Give yourself a break and start out with Visual Basic. From there try out C# or Python. I do C/C++ all day long and they're not for beginners - try to avoid pointers and memory management/garbage collection until you need to - they're not for beginners.

The current amount is great, less posts would be fine as long as they're all the same quality we've gotten used to. Some more user feedback posts/competitions would be great.

When I was searching for a job I received offers from 3 companies with similar salaries and 'perks'. I chose the company that had the best company atmosphere. Everyone knew everyone, and their business model seemed much more stable than the other larger companies. So a company's stability is most important to me. …

Another important thing to think about - before you polish get some metrics on your prototype. Measure your productivity in any way that's important to you, then start working on improvements. Improvements don't mean anything if they didn't actually improve performance.

I just got married in November, I used a lot of Google tools to keep everything organized. We used Google Calendar to keep track of all our appointments with vendors, and used Google Docs to keep track of invites list and vendor list. Google Docs was great because we were constantly traveling and I didn't always…

Wow what's with the massive Windows bias? You guys have articles on Linux all the time, but almost no Linux apps on the list :-(

This is extremely important info for any high school or college students who have MySpace pages. Employers will see those, if you have drunken pictures of yourself your potential employers will see those. If you know anyone with a MySpace account do them a favor and convince them to delete it. Its for the best...

I use the Send To menu all the time, I've always wanted the option to choose Send To then browse to the folder. This addon is great.

I recently moved farther away from work and asked my boss if telecommuting was a possibility. She was more than happy to let me work from home whenever I need to. In frozen upstate NY you can't always make it to work, so the option of working from home helps my productivity. Telecommuting is a privilege and it is a…