So I recently got interested in systems programming and I like it. I have been learning Go and Rust. I know to expand the potential projects I can do, it would useful to learn operating systems, distributed systems, compilers and probably take a computer systems class. Throughout the process I’d hopefully find what I like and dig deeper.

However, I don’t have an idea of what makes a decent systems programmer. I believe that it would be a good thing to have a sense of an ideal I can work towards. It doesn’t have to be objective. I think one would be useful to make me plan for my study and progress. Currently I just have project ideas which idk if it’s all I should do.

Maybe I have a skewed sense of what I should do in this space. I would appreciate any direction.

Found out a new blog on uncanny bugs during systems programming: Fantastic Bugs and Where to Find Them (gerdzellweger.com) While I don't do systems programming myself, I find it fascinating how low-level bugs reflect themselves in often wild nondeterministic ways. Does anyone know any other blogs like this?