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Any estimation when, if at all, European individuals can use the paid version of Firebase (Functions)?

Thanks for your answer, although its worrying we need to have a lawyer around to see how we can signup without accidentally violating my local country's VAT regulations as a developer who just wants to pay and build stuff :(

I have one, how can European individuals use the paid version of any Google cloud services? Last time I checked only commercial entities were allowed to use the paid version.

What is the typical rent and the typical salary (For developers) in Vancouver?

Amsterdammer here, for anyone interested, check angel.co for indications of startup salaries. Keep in mind that the cost of living is very high in Amsterdam. Rent is easily 1100 euro or more if you are unwilling to share or live in a bad neighbourhood. This could equal 40-50% of your take-home pay.

Are there any examples of products that use the famous framework in production? The lack of case study examples on their website worries me a little.

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Appreciated, but not required experiences:

* Great experience with HTML5 mobile development

* Experience with framework such as Cordova, PhoneGap, Crosswalk, Ionic

* Experience with test frameworks and test methodologies

* Comfortable working on the command line

* 3+ years experience building websites

* 2+ years experience building mobile apps (HTML5/native)

* professional proficiency in Dutch

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Try to add a JDK_HOME environment variable which points to your JDK e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_07

Doesn't launch in windows 8 either

tl;dr; Get your degree

I'm also dutch, I'm not sure if you mean HBO or university. I only have experience with university. I recommend you to finish your degree.

1) If you would ever want to move abroad, having a degree (masters) makes it much easier to get a visa

2) Although the content seems impractical now, the intelectual challenge makes you highly analytics which helps you solve problems in your future job in a structed and faster pace.

3) You built up a network of peers who are interested in the same topic as you

4) If its easy, just take a part time job to pay for your rents. When I was studying I got this 250 euro government grant and in addition with my part time income I didn't need to take out a loan. 5) My grades where not spectacular, no one ever asked for them.

As for future career prospects, having a degree probably only matters when you are getting hired by people who have very little knowledge of who they actually need. If you are one of the best in your field with a name, I don't think it will matter. I'm personally getting contacted for job opportunities on a weekly base right now, so I don't worry too much about losing my job. But the key is to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in software development. If you lag behind with a CS degree it is much harder to get a job than if you have up-to-date knowledge in the technology that is in demand at that time without a degree.

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Profile:

- Knowledge in .NET, C# 3.0 or higher. Skills in working with LINQ/Entity Framework, SQL Server, WCF would be considered as an advantage

- University degree or current enrollment in University program (computer science, information technology)

- Solution-oriented attitude and eager to learn

- Good comprehension of English

Netsociety offers:

- Flexible working time

- Young and motivated team

- Good salary

- Covering of travel costs

- Lots of fun :-)

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Based on your very limited background information: 2500-5000 euro/month excl bonus and other benefits

Microsoft is the employer of two of the developers for the GHC compiler. Microsoft certainly has technologies related to Haskell such as F#. Also, a lot of the ideas for the new features of C# are based on the research and experience they've gained with Haskell. Linq, Lambda's, Task Parallel Framework etc.

I have a similar problem visiting HN from my mobile network. I get a 502 response then.

Have you tried looking for him on Google?

So what exactly is the point of this link? Can we follow this course online?

I think its good for prospective employees to know that instead of dating Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox at the same time, they will be eating 5 varieties of pizza's while coding in the evenings. At least they are honest :)

So how is this going to work? Pick the highest salary found in the area and add X, where X is a little? I never found the numbers from sites such as 'salary.com' or 'glassdoor' to be very reliable as it always 'depends'.

Lisp: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2196687/lisp-keystrokes.png

Yeah but what does that mean:

- the No.de instance is not good enough for that traffic

- Node.js can't handle the traffic

- the game doesn't scale

it is extremely slow, how come?

Fair enough, however I don't see a benchmark which measures the performance of Clojure in a situation described as above (dealing with a lot of mutable java objects) compared to other (JVM) languages. He clearly mentioned, for such tasks, clojure is 1000 times slower than Kawa. The fact that Clojure is fast for other types of programming problems is irrelevant for this particular case.

I think it is interesting you point the parent out for not lining up with reality. Can you elaborate on how the benchmarks in the above posts are a more realistic way to reason about the performance than the experience of the language used in a real life project?

Its good to hear about the advantages of being a polyglot programmer, but how about the disadvantages? I think the number of recruiters requiring X years of experience in Y still outnumber the ones who can recognize the value of a polyglot programmer. Career wise, is it smart to go this route?

I remember the last HN thread about Interview street they promised more 'real world' problems, instead they added more euler style algorithm quizes. I guess the companies have achieved good results basing hiring decisions on these algorithm quizes, maybe someone from interviewstreet can share some results?

He quickly changes the URL to the Apple domain in the first few microseconds of 00:00, pause the video and rewind a bit :). Looks good though!

There are a couple of reasons why other startups are not using asp.net.

1) The opensource community for .net is quite limited compared to other languages/frameworks

2) Some people have an aversion for anything from MS (this affects hiring)

3) You are locked on the Windows platform (anyone still considering Mono?)

4) Costs, the Windows platform and the .net eco system are built around licensed components.

Performance or productivity are rarely an issue. If you don't see yourself in the concerns mentioned above, go for it!

Definitely something fishy going on, at my side it briefly disappeared from all pages..is this a new type of article ban?

Out of curiousity, who was first with a design like that, 37signals or shopify? http://campfirenow.com/signup the structure is also very similar.