I’m trying this question in politics, because all you get in the Careers & Finance section is SPAM!!

In most of the interviews I’ve went on so far, they ask, do you love to program, or do you program for fun.

my answer is a truthful one, NO. i got a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science because it was the most impressive and hardest degree to get, not because i love programming. i CAN program, because i’m a math whiz and it is very similar to mathematics, but i DON’T do it for fun or in my spare time.

i’ve been told that i should lie when asked this question, and tell the interviewer that i LOVE programming. what do you think?

also, do you think i should ever bring up the fact that as a teenager i was a bit of a “hacker” and used to make 1000 dollars a week by spamming, back before it was even called spamming.. it was just bulk emailing to us. i also stole accounts and credit cards, so i’m not sure if i should bring this up during an interview.

I have been receiving a lot of extremely ignorant and absurd emails concerning the health care reform. Many of these people apparently haven’t done any actual research and are blindly forwarding emails without being properly informed. I am just searching for an email that is full of facts that I can send to my friends and family – not in an effort to persuade them one way or the other, but simply to INFORM them. I could do it myself, but it would be much easier if there were already one full of resources compiled… Thanks!