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Do you enjoy or find time to write code outside of work?

If you have an option, listen.

YC application has this question. Is there a trend here out of successful YC alumni ? How long have you known your co-founder for and how did you meet?

I usually start from presentation layer and dig deep into the data models. Sometime, in reverse order if the codebase is fairly bigger.

>> I've got several prototypes, one being evaluated by a publisher currently, and I've been going to conventions and networking with other people in the industry. If one of my desi…

Just Two things: 1) Always be writing code to build things. 2) Be selling what you build. Without (1) you won't grow professionally. Without (2) you won't survive.

I've been a web programmer most of the time but have basic experience with C++, C# for non web stuffs (desktop, basic unity 2d etc). I always wanted to get into video game developm…

Yes I can.

I recently joined an agency in Bay Area and I'm getting paid roughly 50K/yr. Work load is heavy and I got quickly assigned a lot of responsibilities and even have to deal with mana…

Are there any known PHP based startups gone open source and doing well ?

Write code. Write some more code. Write code again. Do it everyday. Do it until you can't live without doing it.

How reasonable is it to make issue tracking and social interaction part of the SCM itself [with optional web interface] ? git issues "This needs attention" >> Issue #1 created git …

>> Should I just burn my CS degree ? Neah !! Jobs are not about the degree only, still having a degree always adds up. Try half a dozen other companies. This response is typical of…

If I'm not mistaken parent is talking about 'working for a startup' that IMHO isn't as risky as 'co-founding' the startup, which of-course has its whistle bells. Why would a 10th e…

If I were in your situation I'd use that time off the actual work to learn new things. Work on open source project or start my own projects etc. Whoever you work with at the end wh…

b: http://bitbucket.org c: http://calendar.google.com d: http://drive.google.com g: http://gmail.com l: http://linkedin.com m: http://meetup.com n: http://news.ycombinator.com p: h…

Is college worth it? -> Yes. Is going to one of these camps and working on a portfolio to demonstrate your skills a better choice? -> Yes. Or is it best to try to learn it all on y…

Bottom line – to get your ideas to spread you have to connect with people in a way that is meaningful and useful to them. If you can’t do this, it’s your fault, not theirs. Don't b…