RubberSoul

If you're going to break the law, why go to the trouble of forming a Delaware LLC? Won't that draw more attention to the operation and result in double taxation? Doesn't it also mean breaking Delaware law by forming a corporation for illegal purposes? Title 8, Chapter 1 says "A corporation may be incorporated or organized under this chapter to conduct or promote any lawful business or purposes..."

Furthermore, he takes all these steps to avoid 15% hotel tax, but pays 30% on the LLC profits and then pays income tax when he takes earnings from the LLC?

Am I missing something here?

My understanding is that you need essentially free electricity to make it worthwhile.

Also, Bitcoin is wasteful. People are using an incredible amount of energy unnecessarily. It's a pretty selfish thing to do. This is a flaw in the system's design. I'm not sure other coins are much better in this regard.

An unnamed government official told me that the leaks resulted in the death of innocent kittens.

I've always thought it would be nice to have bookmarks that either self destruct or pop-up as a reminder some specified time in the future. For example, I just read an article about creating a bootable USB copy of OS X Mavericks. I bookmarked it as a reminder for when Mavericks comes out. That's a bookmark I'm going to need exactly once in the future and that should be destroyed as soon as I act on it.

There is no "best" language. Developing an iPhone app would be fun and maybe impress some girls (or boys) :)

Learning Python/JavaScript and building a web app is probably more useful if all you have is one summer. It can take a while to get really good with Objective-C. That said, Objective-C is a superset of C, which is used in many computer science classes. If you're going that route, there is no better time to start learning than now!

Personally, I like the Big Nerd Ranch books. They might be carried by your local library. The Apress books are also good. Any of the beginner books are suitable learning tools; you just need the self-discipline to work through the entire book.

You can ask for money, but "demand more" is not the right way to do it. I suggest you keep a copy of the posting, and others like it, to demonstrate what the market wage is for someone with your skills. Then, after you've done something good for the company (had a successful project for example), ask for a raise using your research to support a salary proposal.

You sound a little angry in your post (understandable), but being angry when you ask for a raise is bad strategy. The company did not do anything wrong by giving you what you asked for. You bargained fairly and should have done the research before accepting the job, but don't beat yourself up over it. Live and learn.

If your work is worth what you're asking for, they will pay you that.

Don't shy away from technical content. I used to program as a teenager, but ended up not going into computer science. I mainly focused on learning whatever would help me accomplish a short-term goal (usually creating a game). Now I am a doctoral student and mainly program for research purposes, and sometimes regret not focusing on more difficult material like algorithms, applied mathematics, and low-level languages. There is high returns to the stuff that seems boring as a teenager, but a lot of that stuff will be relevant even if the language you choose to learn now turns out to be unpopular when you try to get a job.