mel_kaye

> Since when does being married preclude getting a phd? I know multiple married phd candidates...

1. I don't think there are any part-time CS PhD programs, so I'd have to quit my full-time job.

2. My full-time job brings in 3/4 of the income and my wife isn't in a position to earn much more than what she's earning now, so we'd have to suffer a big drop in income.

3. The big drop in income (even if I get a TA or RA position) would force us to move from our home to either university or an insufficiently-sized (that is, insufficient for us + the children we plan on having in the next ~3 years) dwelling.

4. My wife has no interest in earning her own PhD and doesn't want to work while raising our children. Furthermore, I don't want her to work while raising our children.

I don't think it's possible to do without being a selfish arse.

> So if you will tell me what you are interested in doing as well as what you want to do. For example: web app? front end, backend? backbone? redis? twitter API, documentation generation, good writer? good teacher?

I'm interested in low-level programming, such as compilers/PLs, OS kernels, and GCs. I think I'd also enjoy revitalizing legacy Unix applications, such as Bill Joy's vi from 4.x BSD.

Programming Languages (from most familiar to least familiar):

  C (ANSI C89/ISO C90)
  Java (1.5/5)
  Perl (~5.8)
  Scheme (R5RS)

> There's something out there, you just need to make small steps. Also what's your github username?

I haven't yet signed-up for an account, but I think I'll go with Bitbucket, as I'm more familiar with Mercurial than I am with Git.