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Thanks for the post Alex. One of the things I do like about being a developer at BigCo is that it's possible to keep the politics at an arm's length - something that I think would …

To continue the analogy..once we determine we're in a sim, maybe the next step is to figure out if there are any paravirtualization hooks we can use to optimize our universe.

This sounds like something quite different - a career fair for students / recent grads.

I love this idea. A few more features (like curves/masks) and a faster UI and I can see using this a lot.

It's hard for me to believe there exist companies that have the resources to hire software developers and that don't use source control.

I'm interested in how many new people facebook will have to hire as it attempts to grow to justify its $100b valuation.

Perhaps the guy feels his work is important and derives personal satisfaction from it. That might make him happier in the long run and a better husband and father.

While the process doesn't sound pleasant, a long interview might benefit the potential employee as much as it does the company. If you're going to be spending a lot of time working…

True, though in this example integer overflow would happen first.

I was wondering the same thing. But I can confirm it compiles and runs, though I had to supply a -std=c99 flag to gcc.

Best solution I've seen here so far.

I'll admit the demo is beautiful, but surely there's a way to accomplish this without history pollution.

I wonder if this actually applies to all fields of human endeavor.

What about the evidence that companies that are known to seek out the best programmers(Google, Microsoft, facebook) are some of the most successful? (Or at least the most visible.)…

I believe in the "10x programmer" phenomenon.. In my experience, the best programmers seem to quickly become very good at whatever development task they put their minds to.

Indeed, since I got a smartphone I no longer dread long lines in supermarkets, etc. Just more time to read HN.

I have this fear literally every time I start on a new problem: am I re-inventing the wheel? Has this problem been solved already - maybe written about and discussed at length abou…

The ditto clipboard manager for Windows http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ has completely solved this problem for me.

I think the intent of #1 is clear (I agree with your reading of it) but the sloppiness of the statement is distracting. Same really for #2, though it looks like I'm wrong and Googl…

Agree with yours (and olefoo's) interpretation of #1; I singled it out because it raised a red flag for me as the kind of statement non-tech savvy people would make, thus calling i…

I also thought maybe he meant to write "iPhone app" and accidentally left out that word.

As a full-time developer with a family, it's not as easy as it seems to pick up the hot language/platform of the month, especially to learn it deeply enough to compete with people …