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That fixed it, thanks!

Thanks, I understand and agree with what you're saying. I'm a relatively experienced software engineer (9 years) and I'm not tied to one particular language or one type of work. My…

Hi HN, Every time there is a topic about C++, all its warts show up, and it makes me wonder if devoting time to mastering it is fool's gold. I know that there is a bias, the negati…

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5030164/whats-the-differe...

Even easier to use the default Ctrl + [ instead of ESC.

Please mention the mode of transport as well.

Lately, I have been feeling that the future for financial growth as a Software Engineer is not the greatest unless I start a company or a business. I hear of people earning crazy s…

I saw this thread on r/cscareerquestions and I thought it would be interesting to hear the HN experiences. Thank you.

True, but do you think it would be different if you had chosen a different stack? Honest question. Doesn't that 150k lets you afford other fun stuff?

I do, and I do understand the point your trying to make, but the growth potential also depends on the company, not just the employee.

I have thought about this some but I suppose I'm just lost. I don't know where to even begin with a niche. I have not specialized in the web development domain, but I suppose most …

From all the replies here, it seems all the high paying jobs revolve around web development, be it Python or Java.

SF was one place I was not counting in that number. :)

I was aiming for any of the major cities (except SF for which I would hope for a little more).

Thanks, that is good advice.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately, I have failed to see such jumps in compensation for offers that I received, but I'll admit, I haven't worked with most buzzword technologies (eg: bi…

Thanks. The existence of more Java jobs suggests more opportunities to jump around, which is a promising feeling.

Thank you all for your responses. Sorry for not mentioning what areas I had in mind. I was talking about friends in Dallas, Atlanta, New York and Raleigh among others. We are talki…

I have been contemplating jumping ship from Python / C at a small company to Enterprisy Java at medium to large corp. This comes after the realization of having no visible career p…