2021 In this article, I'll talk about Quest Arrest, a digital and physical Game Boy game I developed and shipped in 2020 and continue to sell today in 2021. 16. From 3D Rendering to Motion Capture: What's Next for Game Development? The past few decades have been game-changing for our daily lives as a whole range of industries transformed into what we see today. The world does not function the way it used to just a few decades ago and that is thanks to technological advancements, occurring throughout this timeframe. 17. Game Development in 2022: Top 6 Programming Languages Do you want to become a game developer? Then, you need to learn a gaming programming language. So, check out this blog to know more about these languages. 18. The Importance of Music in Video Games Think back to the year of 1986. You are an excited child sprinting through the arcade so you can be the first to get to the amazing new game, ”Outrun”. What was it that was so special about this game? The cars? The quirky characters? The endless crashing into things? Probably. But I recently played it for the first time, and the one thing that stood out to me was the music. 19. How to Improve Customer Care Today customer care is one of the most popular and widely discussed topics in the IT industry. 20. My Experience as A Team Lead For Unity3D Gamedev Team Recently I became the team lead in the company I am working for and here I want to share a few lessons that I already managed to learn. 21. Demographics of the Gaming Industry: Reading Between the Lines An overview of recent developments in the gaming industry and what they mean for publishers and developers. 22. Indie Game Marketing on YouTube: a Guide by Developers for Developers With the growth of YouTube, potential for promotion arises. But the marketing of indie games is not easy. How to avoid a chaotic struggle and achieve success? 23. On Weapon Design in Video Games After introducing you to the game characters' initial conceptualization in the previous DevBlog, it is now time to design the weapons that the characters use. 24. How I Let an AI Code a Game For Me! 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Blockchain Games Hold More Potential Than Previously Understood Blockchain technology is step by step penetrating many areas of our lives, not just becoming an innovation, but shaping the approach and requirements for market products. 30. Wanna Get Great At Making Indie Games? Make Lots Of Them It's simple, really: ff you want to become a good game developer, you need to make lots of games. Let’s first start with why you need to be productive: the more games you make the better and faster you become at making games. Every new game you make is a new addition to your portfolio. Publish your games on different portals to see what the players think about your game, see what works, and what kind of ideas don’t. 31. What AI Game Developers Do and How to Become One Depending on the genre and purpose of the game, different technologies and approaches are used in the development of AI. 32. 5 Steps You Should Take To Launch A Cool Game The key steps of the game development process, how each of them functions, and what roles and operations they consist of. 33. 5 Things You Should Know Before Developing CTV Games Learn 5 main steps that CTV developers should take into account when they are creating a new game. 34. 5 Best Game Engines for Beginner Indie Developers With so many game engines to choose from it can be difficult to focus on only one. Especially without any experience in the world of game development. That is why I made this list of game engines each with a summary of why it is a great option for beginners. 35. Dedicated Game Server: How To Choose The Right Infrastructure The importance of high-performance dedicated game server in the gaming sector is too high to ignore, especially since cloud gaming has begun to steal the show. Super-high latency is what gamers need to experience the real gut of a game. And customized dedicated servers are the best solution to provide such a short/zero latency. 36. 18 Misconceptions Gamers have about NFTs Western gamers and developers, and this is predominantly a Western issue, have come out strongly against NFTs. 37. Advantages of AI in Gaming: How We're Creating Smarter Competition Why artificial intelligence is being introduced into competitive and cooperative games today, and how the development teams of such games use AI. 38. The Future of Multiplayer Game Architecture is Hybrid This multiplayer game architecture, if technically and economically feasible can reshape the future of gaming. 39. Code a Java Game with (almost) Zero Coding Skills Everyone, well, almost everyone, loves video games. So even if you are not going to be a professional game developer or just don’t know for sure, to learn a programming language through practice and creating your own video game project is an excellent idea. Furthermore, it could be a good motivation for your learning. 40. IoT as a Multi-Faceted Game Changer in 2021 and Beyond There is no second-guessing the predominance of the IT industry, despite the catastrophic effects of the pandemic felt across diverse verticals. 41. What I've Learned By Making And Promoting A Game To Help Stray Cats At the beginning of summer 2019, I've got an idea to make a cat-themed game to help stray cats by donating all the revenue to cat charities. 42. How To Make Your Own Game in Python Hi there ! 