# Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a paced, long-term guide to learning programming, one that sets a sensible learning pace.

## Why people recommend it

- Good pacing for learning (1 comments): "Teach Yourself was a great appetizer for the concept of pacing myself in my learning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49092808))
- Good results for some readers (1 comments): "I had good results with this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288511))

## What people warn about

- Limit for non-degree or non-native speakers (1 comments): "I realize that if you don't have a degree or aren't a native English speaker, there was always a limit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49092710))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur](https://hackerapproved.com/p/programming-as-theory-building.md): 32 recommend
- [Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ur-fascism.md): 18 recommend
- [Politics and the English Language by George Orwell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/politics-and-the-english-language.md): 14 recommend
- [Right to Read by Richard Stallman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/right-to-read.md): 12 recommend
- [Meditations on Moloch by Scott Alexander](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meditations-on-moloch.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig", https://hackerapproved.com/p/teach-yourself-programming-in-ten-years/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).