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I know it's the favorite question of interviewers but i'd like to know what difficult challenges Hacker news community solved.

Nothing worthwile came out of this question. At the end of the day everyone wants to get paid.

I worked as PL/SQL programmer and would like to get into engineering. What languages/tools/framework do you suggest i learn coming from unix shell scripting/sql/plsql, ETL , datawarehousing environment to one where i can maximize my careerr prospects and also utilize my past skills.

With so many choices ruby, python, node.js, postgres etc I'm confused on what will be logical extension for a pl/sql developer.

If you are interested in hearing about job opportunities you can meet startups over lunch! Just launched an MVP and looking for early feedback http://LetsLunch.com

Soeaking of consumer apps - Soundcoud has roughly 900 employee, Instagram had 18 employees at the time of acquisition. Why do companies hire employee for on such a scale, when other companies get similar things done for lesser employees. 900 vs 18. Do consumer apps need to have hundreds of employees to be successful? how come plenty of fish managed to get acquired for 450million with only one full time founder/employee?