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Ask HN: Has anyone successfully started their career over in their 30s?
Original EnglishAs a result of my (then) undiagnosed ADHD, I failed out of college three times, couldn't hold down a decent job.
The Dec/Compaq Turbo Laser 6 AlphaServer KN7CH Processor
Original EnglishI wrote a customer and subscription tracking system for a flower appreciation society in the 1980's using Informix and Altos Xenix.
Startup Founder On Google Entering Their Market
Original EnglishI love all of Google's services, but I am/was incredibly frustrated that we actually paid to use their services and then they left us out …
Switching to Linux: A Windows developer’s view
Original EnglishI have tried for over ten years to move my home studio recording to Linux-based tools...but, to this day, reliable, glitch-free, low-latency, multi-track 24 bit …
The One Lesson Every Entrepreneur Should Learn
Original Englishit just helps to cover your ass and avoid putting the tag "failure" on you in your future career.
Tell HN: Why I want to start a startup
Original EnglishI would smoke with, although I paid for a lot of it, as I had a decent amount of income for an 8th grader ($75 …
In a nutshell, why do a lot of developers dislike Agile?
Original EnglishEg, a front-end engineer could say "we developed an Angular2 front-end which was on-time and tested well, but the back-end engineers failed to <insert failure …
The Seven Stages of the Programmer
Original EnglishMany of the problems in that previous startup were because of too many bugs, so it had an immediate appeal to me (5 & 1).
The First Time Texas Killed One of My Clients
Original English--I made friends who owed money to payday lenders and pawn shops, and friends that gave 5% of their income to check cashing stores because …