In this day and age, where almost *everybody* has a Facebook account, it's quite possible that the interviewer thought you were simply lying about not having one because there was something on it that you didn't want him/her to see - there are quite a few employees who ask for Facebook logins as a screening mechanism. Given that you're statistically more likely to have a facebook and lie about not having one, than to truly not have one, more people will go with the statistic as Facebook has become *that* ingrained into our lives. As a fellow non-user of that website, I've run into a number of people - too many, IMO, who were literally astounded that I don't have a FB of my own. Frankly, I don't trust the company with my data. Your reasons may vary, but the results are all the same: you're looked upon with suspicion and disbelief for your choices. And that may cost you some semblance of "normalcy" which in this case, has cost you your potential job.

There's downsides to everything. I don't use anything in the 25.0.0.0/8 range, as the entire block is owned by the Ministry of Defense in GB. I'd wager that nobody who reads this article has ever connected to a 25/8 IP, including you, and the user inquiring about a solution to his CGN conundrum.

I've been using LogMeIn's Hamachi system to accomplish this. It's a virtual LAN solution that links machines behind firewalls or CGN devices. The down side is that it has to be installed on all devices that access the virtual LAN, and they don't have any mobile clients (yet), but if you need access from a device you can't install the Hamachi client on, you can always get a cheap VPS, install the linux client on it, and set up some port forwarding - the Hamachi IPs are static, so each machine always gets the same one.

There are some limitations with the free version (5 machines in a virtual LAN, connection only works with a logged in user on desktop clients), but the $30ish it costs per year for a 32 user license is very reasonable. And it supports IPv6 and IPv4 across the VLAN, too.

LogMeIn has a product called "Hamachi" that will give you a personal VPN. You can use it to access devices behind a CGN device. If you need support on mobile devices where the Hamachi client is unavailable, you can rent a small VPS server at a host somewhere, install Hamachi on it, and use it to "bounce" ssh and other ports into your Hamachi VPN.

Chances are you'll need to pay the ~$30 yearly fee for using Hamachi to bypass the "free" restrictions (it only works if there's a user logged in on Windows and Mac).

You're going to have to translate all strings in all of your products to include "eh?" at the end of paragraphs.

I'd go with Python, personally. It's modern design and robustness coupled with ease of implementation will be good to teach the basics. Unlike compiled languages, development doesn't need a special environment and finessing a compiler.

I have to say that *usually*, when something is GPL'd, I think the binaries should be provided for the same cost as the code itself. If you're selling a product, the code should only be available to the people who purchased it (at least, from you directly). I dislike people who take code that isn't theirs, compile it, and charge people for their "service". The whole X-Chat Win32 binary thing comes back to mind...

Now, I certainly know the license well enough to admit that it isn't required to give binaries for free, but I just feel better when binaries and code are equally free. Your situation, however, is very very different. I don't see you charging for your code: it's 100% free to EVERYBODY on your site. What I see you charging for, whether you admit it or not, is a SERVICE... the service of compiling the software for the iPhone platform (which by itself, I'd dismiss as something payment-worthy), and keeping it on the Apple app store (which costs you $99 a year). So unless the end user has a jailbroken iPhone, the code to them is really useless (if they just want to play the game). Thus, I think you're certainly more justified than you realize (not just legally, here) to charge a menial fee for your compiled objects.