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This is a cool idea.

It's a constant cycle of learning and applying. You can't retain the knowledge without actually doing the coding. I'd say, read enough to know the basics (maybe chapters 1-2?) and then jump into your IDE and code away, then when you hit the knowledge wall go back to the books and continue the cycle. I guess my main point is that 1 and 2 go hand-in-hand. hope this helps!

I agree. Recruiters suck. They never ask for references for your benefit, it's always to extend their sales reach. They tend to drag you out to their offices for a 'face-to-face', for no relevant reason whatsoever because all of that 'stuff' you had to do there could've been done online anyway.

This is great. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this is going to mesh with webOS.

hey, authenticjobs seems pretty good. I hadn't heard of it til now.

This is a great blog post and I'm glad someone put it up on HN otherwise I probably never would have read it.

I remember before the Foleo was announced a lot of people speculated that number 7 was going to be it.

I'm surprised to see CodeIgniter up there. I never got the impression it was picking up in popularity.

What he says does make sense, to an extent, in regards to entry-level positions. I'm sure he wouldn't do the same with mid-levels or higher. I bet a lot of the people who've seen his post are more experienced then the entry-level, so of course they would react the same way i initially did, in disgust.

So, seeing that he specifically wants 'entry-level', he's probably looking for some young recent college grad with no long-term commitments. Having considered all that, if I were a recent college grad I'd probably be scared away by the prospect of just dealing with self-employment taxes, which at $8.55/hr, this job would totally not be worth the extra effort required.