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> Like everyone uses Macs and a few geeks use linux but no serious programer uses windows. This statement is false, you might need to take a look outside of yo

> Like everyone uses Macs and a few geeks use linux but no serious programer uses windows. This statement is false, you might need to take a look outside of your bubble - it is a big wide world out there. > dude, wtf? I've worked all over the industry and hating on windows is just normal. And this makes it ok how? I haven't 'worked all over the industry' but I have been building web applications for over 15 years using various technologies and on different OS. They all have their warts and they all shine in different ways.

andrewfromx 10y ago
anyone who gets VC funding from a major Silicon Valley fund, uses linux and mysql, and no ms sql server or IIS or any of that _legacy_ stuff. I want to teach people coding so they are ready to go for work major Silicon Valley companies, not legacy it departments. it makes it ok because this is what students needs to be taught to the right jobs. I cannot tell a student it's a good idea to learn C# or MS SQL Server when I fundamentally don't believe it is.
- everyone 10y ago
  Andrew, nothing to do with windows or the article. But your attitude in the comments.. You seem to have a very close minded and insular view, it disturbs me that someone with such a view is in a position to teach. Perhaps try and think outside of the silicon valley VC startup web-app bubble, otherwise when it pops (which it has in the past) you will be in for quite a shock.
  - andrewfromx 10y ago
    I added this to the page: BTW This is not saying we will not teach you. We still want you to apply. And installing linux on your pc is a great first assignment. Seriously, our teaching style is we through you into a working web company as an intern. If you were to show up for your first day with a windows laptop, your very first assignment would be put linux on it. You will learn a lot doing this. But <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13399445">this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13399445">this thread on hackernews</a> makes it seem like I hate windows people and don't want to teach them. This is not true. Just complete assignment 1 and you can apply.

andrewfromx 10y ago

anyone who gets VC funding from a major Silicon Valley fund, uses linux and mysql, and no ms sql server or IIS or any of that _legacy_ stuff. I want to teach people coding so they are ready to go for work major Silicon Valley companies, not legacy it departments. it makes it ok because this is what students needs to be taught to the right jobs. I cannot tell a student it's a good idea to learn C# or MS SQL Server when I fundamentally don't believe it is.

everyone 10y ago
Andrew, nothing to do with windows or the article. But your attitude in the comments.. You seem to have a very close minded and insular view, it disturbs me that someone with such a view is in a position to teach. Perhaps try and think outside of the silicon valley VC startup web-app bubble, otherwise when it pops (which it has in the past) you will be in for quite a shock.
- andrewfromx 10y ago
  I added this to the page: BTW This is not saying we will not teach you. We still want you to apply. And installing linux on your pc is a great first assignment. Seriously, our teaching style is we through you into a working web company as an intern. If you were to show up for your first day with a windows laptop, your very first assignment would be put linux on it. You will learn a lot doing this. But <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13399445">this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13399445">this thread on hackernews</a> makes it seem like I hate windows people and don't want to teach them. This is not true. Just complete assignment 1 and you can apply.