tomorgan

I expect this has been said before, but why not do it in whatever language you think has been written about the most, with the greatest amount of referenceable data and examples. Which probably isn't assembly, and probably not C either.

Which will probably store up a problem for the future, with an outsized amount of programs written in languages that were popular on SO when models started learning...

Wow. I guess we'll never know the full facts, but I didn't think that was a move which the Josh Topolsky I thought I knew from Engaget/ThisIsMyNext/Verge podcasts would have made.

Just goes to show: you never really know people. Or, of course, that every man has his price ;)

Unless there's going to be a techie Bloomberg podcast - I'll miss Josh's work.

@TheVerge: hopefully you can now put all this behind you, and crank it into second gear. There's still so much potential in what you have.

lol at "down in Wales" making it a pretty big "down"

j/k ;)

and from here (UK)

About the only useful part of this response is: I feel for you. I understand what you're going through, and I'm going to try and convince you to stick with it.

The rest of this: well, take it or leave it.

Sounds like you've managed to coincide two bad things in one go: a bad place in your career, and a bad place in your relationship. You've ended up with a double-whammy, so it's hit you hard.

From (limited) experience, I'd say let the relationship thing sort itself out. I know how it feels now: and it'll take 6 months before you wake up and go through the day, and then realise that you didn't think about it all day. That's when you know you're over it. Until then, just accept it. There are no shortcuts.

Meanwhile, focus on the job. It's the thing you CAN change. If you don't like it, change it. Maybe, even if it's "ok"... change it anyway. You need something that will distract, excite and occupy you for the next 6 months.

That's what I did anyway (also from the UK, also sporting a beard and feeding a cat). Change the career if you need to, because it's easier. Go and do something that makes you happy, for short-term (and long-term) happiness. The rest will sort itself out.

just my 2p

OK... so go make a better Freelancer. We're uniquely gifted in that if we don't like or agree with something, we can go and do different.

nothing about our trains is "Real Time".