That's a stupid amount of firepower to be part of a bug out bag. Are they fighting a zombie hord on the way to their destination?

I don't tend to think of clothing as part of the actual go bag, but if you live in a particularly cold/hot part of the world, then you probably need to take special precautions.

Why are you in the grays? I see you comment all the time.

I say F. No rations. No water solutions - one nalgene bottle is not nearly enough unless you are only going across the street.

Ummm, food? Water? Self defense? My understanding of a "go bag" is that it's the supplies necessary to get you from an unsafe/disaster location to another location you have specified in advance, so you would want enough water, rations, and basic supplies to get you there should you need to travel on foot because of…

It's totally possible for an intelligent and motivated individual to teach themselves how to program and pick up all of these things along the way sans college degree. In fact, most of these things aren't something I would expect an entry level developer to have more than a cursory knowledge of, and maybe not even…

• and should offer plausible solutions

We're all probably guilty of it occasionally, but gah! The egos! That is a huge problem in the industry, imo.

I would say yes. Take a look at their Ruby track compared to Codecademy's. I think most of what Codecademy's lessons cover is covered in the two Ruby Bits lessons on Code School, while they then have more in depth options for Rails, testing, and best practices. Not that Codecademy is bad - it could even be used…

Yes! You will need to query databases for, like, 95% of the applications you write. It is a good idea to get a solid grip on it. If you're lucky, your team will have a SQL developer or a good DBA to write and optimize queries for you. That is something I push for now because I hate writing SQL, lol.

What does it mean to learn your second or third language?

Codecademy is great. I prefer CodeSchool, but that one costs money.

That's strange. Maybe you should look at working in the US. I understand it's easier for Canadians to work here than those from other countries, e.g., no visa required.

I say yes. My experience is that popular development technologies like Java and C# .NET are in very high demand. Mobile development as well. Businesses all run off of enterprise software solutions now, and everyone needs developers. Getting your first job sans degree will be a little tough - you'll need to find…

Misleading? No. Many of the top tech companies offer an insane amount of benefits like these, and more and more frequently smaller companies are following suit. I suggest to you that if you really are a skilled developer you should put your resume out there and see what you can get. You may be surprised. My experience…

I'm very fortunate to have a good job and an excellent skill set that is in demand at the moment. I do not, however, have nearly enough in savings and investments to keep me covered for say, one year, should the world go sideways and suddenly no one needed software engineers anymore. Gotta get on that once the debt is…

There you go. Science says bacon makes everything better. Except for dessert apparently. I think they did it wrong though if I'm looking at the right Food Network recipe - I typically either candy the bacon in a saucepan using brown sugar or maple sugar, or I will bake the bacon with a coating of one of those. They…

I'm actually starting a project at work next year that I'm looking at using Angular for. Actually, I was thinking of kind of a combination of an MVC frame with smaller, Angular SPA apps embedded. Any tips for diving into Angular?

Here. I just fixed, like, 80% of the problems. :P

I love WPF. I remember the first time I discovered two way databinding in it. I was like, "Ooooooohhhhh."