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Re:Programming Trends on StackOverflow on Friday July 05, 2013 @10:01AM (#5994862)
This is pretty cool, the last frame is telling.

It would be interesting to see the tags compared to each other by their relative bucket. As in IOS/iPhone/Android or web frameworks Django/RoR/Play/etc compared.

Also I'd be interested in knowing how the java popularity is without android (postings without the android tag).

Re:Ask HN: Passive income ideas? on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @07:02AM (#5904814)
2 Q's:

1. "Find or create one proprietary data source"

Any other examples & how do you monetize on this?

2. "you want passive options but more active options, like selling consulting, are things that might well fit"

You're doing a great job at it looking at your year in review, but don't you need an established name with years of blog/material to get these sorts of rates?

Thank you!

Ask HN: Anyone here make the switch to developer?

Posted by kp27 on Friday June 07, 2013 @11:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Anyone here go from a non-developer job to developer? More appropriately you didn't go to school for CS, you weren't a developer as a kid, and had a job for several years outside the industry.It would be interesting to see if people have successfully made the switch and how they did it. What about pay, was your first offer good?

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get $4-5k per week django gigs? on Sunday June 02, 2013 @08:18AM (#5808221)
patio11, read his comments/blog
Re:Sucks to be an old engineer on Monday May 27, 2013 @06:24PM (#5776928)
MaggieL,

  As a guy in his 30's it would be interesting to read more on how you did this. Were you laid off at any point? Did you learn Scala on your own or through a previous employer, or a class? And finally, how hard was it for you to make your transition & land this job?
I find myself having to learn new skills with things changing every ~5yrs. Its scary, but also quite interesting to see things fork SO MUCH so fast lately. I feel its exponential...I'm basing this on only 2+ iterations, lets see how my 3rd ends up.
Re:Ask HN: What are your favourite (exceptional) movies? on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @11:10AM (#5751367)
I ended up passing on it in the theaters, it didn't get the best of reviews. I have it in my queue though, hoping it will be a solid surprise.
Re:Why Don't Startups Get Their Users To Invest In Them? on Monday May 20, 2013 @09:27AM (#5737575)
There's a fundamental difference between investors and customers.

Users are customers, they pay if they feel the value of the product is worth XYZ.

Investors are banking on the idea/product to be worth more in the future than what it is now. They also have an appetite for risk, mainly because they understand investing and diversify.