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"Any application that could be done on a blockchain could be better done on a centralized database." The scientific community will disagree with this. The whole culture of independ…

> Admittedly, I have no clue if the management realises that ! Well, that's the key thing in many places: it's management that decides whether to hire and how much to offer, not yo…

Even in a team of specialists, some of the work they do can be off-loaded to a full-stack developer to free them up for tasks that require more of their expertise. For example, a f…

Find the entry point of the program then go from there. Use grep for function calls or event listeners. Get some background of the framework used, if there's any. Skim the issue tr…

Strangely reminds me of learning :P

"I do not have experience due to which I cannot find a job and I cannot get a Job as I lack experience. Its like a dead-lock situation" Nowadays, whenever a programmer says this a …

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis

NBA star player.

Try Express or SailsJS. You'd be surprised.

"I tried to learn Python for a bit, and wasn't successful" Kindly define not being successful. If you mean you gave up, then next time don't. Also, quit your job if you have to.

Filipino here. I used to live somewhat near that place, and we used to joke about going to Germany or Australia when what we really mean is going to one of those streets instead of…

Whenever I wait for Xcode to build I doodle random stuff on my notebook. It helps me relax throughout the day.

Since you have been reading a lot, you may want to try the old method. Just start a new project (with new technology) and learn along the way instead of picking up a book first.

I got recommended into the medical fields. Interesting, as I've always dreamed of being a doctor when I was young.

This is gold. I remember a quote from a prominent game programmer, I think it's John Carmack but I'm not sure, that when thinking of an approach to a new game engine he would start…

Well, HN itself is a poll.

Get a 9-5 job, take a breather, save some money, then try again after two years.

>> Mithril allows developers to support browsers all the way back to IE6 and Blackberry. > Wow! This should IMO be on the home page. Agreed! I'm in!

You accept the fact that life is't fair, and that you deserve only that which you bargained for. Plus the fact that people are emotional creatures.

Well at least something they and the States can agree about. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bea-edwards/the-us-and-austral...

Sounds great, can you share what ]helped you become a top earner?

Because they only really affect the dev team. The clients are virtually exempt, which destroys any process.

>Jobs was good at recognizing when the right time to bet on a technology was. When you are filthy rich, you can turn this talent into a license to print money. When you aren't alre…