This could be invaluable to me. I plan on quitting my job at the startup where I currently work to move to SF/SV (Prefer SF) and look for work. Resources for networking, places to work on projects and cheap places to crash.
Assange has claimed he is about to release information that targets the Russian government and Russian businessmen (reported 10/26).
The thing is, even if he does release it, most Russian citizens won't hear about it or won't care. Anything even remotely incriminating published about Russian businessmen and I can tell you he will probably want to find a good hiding place.
I hate resumes but people still ask for them. LinkedIn profiles are also in high demand and the last thing I want to do is maintain another profile. I'd rather be coding.
I have a System76 laptop and I really like it. The built in speakers are terrible but I usually use headphones so who cares. The touch pad buttons are a little stubborn too.
Other than that boot-up time is pretty fast, and I don't spend hours trying to find drivers for hardware. And it cost me half of what a Macbook Pro would.
My opinion is that it is more important to learn programming paradigms. That way you are able to decide what language you believe is the best and learn it easily.
For example, I've never programmed in Clojure but I can read quite a bit of it because I understand functional programming. It wouldn't take me very long to get the hang of it if I chose to learn it.