43. What is Cloud Gaming and How is Google Leading the Industry? Most games today are downloaded and played on smartphones, gaming consoles, and PCs. Network connections support player accounts and in-game purchases, but the games themselves run on players' devices. Game companies build services around top game titles, enabling them to deliver continuous updates that add new gameplay and respond to the public feedback on social streaming services. 44. An Introduction to LÖVE the 2D Game Engine If you are looking into starting with LÖVE, this guide compiles a lot of information that will help you to get started and save you hours of research. 45. How to Get Your First Job as a Video Game Designer How many of us have thought to ourselves “how cool would it be to become a game designer!” It might seem like a pipe dream at first, but with the right approach, it’s possible, even for someone in their 30s with a completely unrelated education or background. 46. Adventures in Assembly #2 As I've continued my dive down the rabbit hole that is assembly, I've found a buoy to grab onto: NES programming. 47. How to Create Promotional Assets: An Insider's Guide into the World of Graphic Design I offer you to go through the evolutionary stages of promo materials. 48. Bugs from the 90's: The Code of Command and Conquer [Volume 2] The American company Electronic Arts Inc (EA) has opened the source code of the games Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert publicly available. Several dozen errors were detected in the source code using the PVS-Studio analyzer, so, please, welcome the continuation of found defects review. 49. How I Remade 2048 Using React Today you will learn how to build your own clone of the 2048 game in React. 50. Bugs From the 90's: The Code of the Command & Conquer Game The American company Electronic Arts Inc (EA) has made the source code of the games Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert publicly available. 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In North America and Europe, critics, journalists, and gamers have pronounced that the PS Vita (PlayStation’s handheld console) is dead. For gamers in Japan, however, the PS Vita is very much alive and kicking for one major reason: the incredible popularity of the ビジュアルノベル, or Japanese visual novel. Go to the PS Vita section of any video game store in Japan and you’ll quickly see that half the shelf space or more is taken up solely by these games. The video game community seems to be split on whether visual novels are indeed video games. While they do lack active gameplay elements, the one thing that separates them from films, books or any other medium is decision making. In video games, players must make choices. They must swing the sword, fire the weapon or choose which path to take. While scaled down, visual novels include this same process of decision making — whether it be which person to ask on a date or which dialogue option to select, people must make decisions when playing visual novels. The great thing about the Japanese visual novel is that they are , as well as the Windows and Mac operating systems. Simply purchase a physical copy of the visual novel game or download it from an online store, load it on the device of your choice and you’re good to go. For people who aren’t big into video games, visual novels are usually straightforward and easy to navigate, often only requiring the use of the directional buttons and a single action button to “turn the page” and select options. As a bonus, for English/Japanese or Japanese/English learners, some visual novels will have dual language support. available at almost every game or electronics store or on almost every gaming console An example screen from a visual novel, Clannad published by Interchannel, Protype, Sekai Project and Visual Arts. Japan is a country with a high demand for visual novel games that’s unparalleled anywhere else in the world. As a result, they make up a huge part of the video game market in Japan. Often some of the most popular anime and manga, like Steins; Gate or Fate/stay night, are adapted from visual novels and vice versa. But the question is: what are they? Simply put, visual novels are exactly as their title implies: novels presented visually. Instead of the hundreds of pages of text in traditional hardcover and paperback novels, visual novels are presented in digital format and playable on video game consoles, smartphones or computers. Visual novels present their stories using text, voice-overs, background music and pictures. In most, players take control of a main character, see the story unfold through that character’s first-person perspective and make decisions for them throughout the story. Some occasionally feature fully animated cutscenes. This type of media can be a great tool to get adolescents and young adults interested in reading more instead of watching anime and can be used as a bridge between . reading manga and reading full-blown novels … visual novels are presented in digital format and playable on video game consoles, smartphones or computers. One major difference between visual novels and traditional novels is the feature of branching paths or storylines. With most visual novels, you not only read the story but make decisions within it that lead to one of various possible outcomes and endings. Almost all visual novels will include multiple endings and some titles will have more than ten possible endings. While traditional visual novels can be too text-heavy for people new to the genre, some visual novels feature interactive gameplay elements making them easier to digest for visual novel newbies. The games on