Hacker News on 11 January 2009

• Advice from a once burnt-out programmer
• The Single Most Important Career Question You Can Ask Yourself
• Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles
• A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.)
• Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel?
• Ask YC: Do any of you find yourself reading comments before the actual link?
• Ask HN: 5-7 months of living expenses left; terrified. Advice?
• Google Blog Converter (Google's tool to move blog data between services)
• Bright - a free collection of 148 icons
• Ask HN: Any DIY/installable alternatives to Dropbox?