[konamicode]

This can work well if you are in an environment like the Google Summer of Code program. It's much harder to do this if you don't have a mentor or two who would be able to spot your mistakes and guide you in the right direction. For many engineers out there they would not have the same set up. Someday I would love to help out somebody with something ambitious but I feel like I need to learn a ton before I am in that position.

[brrt]

Indeed, I owe a debt of gratitude to a lot of people.