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chazwozzon Which database should my startup use?

how would you store the users data?

chazwozzon Which database should my startup use?

appreciate the comment earlier. some of the more constructive feedback

chazwozzon Which database should my startup use?

haha, yeah i do, i'm a middleware guy though. The question is nothing to do with the company i work for.. honest! :)

chazwozzon Which database should my startup use?

Don't worry, you haven't upset me :) Lets play in fantasy land and say it does get that kind of traffic. I want to know if something like MySQL/Postgres/SQlite is up to the task? Sometimes you gotta spend money to make money, and I wouldn't want to head down a cheaper path if it would compromise the site and delivering a quality service to the people in any way.

chazwozzon How to learn how to program well

agree. thats why i enjoy it so much. personally, i don't want to program all day. variety is the spice of life. thats just me though..

chazwozzon How to learn how to program well

Obviously there are benefits to both options.

Personally, I find myself in similar dilemma. I studied CS, and the whole time my goal in life was to be a programmer and work with computers. Then you get into the industry and you realise you have achieved your goal, and find you need new goals. You realise the IT world is so huge and there so much to do out there. There is much more to IT than programming.

Theres probably no right answer. I would reassess my goals. Where do you want to be in 10 years. 15 years? Imagine the path to this goal, and I'm sure the right choice will present itself. It may be neither of those options. In fact, I wouldn't limit myself to only 2.

Do you want to be a programmer all your life? (sounds pretty boring to me). This is an important question to ask yourself. What is going to be the best step to where you want to be later on?