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I think this is a great idea. I use http://jsfiddle.net/ all the time for JavaScript and this will be useful for other languages.

Are there any plans in the pipeline to support C#?

IRC is still alive and kicking. I have been using it for around 10 years. I still use it everyday, along with a handful of my "real life" friends. I feel IRC has always been a slightly more "underground/nerdy" technology and will always remain under the surface of other mainstream user technologies such as FB and Twitter.

Very interesting that you link his age with the position. If he was 28 and just graduated with a CS degree would that still apply? Or are you saying that because of his other experiences you would not hire him as a truly junior (taking his age out of the equation)?

Out of interest, on the salary side of things would you start him off at a junior rate and then increase to mid-level when you think he has reached the mid-level criteria?

I use highcharts at my work place. I have found it easy to use, well documented and over all a great charting library.

The email field is private and not shown to the public. Generally people add their contact information in the About field.

Contact is in profile, feel free to message me.

I personally do not use favourites. I have friends who use them in conjunction with http://faavorite.com/. It might be worth checking out that site to see how your idea differs.

I have always found the best time for networking was at the start of the event but that might be because I usually get there early.

You could start with checking out what London companies are hiring and contacting them. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5150834

Never mind I found your blog post.

http://www.dangrossman.info/2012/09/24/who-hosts-the-y-combi...

What were some of the other hosting options for the other 1/4?

My favourite from Hacker News, not the most influencing but a fun one that I rather enjoy bringing up in the work place.

CFO asks "what if we spend our money training our staff and they leave?", CTO replies "what if we don't and they stay?" - JAVagueArgument

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” - Theodore Roosevelt

I live in London and cycle to work every day. I work in Victoria, live south of the Thames and it takes me about 25 minutes each way, which is great.

Cycling is not for the faint hearted but I would not say it was awful. London is not set-up for cyclist like a lot of other European countries (Netherlands, Denmark etc). I personally love it and would do it over taking a packed tube any day.

Will be interesting to see how this event is received by the community as it is the first charged (£6) event.

How did your company reveal this information?

It was up about an hour ago when I read it. Hopefully it will be back soon.

Yes he is. I have had the pleasure of meeting him during one of his train journey layovers. Very nice guy and very interesting to talk to.

Re point 2: As EliRivers has also stated, taking a counter offer when you have already stated your intent to leave can lead to a bad environment for both you and your employer. I don't see anything wrong with using that counter offer to try and negotiate a bit higher at the new job but personally I would suggest not taking counter offers.

I use it but only for personal projects, nothing commercial.

Just to clarify something, you state that you would not want to work on site as a contractor. Have you been working from home on these jobs? If so, have you had to go on site to secure these jobs first? What has been the on site/remote ratio?

I work in London and from the job interviews I have been to and the people I know working in London, £35k for a graduate is very high. As others have stated, jobs in finance/banking will be paying more and might be closer to £35k.

Sorry just a minor minor typo on http://www.pixbin.us/api/docs/

'Base64 encode an image an post it on the above URL' needs an 'and' 'Base64 encode an image and post it on the above URL'

Silly I know, but if it was me I would want someone to point that out.

I have just looked at your previous posts and see you are on some sort of apprenticeship. I guess this enables your employer to pay you below minimum wage somehow.

Is it full time, as in 5 days a week?

Is that full time work? I really hope that it isn't as £3,992 a year, even for a junior is outrageous and well below the minimum wage. We currently have an intern working for us part time and he is on far more than that.

What pains me is that after reading this article, the only thing I could think about was how the article contained the overused word 'like' in a sentence as if it was written by a 15 year old high school girl.

'Except for like, when you drive through a rough urban area and happen to have a large gun pointed at you.'

I would disagree with that, they are not mutually exclusive. Some people create a "startup" to provide them with a "lifestyle business".

This feels like it gets asked quite often:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1734122

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2891596

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2848674

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445 <-- has links to others threads on the same topic

It was a quick search and I am sure there are more that I missed.

Sennheiser HD 202

I have had them since the end of 2003. These head phones are very good value for money. I have travelled with them and use them most days. Recently I replaced the leatherette ear pads but apart from that they are still going strong.