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developer.mozilla.org 11y ago

A re-introduction to JavaScript

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

Ask HN: Do you take Ritalin or Adderall?

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dces.essex.ac.uk 11y ago

A Field Guide to Genetic Programming (2008) [pdf]

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www.engadget.com 11y ago

Google will spend $150M this year to diversify its workforce

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blogs.law.harvard.edu 11y ago

MIT alumni in their 50s

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book.mixu.net 11y ago

Distributed systems for fun and profit

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

Ask HN: How useful is "Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture" today?

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12factor.net 11y ago

The Twelve-Factor App

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en.wikipedia.org 11y ago

Software archaeology

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sqlbolt.com 11y ago

SQLBolt: Learn SQL with simple, interactive examples

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

Ask HN: How old are students finishing a MSc in CS/CE/IT in your country?

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www.pbs.org 11y ago

The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage: How Guest Workers Lower US Wages (2013)

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nikhilm.github.io 11y ago

An Introduction to libuv

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www.google.com 11y ago

3D Scan of the Oldest Mask in the World (9000 Years Old)

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

Ask HN: Are there any startups making desktop apps?

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www.agner.org 11y ago

Software optimization resources

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eli.thegreenplace.net 11y ago

How to JIT – an introduction (2013)

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code.makery.ch 11y ago

JavaFX 8 Tutorial

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open.hpi.de 11y ago

In-Memory Data Management (September 2015)

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thinkster.io 11y ago

Building Web Applications with Django and AngularJS

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beej.us 11y ago

Beej's Guide to Network Programming (2012)

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codecapsule.com 11y ago

Implementing a Key-Value Store

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www.amazon.com 11y ago

Learn C the Hard Way: A Clear and Direct Introduction to Modern C Programming

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thenodeway.io 11y ago

The Node Way – Your Guide to Building Beautiful Node.js Applications

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campus.codeschool.com 11y ago

Try SQL: Learn SQL in the Browser

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dsp.cs.cmu.edu 11y ago

Digital Signal Processing for Computer Science

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news.ycombinator.com 11y ago

Ask HN: Native Android development in 2015? Worth the effort?

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It feels increasingly like there are too many programmers for too few programming jobs.

Here in Denmark many companies are so picky that they only hire people with a MSc in CS/CE. Many of them have also outsourced HR to recruiting companies which is an absolute disaster for people who are self-taught or only have a BSc.

  I do feel like I'm nearing the peak of my programming ability
I'm very interested in what kind of projects you have done that made you feel like that. Sounds very interesting.
  I've heard very good things about Hack Reactor as well
My first impression of them is dishonesty.

They claim to be "The CS degree for the 21st century" which is simply not true for an intensive web development course.

Why do you and other coding bootcamps pretend to be anything else than intensive web development courses?

Another coding bootcamp called "Hack Reactor" is claiming to be "The CS degree for the 21st century" on the front page and on another page they write "Become a Software Engineer".

  That means we need to be doing something to get more people into our industry.
Why? What's in it for me?
  The EU has published similar numbers, 1.2 million in 2018—three years
I am a first-year CS student in Denmark and I hope you don't succeed in getting more people into the industry to fill those jobs before I graduate.

The lack of (talented) programmers is going to put young CS/CE grads in an advantageous position both in term of salary and job opportunities. I am happy employers are having a hard time finding people to fill those jobs. That makes life easier and safer for me.

The people screaming for more programmers here in Denmark are people in the government and Dansk Industri (lobby group representing bigger Danish corporations). The government cares about something they call "Denmark's global competitiveness" and the lobbyists in Dansk Industri want to flood the market so they can lower programmers' salaries. I don't care about the former line of buzzwords and the later is a hostile action taken against me as a programmer.

Don't get me wrong. I care about our industry. I will contribute to open source in the summer leave and I am involved in organizing some monthly meetups. But in the end of the day I also want a job.

Here in Denmark IT companies are extremely elitist. Tons of simple ASP.NET and Java EE jobs require a master's degree in CS or CE.

Contrast this with the coding bootcamps and "everyone can learn to code" culture in the US and you can see why innovation is so slow here in Denmark.

I am a CS student genuinely interested in compiler construction, distributed systems and programming language design so I don't feel I'm being forced to take a CS degree to get an IT job.

But I still think it's sad that you need an advanced degree to get CRUD web/business app development jobs.