Re: [ANN] BitcoinDark (BTCD)--Sha-256/PoW-PoS hybrid/Bounty Opportunities
Enrolled in computer science 101 today to start my journey through programming. This coin and especially James has been the main inspiration for me to get started finally. A big thanks to Bitcoindark, James, and the rest of this community. 
Honestly, what is weird is that I've been having an intense urge to learn more about programming/networking from some of his posts. I just see the amount of power James has in molding the world for the better through code and I really envy it. I'm sure there are moments of frustration as anything thats difficult, but the biggest the obstacles, the bigger the reward when they are overcome
The SuperNET has inspired me to do a Linux Networking and Administration course that I have already done 2 lessons of. Its basic Linux but the advance course covers subjects a bit more akin to SuperNET. I am defiantly going to sign up for that early next year and possibly either a cryptography or programming courses more relevant to crypto. It does look like SuperNET and BTCD have sparked an influx in people eager to learn new skills. Thats pretty special.
I feel the future is bright for Linux. Now more than ever. I remember trying to use Linux a couple of years back and I wasn't really impressed but I used it the past year much more and I honestly preferred it to Windows 7 (the best Windows out of all IMHO). I think in the near future this is only going to increase and more and more things will be compatible. I just find compiling programs to be annoying as hell. I like simple .deb files and such. Glad to have you all here. I find there will be such a bright future with this coin. I think it should ideally have a chance to, if not slay BTC, at least join forces with it
I've been a professional developer for 15 years now, all of it on Windows using MS products. I learned C and Java on Unix at university 15 years ago but back then getting red hat or other distro's to install on home PC's was a nightmare so I stuck to Windows. Then last year, after 15 years away from *nix, I discovered Ubuntu. I still do all my professional dev (C#, C++/CLI, C++) for my day job on Windows (no choice), but all CryptoThrift dev and any hobby projects are now all done on Linux. Yesterday I discovered mono and am now happily writing C# on Ubuntu too. The MonoDevelop IDE is great and has pretty much all of the core features I use from Visual Studio... for free! What made me install Ubuntu??? Mining crypto! (all the good coins were getting launched with linux source before windows binaries)
I had a 10 year break from computers to work in the charity sector so am trying to get back into a computing career starting with Linux admin and networking. I want to start from scratch and start building a knowledge base ready for a career in crypto which I see as being a booming business in the near future. I did something similar with eCommerce and websites back in 1999 which got me into some pretty sweet internet jobs come 2k. I feel like I am in the same position with crypto being the next big thing since the internet. Core Linux skills aside what programming languages and courses should I be looking at (tech rather than finance) for a career in crypto?