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The funny thing about the great financial collapse/crisis is that they really aren't caused by "Black Swans". Indeed, there are always few serious people who are able to analyze the situation correctly each time, before the crashes. "Black Swan" is a catchy concept, but it seems the issue in...

Apply to MFE, good luck. Next.

in which language? Here's a linux / unix shell version that should support any amount of data: tac myfile.txt | awk 'NF==2 && $2 ~ /[0-9]+/ {day=$2} !/Product/{print $1,day} /Product/' | tac

If C++/java expertise is important, why not try to contribute to an open source project in one of those language? That is another way to gain experience.

Sue you/this site for defamation?

I agree with the cons folks below, I'd add: - PL/SQL isn't the most powerful/fun language out there (and pl/sql is probably the best one --tying you up to oracle ad vitam eternam) - your data will have to live in the database. Your code can't get input from files/streams/you name it ...

Agreed, OSX's probably the nicer *nix in the market nowadays.

(tongue-in-cheek) Interview question: write a program that ouputs "hello world" ; the shortest simplest solution wins.

IMHO, you can't be good at programming if you only know one language. I see it like being a chef, you have to know more than one cuisine to excel at cooking...my $.02.

No programming experience: read Sussman's "the structure and interpretation of computer programs. " http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

Come on, no need to insult and belittle others for drinking another kool-aid than yours...

Might be interesting, Google classes on Python: Googles Python Class - Google Code

In the 90s? I'm curious, which recently developed programming language doesn't do garbage collection?

The situation you find yourself in is a common one, and the programming community put a good amount of effort to make Windows a decent environment for Unix-oriented folks (see cygwin, gvim for windows, emacs for windows, ...etc etc ). Unless you need to work with a MS technology (F#, C#...