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I'd pay for better quality projects, but that promise (guaranteed better quality) sounds like a tough one to keep.

Brainwave entrainment ( http://www.transparentcorp.com/dl/ ), meditation, and supplements like Pramiracetam+Centrophenoxine.

Of course. I do this all the time. Even a passive perusal of good code makes you better.

Because there is some truth to the conspiracy, or those people aren't as rational as you think.

Is what most people do. They copy, copy, copy, and try to look the part.

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Slowly, that's how. Even when I revisit the page after just checking my email, it still shows the progress bar and I have to wait.

If they go through with it, then how are they going to prevent politics from killing this acquisition.

Glass will fail unless it's price tag is $99.99 or less. Since, from what I've read, the fair minimum price at this point is around $499.99, they have a long way to go.

They should play up whatever the person does 90% of the time. For Engineers that could be demonstrated by the following profiles: GitHub, TopCoder, StackOverflow, Quora, etc. Just …

My regress to an average (or worse) developer did happen all at once, but I guess I'd say yes, because it was due to this same reason (jealousy/BS). Before "the event," many consta…

Proficient vs. perfect? One summer. Then another one to round it all out. Which sucked, because I spent the next few years having the life beaten out of me by others that were jeal…

$99.99 - $149.99

After working at Google for a while, I think this person, unless he is really lucky, will end up looking elsewhere to find a more satisfying job. You could pick any random Engineer…

You can try to get the company offering less money to beat the offer made by the other. If it's Facebook and Google, as you said, then this shouldn't be that difficult. Google work…

They aren't likely to read through everyone's email, but they'll send them to the government, just like a bitch, at the drop of a hat. Also, be warned, if you work there, then they…

Luckily I read up on what it was like in the corporate world before starting my first job, so I knew what was what. What I wish someone had given me before I took my first job was …

Yes, I didn't take the Automata Theory course, but I learned essentially the same thing in Discrete Mathematics, Control Systems, and Digital Design (albeit with an eye towards Ele…

No.

Computer Engineers and Computer Scientists take essentially the same software design related courses. The difference is that Computer Engineers don't have to write an Operating Sys…