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Unsurprisingly, Google, with its NYC headcount of more than 3,000, led the quarter’s hiring in the city. Close on its heels snapping up talent were (in order) Amazon, AppNexus, Facebook, Spotify, eBay, ZocDoc, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and TD Ameritrade.... 

AppNexus #3 on the hiring list. Finishing off with this lovely quote:

What an awesome weekend.

Just spent the last two days fully immersed in html, css, & js. Thanks to Fullstack Academy, I was able to write a 'game' that allowed me to text multiple phones a question, have a web server listen for a response, and then respond back to the phone if they were correct; really cool to write code and see it come alive.

More and more lately I find myself becoming interested in programming. I don't believe in regrets but I am a bit disappointed that I didn't expose myself more to technology & computer science when I was younger.

I remember learning a little bit of Visual Basic in HS. I used to play those silly online text RPGs that required clicking buttons to attack and heal. I wrote a program that continuously did this for me and within a day I jumped dozens of levels. But one of the admins got suspicious that a user could click the same two buttons for 18 hours straight and questioned me. It wasn't a big deal but inevitably I had to let that program die and unfortunately, my interest in programming went along with it. 

10 years later, I am finally rediscovering its power and importance. Of course, I've always been involved in tech - I speak with developers every day. But it wasn't until I made the move to AN that I started considering becoming one. Of course that destination is way way down the road but I can see it. I can feel it.

Lao-Tzu said [loosely] 'the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'.

Answer: When Insults had Class! These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it." Earl of Sand...

Marcus Geduld's answer: 1. Marry your best friend. I am truly amazed that I have the most successful marriage of all my friends -- going strong after fifteen years. Most of my friends are amazed, too, because, growing up, I was the geek who couldn't get a girlfriend. I had almost no relationship...