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Hard for me to feel anything other than sympathy of anyone who has to ride a bus to work.
"Elite" and "riding a bus" are two concepts that are "living in a parallel universe." Not the same one.
This makes me think of how my Dad fled Vietnam in his forties and started anew in America. All he had was us.
Family first.
This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
"In programming, the hard part isn’t solving problems, but deciding what problems to solve." — Paul Graham
Vagrant/VirtualBox is the top of the list, I usually run a 64bit Ubuntu 13.10 instance for dev and production.
Coding as a practice, I love. It's a continuous process of learning while trying to solve problems.
But work is work. It can be a job. However, as a career, it's easier to move from one job/environment to another.
Ha! I do dream about code when I sleep.
I agree with the term "Full-Stack" Being on a small team, I got to do a bit of everything. (Cuz it need to get done)
I've made it a point to NOT check things in on Sundays. I break my own rule. I get the OCD gimmick to get yourself motivated but ...
I flies against of my philosophy of coding. Less is more, quality over lines of code. Not coding for coding sake. And coding on paper and writing out data structures and algorithms.
Hey, if a whole bunch connected green dots gives you a feeling of accomplishment. Enjoy!
Just think of Prop 8 as an Apartheid law.
Want horror stories? Try consulting.