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drbaconon YouTube Music, a new music streaming service, is coming soon

If there were a HackerNews Gold, I would gift this comment one. Thank you.

drbaconon Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’s Not So Simple

Your resolve is weak!

drbaconon Apple Accidentally reveals iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3

I know and it's silly. The 3rd generation was marketed as "The new iPad", and got the retina screen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(3rd_generation)

The 4th generation is marked as "iPad with Retina display" even though it was not the first with the retina display.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(4th_generation)

I suppose the original comment was about the crazy marketing, not the features.

drbaconon Startup Idea: Solve Personal Analytics

Sorry for the following unsolicited ad. I work for a company in the Washington, DC area that is making almost this exact product. Reading this article was like hearing a stranger talk about what I do at my day job.

In addition to the Quantified Self crowd, we are also (for now, primarily) focusing on the educational space. We are currently hiring developers. Most of the code is Python, but we need front end help also. Contact me at personalanalyticsdc@drbacon.33mail.com if you are interested in learning more.

drbaconon The Myth of America's Tech Talent Shortage

That's a good point. I have difficulty reconciling two opposing feelings: I feel like the US is not producing enough developers/engineers, and I feel like the salaries do not reflect the shortage.

I have been working as a developer (and also an analyst) in the DC area for 6 years. The talent pool around here is very shallow. The companies for which I have worked are constantly looking to hire programmers. It is very difficult to find qualified applicants. Roughly half of developers at my current company are on H1-B visas. I think H1-B is both a form of indentured servitude and somewhat necessary (at least in the DC area). I wish there were a better way to employ immigrants, so that they could more easily job-hop or go out on their own.

OTOH, I think the salaries have not reflected this shortage. Maybe I am just a poor negotiator.

Perhaps Boston, Austin and other hot beds are different (i.e. deeper talent pools, more opportunistic employers). But I see my employers struggle to find developers, and poor salaries blamed on the economy.