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After the gold rush
Genuine good times. You spend hours and days, months and years head down in that cloud, that great cloud of complete immersion in code, software development...an immersive career you have to have a real passion for. Otherwise, it’s worse than not good. But, you’ll know if you love it pretty quick. When it compiles, when it finally works, it’s like that magic fix everyone wants, but it’s only right for a particular personality. Then, you cut loose!
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or picture and…
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