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  1. Poll: What's Your Most Disliked Programming Language?

    Which programming language makes you most sad/angry/annoyed/... - add a note in any comments on the language you most like, so we can do some correlation.

    358 points by mrspeaker 365 poll
  2. Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?

    So, Apple recently stopped supporting the last version of OS X that would run on a 2012 15" retina MacBook Pro. In case you missed it, this design was the last one influenced by Steve Jobs and was absolutely epic,…

    345 points by killjoywashere 439 poll
  3. Poll: As a freelancer, how much do you bill per hour?

    How much in USD do you bill clients by the hour as a freelancer? Alternatively, if you quote a flat rate for a project, what would it breakdown to as an hourly rate?

    334 points by llambda 222 poll
  4. Poll: What is your age?

    It would be interesting to know which age group(s) HN readers consist mostly of. Please be honest and click one answer only!

    328 points by xijuan 315 poll
  5. Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?

    Lots of people have been banned by AdSense, and for obvious reasons the most vocal are the people who were a few days from payout. Lets try and figure out if there really is a pattern here. If you had an account banned…

    316 points by chrisBob 167 poll
  6. Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough?

    There's a recent pattern where stories related to the NSA are being given reduced visibility, either the result of flagging by users, a change to the algorithm (which seems unlikely), or otherwise. A few examples: - A…

    313 points by sinak 208 poll
  7. Poll: Do you prefer the office or work from home?

    @bckr submitting this as an Ask HN[1], but I think we would all get better insight if this were a poll [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30239283

    312 points by alfiedotwtf 370 poll
  8. Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis?
    309 points by tnorthcutt 253 poll
  9. Poll: Have you experienced depressive symptoms over the past two weeks?

    Inspiration https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25096877 Update: List of "symptoms of major depressive disorder" https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/sy...

    300 points by miduil 226 poll
  10. Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high paying remote job?

    I live in western Europe. I've worked for 4 different companies, for European salaries, without doing any leetcode type interviews(I ditched any company that was doing it), it was either take home tests about real…

    297 points by throwawaynay 628 poll
  11. Poll: How old are you?

    Four years ago [1], two years ago [2], and today. Tomorrow I'd love to poll on where in the world. [1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=517039 [2]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 FYI: for anyone in the…

    292 points by withoutfriction 234 poll
  12. Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?
    283 points by Victerius 659 poll
  13. Poll: How old are you?

    For some reason I was wondering about this in the shower this morning. There may already be polls like this one but by now I'd assume they're outdated.

    264 points by TimothyBurgess 156 poll
  14. Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate

    Poll version of [0] > I charge $115-130 an hour. All work is 100% remote. I customize Salesforce. > I think my rate is pretty good, but am wondering if I should charge more or if there is other tech I should specialize…

    259 points by sixhobbits 270 poll
  15. Poll: Do you meditate?

    Do you meditate? If so, how often? Other questions that would be interesting to have answers to: Why do you meditate? What kind of meditation do you do? How long have you practiced? How long is each meditation session?…

    241 points by gnosis 232 poll
  16. Poll: Should we push the YC deadline back by a day because of the storm?

    I have no idea what the situation is like on the east coast, but it's no problem to push the deadline back by a day if it's necessary. Let us know.

    238 points by pg 150 poll
  17. Poll: What level of math is programming roughly analogous to?

    My son is writing moble apps using Objective-C and is around 11. My question is if arithmetic is 1 and advanced calculus is 10 at about what cognitive level is bog standard, journeymen, CRUD programming in Objective-C?…

    233 points by shawndumas 164 poll
  18. Poll: Apply HN Runoff – Which two startups should YCF fund?

    Here's your opportunity to help pick the winning applications for the Apply HN experiment. For background on the experiment, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11440627 and https://news.ycombinator.com/applyhn.…

    231 points by dang 287 poll
  19. Poll: What database does your company/you use?

    Please upvote this if you would like to see more people take the poll. This has been asked on occasion in the past but like all things, database preference/technology changes quickly. Let's see what people are using…

    228 points by rorhug 100 poll
  20. Poll: Tech Bubble?

    Cause for concern? Are people overreacting? Perhaps a little bit of both? *Would love to hear PG's thoughts on this

    224 points by stevenj 208 poll
  21. Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?

    What are the salaries like out there? I've decided to have 2 tiers, one for those who live in high cost of living areas (California, New York etc, anywhere it costs $2K+/mo for a 1 bed room) and for those who live in…

    222 points by vaksel 165 poll
  22. Poll: How long could you survive without income?

    Hello HN. I've been spending the last couple of weeks reading as much as I can on figuring out the right balance between what remains of my life (I'm very close to 50) and how much money I should save up. I have been…

    218 points by jacquesm 150 poll
  23. Poll: Is there a negative stigma toward articles written in Medium?

    Creating a poll on behalf of theanonymousone for https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33223124 Will I/my articles get negativity within dev and tech communities because they are written in Medium? Please comment if you…

    217 points by LinuxBender 211 poll
  24. Poll: How much did you earn from your stock options during exit?

    Just want to see how much people earn actual cash from their employee stock options. If you joined a startup as an employee and had some stock options, how much did you earn during exit or IPO?

    217 points by wave 190 poll
  25. Poll: Do you know C?

    C comes up regularly, and usually the general consensus is that all programmers should know C. I think it would be interesting to see if programmers take this to heart and learn C.

    216 points by DanielStraight 207 poll