this list are either must-plays or were chosen for their active gameplay elements. All of the titles on this list are available with either English audio, English text or both. 1. Clannad Clannad developed by Key, published by Interchannel, Protype, Sekai Project and Visual Arts One of the best-selling visual novels of all time in Japan, Clannad is a must-play for those who love a good romance story. The first half of Clannad is your stereotypical bishoujo (beautiful girl) romance where the shy, quiet, delinquent male student finds himself the center of attention of the most beautiful girls in the school. While the first half of Clannad is great in itself, where the story truly shines is in the second series titled Clannad: After Story. This sequel series is unique in its presentation of themes not normally covered in anime or video games: specifically, the difficulties of marriage, finding work after high school, coping with loss and forgiving neglectful parents. The narrative is so deep that the anime adaptation is often hailed as the most heart-wrenching or emotional anime of all time. Clannad is a traditional visual novel where players simply read the text, occasionally make choices within the story and enjoy the music and visuals. , Clannad is a must-play. For romance anime junkies Genre: Romance, slice-of-life, tragedy Clannad is available on the and . PlayStation Store Steam 2. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Danganronpa, developed by Spike Chunsoft, published by NIS America and Spike Chunsoft. One day you’re on the way to your school’s entrance ceremony and the next day you wake up in a game of life or death. This is the story of Danganronpa and this game is every mystery lover’s dream. In Danganronpa, you take control of Makoto Naegi, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a living nightmare. Makoto and several other students are locked in a heavily fortified high school campus by an unknown mastermind. The students are free to roam about and live their daily lives investigating the mysteries of the school and trying to uncover the identity of the person or group that has trapped them there. If any student wants to leave, no problem — all they have to do is kill another student and get away with it. The gameplay of Danganronpa includes talking to other students to form bonds, investigating the school, searching for clues when a murder occurs and ultimately convicting the killer in a class trial. Danganronpa is a visual novel masterpiece complete with animated cutscenes, tons of voice over dialogue and incredibly fluid and exciting gameplay. Its perfectly paced level design gives you just enough clues to find the murderer without spoon feeding you the solution. For those new to visual novels or murder mystery aficionados, I can think of no better place to start. Genre: Adventure, mystery Danganronpa is available on , the and . Amazon PlayStation Store Steam 3. Steins Gate Steins Gate developed by 5pb and Nitroplus, published by Jast USA, Kadokawa Shoten, Mages, PQube and Spike Chunsoft. Originally released nearly 10 years ago, Steins Gate is a visual novel that has received incredibly good reception. From manga and anime to light novels and even board games, the success of the Steins Gate visual novel has spawned countless adaptations. The story follows Rintaro Okabe — a university student and self-proclaimed mad scientist — and his group of friends who spend their free time developing new inventions. One day, Rintaro and his childhood friend attend a press conference for a man who claims to have developed a time machine. Our hero quickly outs the man for the phony that he is and is thrown out of the venue for disrupting the conference. He then hears a scream and rushes toward the source — only to discover that a young girl has been murdered. Rintaro runs out of the building, but instead of finding himself on the streets of Akihabara in Tokyo, he finds himself in a different time dimension. Steins Gate is a traditional visual novel without much gameplay, but definitely a perfect title or fans of time travel stories. for lovers of Japanese science fiction anime Genre: Adventure, sci-fi Steins Gate is available on , the and . Amazon PlayStation Store Steam 4. Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward developed by Chunsoft, published by Aksys Games, Chunsoft and Rising Star Games. Much like the above mentioned Danganronpa, Virtue’s Last Reward begins with a group of abducted strangers trapped in an unknown facility without a clue as to how they got there. In this one, players must solve puzzles and find clues hidden throughout each room of the facility. Each unlocked room unlocks more areas and slowly the player uncovers the mystery of their past and the mastermind that brought them there. However, the mastermind doesn’t make things easy and throws a spanner in the works: a game of betrayal. During their free exploration of the facility, the abductees are forced to periodically return to a voting room where they must choose to either ally with or betray the other team of abductees they are paired against. Lose and you will be executed. Win and you will be set free. Virtue’s Last Reward is a game of puzzle solving, mystery and survival. Fair warning: the puzzles in Virtue’s Last Reward can be incredibly difficult. Even for a mystery and puzzle game lover like myself, I often had to read game guides to get through particularly difficult rooms. If you fancy yourself a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, then this game is perfect