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Finally something I'm qualified to comment on! Like you, I'm not a coder but I read Hacker News frequently. I have started 2 web-based businesses, so I like tal
by ballred 19y ago
Finally something I'm qualified to comment on! Like you, I'm not a coder but I read Hacker News frequently. I have started 2 web-based businesses, so I like talking to coders and finding out what they're working on. It's a great source of inspiration for the next idea.
I also have to admit that there's a part of me that wishes I would have learned to write code so that I could do more prototyping on my own. I have a lot of respect for a software programmer that designs an elegant solution to a problem that we've identified.
- Kaizyn 19y agoHow do you start a web based business without knowing how to code yourself? Did you take on partners who knew how to code or did you hire someone to implement your business ideas?
- immad 19y agoQuite a few people do this. They find cofounders or raise money to recruit programmers or outsource programming all the way or till they can raise money
- gnaritas 19y agoTry not calling us coders, I don't know any programmer/developer who likes being called a coder.
- cstejerean 19y agoYes, I prefer "code ninja".
- ardit33 19y agowhen I see those "code ninja needed", posts, it just makes me laugh. Juvenile at best, idiotic at worse. It is hard to take those companies that do that seriously. Tell me, what does a code ninja do? Write fast and crappy code, and disapear, so some other poor soul have to maintain it? Crash the whole server with two lines of recurisve calls? Check-in code so stealthy that Subversion doesn't even detect it? Ps. I noticed the "code ninja" trend, with the raise of Ruby on Rail. It is everytime I have seen, it has been a posting for either Ruby, or Php job.
- cstejerean 19y agoIt's an attempt by companies to have their job postings stand out. Similar to looking for a "rockstar programmer".
- kajecounterhack 19y agoWell...I'm a code pirate. So there. And I'm fine being called a coder, it doesn't really matter what we're called right? Its more about what we do ;)
- derefr 19y agoAs far as I can tell, they assassinate bugs before users even realize they're there.
- thorax 19y agoI'm fine with being called a coder, but probably only because I'm not given much opportunity to do it these days.
- euccastro 19y agoFWIW I'm one that doesn't care either way.
- ballred 19y agoThanks for the correction, I'll remember that.
- brlewis 19y agoI don't mind being called a coder, but then I don't mind being called an information plumber either.