uberPhil

I always found this interesting. For the designers that simply cannot write HTML code to reflect the desired design. What tools are they using to get the job done? Are they just taking existing templates and "hacking" it together?

"Why won't they"

Because Instagram can make whatever TOS they feel is necessary when they are interacting with your data.

You are using Instagram's servers and products display data. Therefore they can, essentially, do whatever they want with said data if you agrees to their TOS. Why do people still feel they have some recourse when you are volunteering your data to a private company in a public domain?

Not sure why you getting downvoted. It appears that anyone with an opinion which is not inline with the general consensus gets downvo... Nevermind..

In any case, I think the idea that true happiness comes from within, which I think is what your describing, makes sense. True happiness cannot be manufactured by buying "experiences". I don't think a laundry list, created by someone other then you, of things to do with your money can make you happy with yourself. If your not happy with yourself nothing you experience will just make you happy.

It starts with you and I'm not sure that money can buy you internal happiness.

A better idea would be to find out how people without money are able to be truly happy. I'd love to see that list...

Getting down voted over a joke?

Or maybe you think i'm lying about .007 which is a score I actually got..

either way, lighten up HN...

.007 so yea your server sucked!!! :)

Please stop using the word "beautiful"...

It seems as though Apple's innovation is becoming synonymous with "gimmick". First it was Siri next it will be 3d pictures and video?

I couldn't be any less interested. Just one more reason to switch to Windows Phone.

A wise man once said "Nothing is original. There is nothing new under the Sun. It's never what you do but how it's done".

While I agree that saying "My Product X is like Y on steroids" is somewhat unoriginal and maybe even uninspiring, the simple fact is that every idea is pretty much an evolution of a previous idea.

That being said, I'm not to sure what the point of the article was :)

do employers really expect candidates to right syntax accurate code on a whiteboard? I just always assumed that pseudo-code was appropriate. There are a lot of key strokes that my fingers know but my brain doesn't. It's very easy to get confused and thrown off your game.

Sometimes I feel like it's a total crap-shoot with getting interviews at some of these large companies. There were quite a few positions available in the DC Metro area that I was probably more then qualified for or at least qualified enough to get a phone interview. Needless to say, I was never contacted. It's good to know that some people actually get to a phone interview :)

I'm sure those who have wrote complex scripts would probably disagree with you.

Do you know what writing complex scripts in equally complex environments entails? I sure don't, therefore it makes me sufficiently unqualified to determine "meta levels" (whatever that means) for that skill.

Unless you are deeply familiar with both, i'm not sure how you can say one is higher then the other.

Or it could just be that the younger crowd is using the tech that is popular today, therefore they are in higher demand.

10 years from now some next best thing will replace Ruby and the cycle continues..

As in my original post, the issue I have is the concept of knowing how to write your own language being considered a HIGHER skill then someone knowing Sharepoint or visual basic in depth.

Who's right is it to say that my particular skill is better or higher then yours..

Pretty much.. But my bubble is better then your bubble! :).

FWIW I am a "programmer".

This list also doesn't take necessity into account. Is "A" programmer better then "B" programmer if "B" programmer has never had to derive their own programming language while "A" programmer had this requirement or need?

This entire concept is just silly to me.

I personally don't like the idea of "levels", especially with programming. IMO it adds to the "I'm better then you cause I do xyz code" mindset which seems to get adopted more and more each day. It actually almost turns me off and makes me not want to participate in the community.

Perhaps that mindset is more common among those in the valley or other tech "hot" areas. But around here, Washington DC, if you know People Soft and SharePoint you can easily command a salary ~130k salary. Knowing how to write your own Ruby implementation or js library gets you pretty much nowhere.

/end My first HN comment :)