for you. Genre: Adventure, horror, mystery, sci-fi Virtue’s Last Reward is available on , the and . Amazon PlayStation Store Steam 5. Special Mention: Telltale Games Telltale Games is a special entry in this list because it’s is an American company and not a Japanese one. Before its closure last year it did, however, produce visual novels perfect for newcomers to the Japanese visual novel genre. In its prime, the company produced several adaptations of incredibly popular series like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and others. For English audiences looking to get into visual novels, Telltale Games titles are accessible and easy to pick up and play. The company has an enticing library with potentially a game for everyone. While these are not Japanese visual novels, they are the perfect starting point for players who find Japanese visual novels too text heavy. Here are three must-play Telltale Games titles. 1. Game of Thrones Game of Thrones developed and published by Telltale Games. Take control of various members of House Forrester in their struggle against House Bolton and play your own part in George R.R. Martin’s world-renowned fantasy series. The amazing thing about the game is that the events take place alongside events from the television series without contradicting anything that has happened in the television series. Complete with appearances by Jon Snow, The Lannisters, and the Queen of Dragons herself, the game is a must-play for fans of the television and book series. Genre: Adventure, fantasy Telltale’s Game of Thrones is available on , the and .2. The Walking Dead Amazon PlayStation Store Steam The Walking Dead developed by Skybound Games and Telltale Games, published by Telltale Games. Like Telltale’s Game of Thrones series, The Walking Dead takes place alongside the television series and follows the harrowing story of a convicted murderer who finds a stranded little girl in the midst of the zombie outbreak. With a completely original story, this game is a must-play for hardcore Walking Dead fans. To be completely frank, Telltale’s take on the Walking Dead universe is much better than some seasons of the television series itself. Can you steal an innocent family’s provisions to help your group survive? Can you leave people behind? Telltale’s visual novel puts you behind the gun, forces you to pull the trigger and leaves you to live with the consequences. Genre: Adventure, horror Telltale’s The Walking Dead is available on and the .3. The Wolf Among Us Amazon PlayStation Store The Wolf Among Us developed and published by Telltale Games. If you’re familiar with ABC’s television series Once Upon a Time, Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is pretty much the same concept but much, much darker and unapologetic about it. In The Wolf Among Us, you control Bigby Wolf, also known as The Big Bad Wolf. Yes, I am talking about the very same wolf that ate Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother and was slain by The Huntsman. The Wolf Among Us takes iconic characters from childhood fairy tales and places them in America in 1986 where they must hide their true forms from the rest of human society. Only this time, Bigby Wolf isn’t the bad guy, but instead the sheriff who keeps order within the magical community. It’s incredibly provocative and jarring to see the characters from our childhood bedtime stories reduced to drunks, city workers, and lower-class citizens just trying to get by. Bigby’s already exhausting life gets turned upside down when members of the magical community are killed off one after another and he’s tasked with finding the murderer. If you love fairy tales or magical realism, then The Wolf Among Us is the game for you. Genre: Fantasy, mystery Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is available on , the and . Amazon PlayStation Store Steam For those new to visual novels, Danganronpa, the Telltale Games titles or Virtue’s Last Reward would be great places to start. Others who are Japanese visual novel novices or better will appreciate Clannad or Steins Gate and these series would be great additions to your collection. Also published on: https://blog.gaijinpot.com/japanese-visual-novels-what-they-are-and-5-recommendations/

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My story. I’ll never forget the day. After 10 years at my high end private school, where I never really fit in, I had now started my 11th grade year at a brand new school where I actually felt that I had a few real friends. It had been about 2 weeks since school started. I was walking out of bible class when everything went completely blank. I woke up on the ground, blood streaming from my mouth, nose and eyes, and I could not see anything. From what I was told, (that was really his name), the kid who sat behind me and frequently called me a camel jockey and a sand nigger**,** finally had enough of me and assaulted me as I was walking out of class, blind siding me in my temple and knocking me unconscious. Josh From witness accounts, he then jumped on top of me bashing my face in for another 30 seconds before a teacher finally pulled him off of me. I spent almost a week in the hospital, almost lost sight in one of my eyes, had a broken nose, and still suffer from ptsd. Once Josh found out that I was half Palestinian (My mother is white, my dad is Palestinian, and my weird name prompted a class discussion the first day at school), he did not like me, and he made it known to me in the only ways he could articulate. I don’t blame him. No one