programming is definitely a skill which doesn't require a lot of resources, with a pc and decent internet connection, one can become very powerful.
great article.somebody once said "programming is filled with plagiarism" and i think that is absolutely true,noobs especially like to do it this way.
#2 in addition to seeing their portfolio they should also give you a code review and explain what the code does.This avoids code plagiarism.
cool tips, but i'm worried about writing a script which isn't portable because of dependencies to some tools.
Great aggregator, we should have the same for ruby,c, c++ and all the major languages.