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Not really. I'm a senior software engineer, without a CS degree, and had my permit declined two times, for the same company. I was going to be the CTO, btw. Government does not all…

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I've been working remotely for a Berlin-based company lately, while trying to get a work VISA and finally live there. Unfortunately, i don't have an undergraduate (or similar) degr…

Making a stand on this situation may lead to retaliation from the team.

Well, we're buying an apartment and changing jobs is not an option for both of us. But i'm more worried on a general scale: what if the next place is the same? (which probably is)

She's very experienced and proficient with various technologies, so i don't think it's a technical issue. I feel that colleagues might be "insulted" of having a woman being senior …

My wife is a very talented software engineer. She's also very good when it comes to handling business requirements and communicating that to the whole team, and also sharing her ex…

I'm looking for a few content-driven APIs and RSS feeds for a mashup website i'm building. Like Yahoo! News and Flickr, which allow you to submit a GET request and get a list of it…

Why do people insist on posting badly-written, poorly-designed, short-minded PHP projects? Grow up.

I'm a web developer and i just arrived in Berlin from the US, with a full-time job, but i'm looking for some ways of increasing my revenue. So, guys, what are the best ways to find…

I just got a proposal from a German company. I'm a senior Ruby developer and i would like to know HNs opinion. What's the average IT salaries there? How to properly compare my sala…

I'm thinking about hosting a few webinars, but i'm looking for an open-source solution, that can be scaled easily. I know BigBlueButton, but it seems hard to setup a proper infrast…

Recently, i've been looking for a place on the web to publish my articles, but i'm curious about HN opinion. Should i look for something like developerWorks, SitePoint, InfoQ, or p…

A lot of websites with domains (and brands, as well) are using the .io TLD. I wonder why? What does I/O (input output, am i right) has to do with such businesses?

Wow, thanks.

I remember seeing a jQuery lib for that. Any?

I know datatables, but isn't there something more versatile and less bloated?

Also, found this http://gutomaia.github.com/nodeNES . Quite interesting.

I'm looking to build a small server at home. Something physically small, yet powerful, like a Mac Mini. Is there any alternatives, probably cheaper? (depending on configuration, of…