crashmoriarty

I submitted a request for an invite, but I have a couple questions. Do you guys have a "light" mobile-version of your interface? What do you offer over Twitter and other would-be Twitter-killers?

Almost voted up out of sheer perplexed curiousity.

I don't see the point. It seems as worthwhile as selling Mary Kay products, only with more maintenance.

Maybe someone who fails this test won't pass a class their first time through, but I find it hard to believe that any test can determine that someone, given time and practice, cannot be a programmer.

I just don't understand the 37Signals hate. Lots of entities on the internet share their experiences and opinions in a definitive voice, but 37Signals is the one that gets the flak for that approach.

As an employee in a state tech position, I find 37Signals' philosophy refreshing. I can't speak to its appeal as a business leader, but as someone who wants to just do the work that gets the results without the fluff and exhaustion, it sounds great.

To answer your questions: PHP is my first (and only other) language. My scope of mini-projects is fairly small.

Thanks for your advice. :)

Good point. I suppose to elaborate, I want to become a skilled hacker and I want to push myself in a project that I care about with people who are passionate about what they do. :)

To be fair, Y Combinator is about startups and startups are, typically, Web 2.0 :)

I started learning programming at 12 years old. An ideal year in my opinion. Experiment with everything you have the time to learn about. You may be surprised at what you can do with an otherwise bland tool or function.