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I agree, but I don't think I am being romantic - I do realise jobs always have those boring, etc. elements, it's a matter of whether overall you are happy with it. And I certainly …

currently, mostly C#, SQL, F# and some scheme. Most of my experience (and entirely professionally) is on the MS stack, though I run linux at home.

I certainly believe that the kind of stuff you learn on a CS degree is incredibly important, esp. algorithms, hardware architecture, etc. I agree with you that I think the academic…

Thank you. The positive encouragement of HNers means a lot to me. I think a consensus is emerging that putting the language project aside for a while to focus on OSS would be a goo…

Ironically I sent you an email about this very subject asking for advice (though more on the Micro ISV side of things) earlier :-) Yeah. I know. I am being an idiot. I guess it's j…

I'm ok for money, but not great (some debt) so can't really make that lovely lovely idea reality :) nice suggestion though!

Wow! I am definitely interested in discussing any possibilities (I have clearly been far too reticent on this front as is clear from discussion here), for obvious reasons I'd rathe…

thank you very much! I think you are perhaps being somewhat overly kind! I care about and love programming, though I do tend to feel like I somewhat suck at it. I guess right now I…

I have definitely been reticent on the jobsearching front. I guess a combination of inertia/laziness and fear have got in the way; also I suppose I am worried that if I apply to jo…

yes, I want to switch from internal to a software company. I definitely feel like open source is really critical; I don't feel like I'm working in an environment where code quality…

Thanks for the advice; will definitely take it on board. It's true that the language project itself is unlikely to be monetisable (especially since the chances of it ever being use…

Hi all, I need your advice; I'm working in an internal IT department at a non-software company which is, as you can guess, far from ideal. I live + work in the UK. I am starting to…