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This is a refreshing article. On page 10 or thereabouts, it is noted that the line between "coder" and "programmer" was blurred and women often took on the more intellectual aspect…

I have always fantasized about writing a game like Fantasy from the Ender's Game novel. Such a game could be morphed into a great teaching tool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_%…

Such as system would serve employers more than the employees, for sure. I think management would use it as a tool to discern popularity of individuals--to decide who to fire such t…

I'm always fascinated at the value some people place in " I am almost never late (maybe once a year?)". Your true value is not in always being there on the clock at the same time e…

I don't think the idea is to bring more women into the field. The idea is to make the field less known as an all-male bastion. Do we really want our field to be known as bigoted an…

The best salespeople will view a salary as a cap on their income and a disincentive. I started in technology in pure software sales, beginning in tele-sales, graduating to direct s…

Part of the reason I think people use throwaway accounts here because Paul Graham uses your user name during the YCombinator application process and your comments as criteria.

This could explain why I and my colleagues have more laughter and fun when the boss and one or two of the most senior people are out of the room.

Agreed. I don't find the majority of modern bands make music worthy of an entire album to listen to, in order.

Tuition costs to join the middle-class are so high that most kids today end up in a form of indentured servitude in order to pay off the loans. I don't support the notion that univ…

I didn't realize I liked math until I worked with computers and programming. That's when I suddenly began to understand the concepts of math and its beauty. The language of compute…

>You can’t always choose your own hours or get to work from home. Business is all about making money, so you have to do whatever it takes to succeed. If that means you have to answ…

My personal experience is that the best, most imaginative software developers are mostly self-taught. Passion for the topic is very important because a lot of what we do for a livi…

It may be safe to say that a lot of scholarship, regardless of gender, is flawed. That women do not wish to be publicly flogged is, perhaps, a tendency of the gender. Maybe contact…

I would think that selling access to the user data would alienate a large portion of users.

When we create new software that benefits from lots of networked users, we will be forced to make that software compatible with the people who do not have their own private servers…

I want to thank you all for the encouragement. I did not expect it. I thought people would say I'm too old and it is too late.

I have tried this (I am in the US) and the programs I have found with accredited math programs are for teaching math. I took a look at Open University and they still don't have a f…

Fun. And because my life is at least half over and I haven't tried it.

Thank you for your story and advice. I agree about online. I tried it but I know it will be better if I have direct contact with a teacher in a classroom.

Why a degree? Because of all topics/areas of study, I've found math to be the most difficult to self-study. I've made some progress on my own, but having a professor/teacher and ma…

The thing I want to do is to go back to college full time and major in mathematics. I would like to get a master's/advanced degree in math ("maths" if you are non-US :) ) and while…