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I agree.

I'd rather spend my time programming, building interesting things(interesting by my definitions) and learning new tech than building (or overseeing the construction of) things, spending time on making sure that other people are going to like it, finding ways to monetize it, hiring people and retaining them, ensuring they get paid every month, and keeping a commercial enterprise afloat.

I've been working for three years and three months, and am currently working in my third company.

I started out coding PHP at company 1, continued coding in PHP for company 2 and transitioned there to working on a Python project. At Company 3 I am working on Java end to end.

Granted, all projects I have been working on are web development projects; however a senior programmer at my outfit with six years of exp started out as a embedded systems engineer.

I think the short answer to your question is : It's possible. Keep your chin up, and keep looking.

I wholeheartedly disagree with the recommendation of "Artificial Intelligence, by Elaine Rich". The book was unreadable in a way that made me want to detest the subject.

I found the Patrick Winston text a lot nicer.

1984 - turned me from a die hard socialist to a rabid anti authoritarian.

Cosmos - helped me fall in love with Physics, and the sciences.

Tao Teh Ching - If I could tell you how it influenced me, we'd both have the wrong impression.

Interesting.

The user experience of the Cleartrip site is startingly similar to that your link leads to.

TVS Gold (Black). Crunchy!!!

The History class provided by GWT offers this functionality. Of course, you need Java for this.

Wow.

I am in India and real estate prices are obscene.I am doing reasonably well but am going to struggle to afford a 850 sq ft apartment. I was looking at a 1000 sq ft spot as something of a 'giant space'. :)

I suspect this might have been easier to accomplish without taking on the exercises. I'd try going through the texts first, gaining some understanding, and then follow it up with some serious exercise crunching whenever I felt like it.

That way, I at least gain a theoretical understanding of the stuff - enough to understand what some CS papers talk about.

I see there may have been a misconception here; I haven't built this app. I discovered it while looking for an alternative to Google Reader.

Allowing you to login using an id you already have with a major provider saves you time.

One can have a 'junk' account with a provider an use it for stuff like this, if needed.

Edit: Having said that, I agree with your premise that a sign in should not be mandatory to using the site.