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Similar experience here. “Trade Wars” was amazing for the time and place. I’ve often wondered what happened to it and why someone hasn’t ported it (has it been?!)

OP this is the way. I’ve landed on all these same things. Will add a few more that you can’t buy , but should do to stay healthy: 1. Immediately attend to discomfort. This is your …

Most of my employment contracts have typically contained a clause, where my employer gets to claim ownership of anything I’ve built or conceived while on their payroll that can be …

Full time remote here divorced 2 yrs. Also in Wisconsin. I share 50% full time custody of my 3yr & 7yr old. This is very solid advice. OP - be very skeptical of anything coming fro…

My experience is similar to yours. I have an SE sitting right here (still works!). Being good at interviews comes with work experience. You get better at evaluating/profiling emplo…

We'll miss him

I don't really follow the current thread this article seems to. It just sounds like the cool CS kids lamenting how the web used to be cool. The masses have discovered it and are co…

Eight months later it still bothers me, because I should have seen it coming, and because I wasn't able to change it, nor did I find a way to turn it to my advantage. I'm dealing t…

Get a partner who's a front end dev like me ;)

Can anyone share how/if Health Insurance benefits are provided?

No, but maybe something in another field (like applied Math or Science) and you might find yourself in a position to be doing something meaningful/valuable.

Spend the money on a good term life & a disability insurance policy. You'll sleep better.

uh... re Loops: "Try and avoid making calls in a loop." This is an over simplification. The author draws the wrong conclusion from the example given: for(var x = 0; x The problem h…

Don't over think it or start self doubting. Are you getting interviews? As previously asked - where are you located? 1. You must network. Make the effort to go to local meetups, et…

I was using Transit, which performed very well. After pulling in HighchartsJS I ran into a strange conflict (tbd) in the transitions (animations), so just switched to Velocity. Wor…

Thanks!

Yup but not a bad move. You're an elusive DevOps now (It's hard to find them!). That's what I would use as a job title. It's a good market for that and you can always go back to be…

Yes. This. We have a cushion (although a larger one would be better). There aren't a lot of comparable options here. Most of the jobs here are limited, being a step back in pay and…

Single reason - that it would be a great growth experience and maybe give me career options down the road. Thank you!

Definitely - great advice. I've been out, had a good experience interviewing, but declined offers for those reasons. But still, I'm feeling like doing a few years for some big name…

I could use some advice about relocating. For background, I live in a medium large, very nice midwestern city that’s highly rated for being a great place to live. I have a nice hou…

Yes, but spend sometime hunting for your next jump. For what you're interested in, you'll need either some pretty significant open source contributions or a degree. Study what oppo…