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For pleasure: Backbone.js Blueprints by Andrew Burgess For work: Stealing The Network, The complete series collectors edition

In the midwest, java programmers are the top paid programmers and the most in demand.

This one was posted on HN just a few days ago. Looks good. http://www.marinamele.com/taskbuster-django-tutorial

I should have said this is from my 20 years of experience in an IT department. And as a response to my second point, it was in reference to technical problems that you see in an en…

I think everyone has the capacity to be a quick thinker. The two main components to being a quick thinker are not what you think. The first one is a competitive spirit. If you have…

Congrats to the Tmux team for a great open source tool. Its sad that HN decided to take this moment to talk about sourceforge and not the product announcement.

Junior developers are hired because somebody has to do the shit work that nobody else wants to do.

I would take this question to reddit/r/netsec

Great read. Nice website. Great Photos.

Austin is beautiful..

Silicon Valley is too expensive. I currently pay 700 for a two bedroom apartment and I'm not moving to Silicon Valley just for the startup scene and paying 3000 for the same thing …

Stay away from the TV. Stay away from anywhere you can fall asleep. You don't need sleep. You need to do something that lets you talk to your inner voice like mowing the lawn, exer…

A MBP running OSX is almost as good as a Linux laptop but with a better GUI. Just be happy they didn't give you a windows laptop. In the corporate world you would have to be a unic…

Watch this video to give you a good idea of what it takes to be a Front end developer now days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXqs6X0lzKI Build tons of websites with just basic H…

Dude you got this. Just break out the books, the videos and start brushing up on everything like you were back in school. Find out what technology stack they use and start building…

Always be looking for a job. Always be interviewing. Because recruiters are whores your boss will find out. Just tell them that you are looking for a part time job. Schedule all yo…

Break out the resume and polish it up. Use all 8 hours a day to find a job while at work. Connect to recruiters on LinkedIn and use every job search engine to get yourself out ther…

Walmart Special - Acer quad core amd 2.2ghz, 17inch screen still going strong after five years. Only 350 bucks so I bought 2 of them.

LEO and the NSA would like it if you add as much personal information as possible, so please do that and help them out.

A college degree is worth one year of experience at most companies. If you are new to programming and have no experience someone with a college degree will have an advantage. Howev…

Watch this motivational playlist on Youtube. It will get you back on your feet and focused to change the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26U_seo0a1g&list=PLYzEWmEmHy...

Thank you for taking the time to comment. You gave me some really good ideas. I thought maybe the agenda was kinda bloated too especially since this is just the Front End Developme…

The bootcamp really does not have a time because it is free, and what they are really getting is a mentor who can help them and guide them to all the best resources. I put together…

I dont really know if bootcamp is the right description of the school. It really does not have a time limit and my role is more of a mentor than a teacher. I did the Front End Deve…

I picked vim because of all the plugin support and its long history. A person is going to have to learn an editor anyway so might as well learn the best. The learning methods I use…