comes into life with that sort of hatred or thinking, it is taught and passed down generation to generation, and I have no doubt that this thinking was taught to him by the people who influenced him at a young age. I am half Palestinian. Most of the people I talk to do not really even suspect that I’m not 100% white until they learn my name. Living in Mississippi, this has opened my eyes to how a lot of people here act when they think they are around other white people as well as assumptions that are made based on what they have obviously gotten away with in the past. Many times these people assume that I love the bible, that nigger is a word that can be thrown around without worry, shame, or embarrassment, and that I am a Republican. Once they find out that I am a Palestinian, all of those assumptions are of course thrown out of the window. Because I live in the city, I can see this type of thinking slowly dying out, and most of the people I see are decent, rational, and open minded. On the other hand, if you go just a few miles outside of most large cities, especially in the Southeast and Midwestern United States this type of thinking is still alive and well. When I see what is going on right now in our country, I see a lot of Joshs . Here is the problem: Many Americans are brought up being told that they are and and people in the world , setting them up for failure. Over the past 50 or so years many people have failed to teach their children, either because of ignorance or bias, about the reality of the world. This reality is that there are a countless number of equally smart or smarter and harder working people out there in other countries than many of the people here in our homeland. the best smartest strongest simply because of their citizenship Being born in the United States is the equivalent of winning the immigration jackpot. People wait dozens of years to get into the country and become US citizens. We are also living in and in . Inheriting this wealth of luck, safety, and opportunity and squandering it away would be viewed by many as obscene, so when an immigrant comes to this country and overcomes not only the language barrier but also the social and myriad of other barriers to become successful, it only makes sense that the insecurity of the average American very often emerges and lashes out when they themselves have yet to do the same. the safest most prosperous time the history of the world While the average American’s immigrant ancestors worked their tail off and appreciated all of the opportunities that the United States had to offer when they first came to this country, somewhere along the line that positive attitude and decent work ethic was deleted and what was uploaded was a virus of pessimism, willful ignorance, unconscious laziness, entitlement, and a fear of reasoning among other negative characteristics. In the past, Americans could finish school (possibly only high school) and settle into a semi-comfortable job and wage simply based on the fact that they were white and lived in America. In the reality of a digital world, we are now competing with the entire globe. While there are countless opportunities out there for those willing to do what it takes; if you don’t hustle, work hard, and educate yourself beyond what you learn in your , you will not make it in today’s economy. sub-par American school People in African or South American slums who grew up with nothing now have access to all of the knowledge in the world, and can take , , and classes for free as well as an uncountable number of and free online educational materials that is growing exponentially. Stanford MIT Harvard Moocs This means that while you still have many many privileges of being an American citizen, you no longer have the silver spoon of easy high paying work placed in your hand on demand. If someone who used to make $1000 / year can learn what you know, they can charge $5000 / year and dramatically improve their quality of life, making you and your $70,000 / year salary no longer sustainable. It is easy for people to blame their failure or shortcoming on immigrants, black people, or people different from them instead of taking responsibility and coming to terms with what they need to do to change their situation. In fact it makes the pain more manageable. When a politician comes on TV and says: “Hey, it’s not your fault, it’s these people’s fault! Also, if you elect me, I will make sure we make the government’s top priority fixing your situation!” To someone who is in a bad situation and wants out, this actually probably sounds really great.. is that the automation that took their job away is increasing rapidly, and there is no going back. The factory that fired 30,000 workers when they closed and moved away will now only need 500 workers if and when they decide to return, and . Truck, Taxi, Bus, and other transportation drivers will be the next wave of jobs being removed as the autonomous driving revolution makes it bad business to keep human drivers that create 9x more wrecks than their digital counterparts. What they are not being told those workers will have to be highly skilled The great news is that there are also countless opportunities for out of work people to replace these lost jobs for those who seek them and do what is necessary to educate themselves. What’s even better is that in many cases the replacements are better than the jobs being lost. There are millions of unfilled technical jobs in the United States and the number is projected to increase, and with the increase in demand