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somoneon Rails Consulting for Fun and Profit

Now you're going down this road: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neut...

somoneon Is it an accepted behavior on HN to repost a url, say once a week?

No, but it is ok to have a blog, generate content that is newsworthy about your app, your company, or you other than the same old same old just worded differently, and then post links to that. It says a lot about you that you asked, so I think you'll be fine. Good luck with your app.

somoneon Ask HN: I'm a burned-out developer. Who should I talk to?

I don't really have a lot of motivation, so what I do with my spare time is to waste it. I am naturally talented musically, but have little formal training, and I can't feed my family with that. I don't have enough money to lie on a beach for an extended time without fucking my savings.

Good advice about trying to let go of the things that are holding me back. I've thought more about going back to school, but not sure what I'd want to study.

somoneon Ask HN: I'm a burned-out developer. Who should I talk to?

Have worked in a variety of situations and companies and currently not in a company where I could transition to anything else. I have thought about becoming a technical writer, but I've heard you can't just hop into it- they expect you have a relevant degree and experience. Basically, this career has fucked my chance of doing anything else but something related to technology.

somoneon Ask HN: What are some good certifications for a junior developer?

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/mcpd-certification.a...

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.ge...

But if you already have a job, you don't need one. They might help you land a job if you don't have a CS degree. Also agree with the other comment: if you are doing JS, etc. then get active in GitHub.