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> strong programmers need to find a way to differentiate themselves that cannot be copied by anyone in 2 months

they are already doing that with machine learning.

I live in my own house and my commute is 20 mins by car, but I still feel bad... thanks for the different point of view though

I live in what should be considered a developed country in Europe with 5 years work exp also abroad, of which almost 2 of software development in a highly specialized field, and I make one third (1/3) of what the average CS grad makes in SF. It feels very bad...

It's remarkable that the software comes with a FHIR server. Apparently there are a few features in the core module that are not mapped to FHIR resources. I would love to see CCDA generation and interoperability support in there. Given the main purpose of helping healthcare in developing countries as stated in the wiki, I guess interop comes as a later step in the roadmap.

This is actually a good idea. In this specific case I wouldn't go through all the trouble since the code is rather obsolete (java 4) and so is the system that runs on it. We'd be better off just rewriting the whole thing.

OP here, you guys did an amazing job. That is by far the best plotting tool I've ever seen. As a user, I especially love the point 1 you mentioned above. For all people who, like me, find these things fascinating, here's a link to a collection of functions with interesting graphs and explanations. Pair it with Desmos and the fun is guaranteed. https://elepa.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/fifty-famous-curve...

Nice blog post, it makes me remember my early years as a professional in China. Now as a 27 year old who flies back and forth once every 1.5 months to manage a team of 3 Chinese developers, I really miss the times when everything was a discovery and looked so fresh and cool. After a while you get used to it and start noticing all the bad details. It takes away a lot of the enjoyment that pushed me there in the first place. The good part is that China always finds ways to amaze and entertain me.

The unrelated field I'm in is pharma / drug development. I'm the business guy who brings new projects in.

Actually I do have programming experience, very very modest though. That's where my realization comes from. I developed a simple CRM for my department and, since I like languages as well, I'm working on a learning tool for translators and students alike. I needed that tool in the first place but couldn't find it anywhere, so I decided to put it together by myself.

Yet as people from my country say, this pretty much boils down to "singing and playing your own song". So thanks for your comments, they're really much much appreciated.