mb21

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   by mb21 15y ago

   How about don't refer to it as IT?
2. 2.▲
   by mb21 15y ago

   I disagree. I think the overall quality of software built by software professionals has increased over time. It's the natural maturation of an industry (although I believe we are far from mature).
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   by mb21 15y ago

   I don't think I'm quite there yet. Are you saying having to type return vs. it being implicit encourages side-effects in programming? How does this relate to the begin block?
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   by mb21 15y ago

   I don't understand. I can't tell if you are arguing for or against explicit returns. Can you elaborate?
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   by mb21 15y ago

   scala is in the 50-100 range now according to http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....
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   by mb21 15y ago

   I think I'm currently in the "I just don't get it camp" when a significant deficit of a language is the lack of implicit returns. Is typing return that bad? I quite like the readability. Is it that you can only return once per function? I a
7. 7.▲
   by mb21 15y ago

   1k/month before taxes :( If you are already doing a full time job in software dev, you are probably paying 30-40% tax already.
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   by mb21 15y ago

   sorry - I knew I'd read an article about enticing people to leave school and associated it to YC. It was actually Peter Thiel: http://www.dawnmontgomerypresents.com/?p=2104 Now, having said that, there does seem to be a lot of pressure to
9. 9.▲
   by mb21 15y ago

   20k/month revenue or profit?
10. 10.▲
    by mb21 15y ago

    yes - typo. $1,000/month or 12k/year is not livable in the US. Thanks for pointing this out. I actually did reread the post, but pre-coffee.
11. 11.▲
    by mb21 15y ago

    Thanks for the comments - this was my first HN post. I hope you didn't see it as being pessimistic - As someone who has started companies in the past and wants to do it again, I am trying to understand this new movement. I love the thought
12. 12.▲
    by mb21 15y ago

    seriously not trying to be a downer, but doesn't this smack of starting a company just to start a company? they all took $0 in salary in 2008, I wonder if they are making live-able wages now in 2011. They took on their first employee and ma