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This is going to sound harsh, but ... With no contact details in your profile, and no links to anything you've done, you're not showing much initiative. have

This is going to sound harsh, but ... With no contact details in your profile, and no links to anything you've done, you're not showing much initiative. have you read all the items here on HN about showing passion and initiative? About getting jobs? About networking? About showing, not telling? You've told use you're passionate, and you've told us you've worked hard. How about showing us the results?

mikeyy 16y ago
Hey RiderOfGiraffes, it's not much and I'm not really impressed by it, but my biggest "accomplishment" gained media attention. I believe it was irresponsible. I've grown past it and have decided to put my strive in finding vulnerabilities and coding scripts to replicate certain methods to something more productive. What was less recognized, yet what I put the most work into was a complete remake of Twitter with extra features such as the ability to snap an image from a webcam, including recording a video straight from the browser as Youtube has now. After the attention, I took down everything. Slowly backed away from the scene for a little while, my mistake. It's been a hard time trying to find way to do something I want without the money or support. I have ideas where I wanted to create a profiling website, called Whothey.be, where a community of members input information for other members or people. With no way of supporting the hosting and what not, I've never been able to try and create such a thing. Also a website I had up since around last Nov. till March, called MyTrueColor. It was focused around members posting anonymously or public revealing their secrets. I have many other ideas, but I either I have no means of supporting it or I'm just not really hopeful about it.
- wdewind 16y ago
  I suggest you move. If you're a decent PHP and RoR developer there wont be a shortage of work for you in Metro areas (at least NYC). New Orleans (if you are lucky enough to even be there) unfortunately just doesn't have a great tech scene. Also put those sites back up. You can afford $20/month on a Linode on your credit card for the value they add to your resume, trust me.

mikeyy 16y ago

Hey RiderOfGiraffes, it's not much and I'm not really impressed by it, but my biggest "accomplishment" gained media attention. I believe it was irresponsible. I've grown past it and have decided to put my strive in finding vulnerabilities and coding scripts to replicate certain methods to something more productive. What was less recognized, yet what I put the most work into was a complete remake of Twitter with extra features such as the ability to snap an image from a webcam, including recording a video straight from the browser as Youtube has now. After the attention, I took down everything. Slowly backed away from the scene for a little while, my mistake. It's been a hard time trying to find way to do something I want without the money or support. I have ideas where I wanted to create a profiling website, called Whothey.be, where a community of members input information for other members or people. With no way of supporting the hosting and what not, I've never been able to try and create such a thing. Also a website I had up since around last Nov. till March, called MyTrueColor. It was focused around members posting anonymously or public revealing their secrets. I have many other ideas, but I either I have no means of supporting it or I'm just not really hopeful about it.

wdewind 16y ago
I suggest you move. If you're a decent PHP and RoR developer there wont be a shortage of work for you in Metro areas (at least NYC). New Orleans (if you are lucky enough to even be there) unfortunately just doesn't have a great tech scene. Also put those sites back up. You can afford $20/month on a Linode on your credit card for the value they add to your resume, trust me.