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I don't know man. No one got this upset with the Potato Salad kickstarter.

From a design standpoint, great job on the site! I love all the little interactions and attention to detail. I also like the overall scope of the service and will use it personally…

Yes! I too would love to know how it works under the hood!

> "When I got into the web development business there were no college degrees for it, just CS at the time." What specific field of study is this referring to?

You make some interesting points and I appreciate that you weigh out different aspects. The things that you mention are very inspiring to me. Everything that you've accomplished ma…

> "On a similar front, C.S. programs don't do a great job of teaching what industry really feels like - if I had known, I might not have gone into C.S." Just curious, what would yo…

Thanks for sharing your great advice! I truly appreciate it. I'm currently in an intern position with a software company. Working here opened this whole topic for me. I was contemp…

I agree. What you've said can be applied to anything.

I've been hearing hints of this for some time now. Doing the hard things in life can open new doors as an individual, or steer you into the right direction for something else.

Thanks for your input. Adding to what you've said, I've read and heard on some occasions (from professionals in my sector) that taking some CS classes as electives was beneficial a…

Linode has always been the go-to for my small and large scale projects.

Tell me HN, what are your thoughts on this? Do you believe it's absolutely necessary to be a CS major to be competitive in the technology world? Can the same result happen for some…

+1

All this time that's what I've been thinking too.

If you got by not doing any or most of your homework, then it wasn't worth that much points wise I would assume, right? Unlike you, I happen to be obligated to go through numerous …

Thanks for the info!

I will check these out. Thanks!

What are the basics that someone would know about starting a company such as registering it as an LLC, etc.? Also, what about filing patents to secure intellectual property? Any ti…

I could only vaguely remember my time in San Francisco due to the fact that I was only three years of age, but that didn't stop my parents from taking me everywhere within the city…

So Oakland = Silicon Valley 2.0? It seems plausible that the new 'up and coming' start-ups would seek territory in unconquered land such as Oakland, but for companies already estab…

Haha!

Well, for the ones that know why this is here let them be. For the ones that don't know, carry on.

You couldn't be more correct sir!

It wasn't an apology, that's why I didn't have the word "apology" or "sorry" in it. It was an explanation, as the title may have given it away...

Yes.