You're from the Bay Area and you think $60/hr is expensive? I charge the least out of contracting friends, and I charge a non-trivial amount more than that. I also don't live in or around San Francisco.
I have a 15" MBP and I run it at 2880x1800 (not in HiDPI mode) by using RetinaDisplayMenu. I've been working without an external monitor like this for ~6 months now.
I just moved here and I haven't been looking for work so I wasn't sure. This was just the number I had in my head. I guess I work too much with US clients :)
Because I don't see it as torture. I find Objective-C to be a perfectly pleasant tool, and it allows me to do things that would be A) implausible or B) impossible were I to make webapps (or PhoneGap apps) instead.
Matasano's site mentions office culture. Are remote employees impossible to work out? I'd LOVE to get into this sort of thing, but I'm not a US citizen and I don't qualify for any visas.
If I get in touch, would you point me towards some resources even if it won't lead to employment?
I actually had a bit of trouble with this problem, it took a while to iron out the bugs. I copied down the triangle for reference but accidentally had 1 2 2 1 as the third row.
Took me about 15 minutes to do. Doesn't seem like an unreasonable question to ask.