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Freedom from financial security?

Did this calculation a few years back, and living in the Bay Area on one salary (possibly plus a non-engineer salary) looked financially impossible. I'd definitely recommend taking…

Having interviewed many times in many places, and also been on the inside of the interviewing process, my opinion is that the hiring process is mostly random. That is, the outcomes…

Sadly, also true for emacs...

Well, that was awful.

Maybe in some imaginary utopia. Here in the real world, being shrill or hateful is a great way to drive people away from your point of view, regardless of its merits.

Here are some arguments against. First, by displaying basic civility, we are true to our own values and set an example for those that we want to come around to our way of thinking.…