Thoughts on article

Dialogue among muslims

Challenge each other's interpretation, understanding etc., dialectical process on deciding matters

This is no joke!

website ideas

Try building a site like tutorsource using semantic tech

Another website lunch buddies (unwork.com)

Jobs to apply

Hulu

and

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/sof/1540319967.html

Ability to delay gratification

This is what has prevented me from achieving potential. Is it too late?

Thoughtworks questions

Whats a typical career path for developers. How often reviews take place?

Do you concentrate on software development projects or design as well?

What kind of Laptops are provided

Allow conference attendance (OOPSLA, Semantic web, usability etc.)?

Do you also do hosting or is it mostly consulting? Could I put together a sandbox environment to replicate some of client's environment we needed to work on?

Total 1100 employees?

What products does Thoughtworks studio work on?

Typical size of your team, typical length of a project

Onsite/Offshore distribution, process

If I find a useful tool, whats the process of procuring it

Books

Internal Knowledgebase?

Collaboration

Travel - International? What percent long distance vs, say on west coast? I would like to travel internationally, although not all the time. I think travel provides growth, with learning to handle the unfamiliar, taste of surroundings, cultures, people, food etc.

Do you work with any sub-contractors?

Benefits

Expenses

Ramblings

Its not really a merito-cracy. As long as you are able to speak about your skills and techs like evangelists speak about "religion", meaning you speak with conviction even though you are not convinced inside that you know the topic, its fine. Or maybe delude yourself into believing that you know something when you don't. So people will ask if you can solve a particular problem or if you are an expert level on some skill, what are you supposed to say...

I would like to say, I have a sharp mind, I am hard working, I have worked on this and this before, and maybe I can solve it or I am working on being an expert (you can never be perfect/absolute expert 10/10 in any skill!!!). Whats up with this hypocrisy. In any case its all about just making more money at any cost... I am probably in the wrong line here. Is it too late to change?

If I start a firm, who will I partner with, how will I get clients, will I be able to weather storms that will surely come without being blown over?

If I go to university, that place unless I luck out doesn't look too promising either. Same kind of beasts rule there. Even if I luck out how will I support family with very limited income?

Idea

Well, this is not necessarily an idea, just starting some train of thought to see where it leads.

If you are build something, it should perhaps be simple (but not simple enough ;) ) and something useful to businesses, preferrably smaller ones.

Something related to internet perhaps or something design oriented.

Re-read the article on web science, and see what body of knowledge from there would help.

Read some business stuff on how to start a business. Contact the guy from paypal who gave the presentation at ISNA few years back.

Something to simplify programming? So its not such a guessing game. You think you know how it will behave and then you realize, something is missing. Is TDD an answer to that? Perhaps.

Look at functional.