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icdxpressoon Tech layoffs more than double in Bay Area

How worried should an entry level developer who has been working only 6 months at his current company be? Due to an extremely high cost of living, paying all my bills and student loans and such, I have very little money actually saved up. If I lost my job I'd have to pack my bags and move out of Silicon Valley ASAP. And I really haven't accomplished that much at work during the past 6 months because I joined during holiday season and pretty much spent like 3 months training. I'd be really fucked if I got laid off now.

icdxpressoon To become a good C programmer (2011)

I'm interested in learning about reverse engineering and malware analysis. Is learning C the proper first step in getting my hands dirty? I used C++ in a few college courses, but I've been primarily a Java developer for the past two years.

icdxpressoon Vim vs. IDE's

I'm a Java developer and couldn't imagine doing 100% of coding in just a text editor. I installed a Vim plugin for Eclipse to get the functionality and tools of an IDE while having the text editing capabilities of Vim. Its working out pretty well so far.