of course comes an increase in average wage. No matter how hard you want it, the old world is not coming back. Instead of wishing that the the 20th century economy would come back, how about embracing the 21st century economy and all of the opportunities it has to offer? Tech is no longer an industry. Tech is intertwined with every business in the world. Tech is now what agriculture was 200 years ago. Tech is the industry behind all industries. I fell into this trap myself, the trap of thinking I was special. I worked most of my life in my family’s business, taking home a nice salary, calling the shots with hardly any experience or merit, and never being wrong about anything. I was spoiled. I learned about real life when I packed my family up and moved to California to begin my career as a programmer at the age of 29 with no college degree and a misunderstanding of how talented I really was. For the first time in my life I had a boss and I was a nobody. When I got fired I felt like a complete failure. I had brought my family all the way to California only to fail and not have anything to show for it. Luckily I worked with a badass recruiter who immediately placed me with another company, though it took years to really come to terms with what it meant to not be special without merit and to be out in the real world. In California I worked with some of the world’s best programmers at a now shuttered startup called EGood. These people introduced me to the world of conferences, meetups, and what hard work and intelligence truly looked like. I was stupid, these people were smart and successful. I wanted to be like them. To become like them, I spent the next few years of my life doing what they did. No more watching new TV shows. Almost no more sports. Long nights reading code that I did not understand. , no of failures. Wanting to quit an uncountable number of times. Spending countless nights and weekends coding and debugging shit that I had no business working on. Hundreds thousands Finally I started seeing the light and feeling like I was not the worst, simply close to it. I finished my 150th book in 3 years. Now on to a good job, then a better job, then a solid software engineering job offer from a top 5 tech company in Silicon Valley, then , and (with the podcast company whose podcast, that I still listen to, helped me become a programmer, having listened to over 150 or so episodes of ). a book deal my own podcast JavaScript Jabber I’ve also had the opportunity to travel the world, speak at conferences, and get paid to do what I love, as well as start my own company and go out own my own. I’m not done. I’m only beginning. I made it. I consider myself successful. I worked my ass off over the last few years and have not complained until this post. Hard work, grit, determination, patience, consistency, kindness, compassion, helping others. These are some of the qualities it takes to be successful. If you buy in to the fact that you are a special snowflake because the news, your pastor, your parents, or your friends tell you that you are, then life in the real world will either hand you a rude awakening or you will wake up 20 years from now chanting along with some obscure racist populist political candidate trying to subtly bring back the good old days when black people and women were not considered equal. If you are supportive of the most recent immigration ban I would like you to think hard about what I have written and reconsider the root motivation of your support. If you are insisting terrorism and safety as your reason, and you truly want to decrease deaths in the US, then I would be interested in your articulation of the fact and pales in comparison to deaths by automobile and health related issues. that over the past 60 years crime has plummeted In particular I would like to hear your thoughts about this graph that has been going around for the past few days showing some of the true data regarding recent deaths from terrorism: Note: This data is from 2005–2014, Check out for more up to date info. https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/terrorism-in-america/what-threat-united-states-today/ It is also worth noting that the 9/11 terrorists came from Saudi Arabia/UAE/Egypt/Lebanon, all the countries not in the recent MuslimBan. Also, zero were actually refugees. If you have really been paying attention, you probably already understand that facts like these do not matter so much to an indoctrinated mind molded by ideology and dogma from an early age. The only way to bring about a more logical populace it is to introduce reasoning into the minds of the youngest generations. Are there terrorists in the world that want to kill us? Yes. Is this the way to handle it? No. It is a complex issue whose roots date back thousands of years. The only thing we know for sure is that creating enemies by killing our neighbors families through unnecessary war, funding their destruction in any underhanded way, or personally profiting from their suffering is not good for our country or the future generations of our children. If you are of the reading class, I would recommend checking out a few books that I have enjoyed over the past year about these and similar topics: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise If you enjoyed this article, please like and share it. Thanks for reading. Check out for my thoughts on how to improve the tech industry in Mississippi. From The Blues to Rock and Roll — Mississippi’s Growing Tech Industry

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