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Hey Jason! I think this is a great idea. This is just my opinion, but I would love to give you some feedback: 1. I love the design. I might be biased because

Hey Jason! I think this is a great idea. This is just my opinion, but I would love to give you some feedback: 1. I love the design. I might be biased because I am a huge fan of white space. The white with the subtle green really pops. Love that. 2. The idea itself is great in my opinion. When I do my prep work for Dev Bootcamp, I do something similar. I study for x amount of time or try to finish x amount of problems (we're talking genrally 60-120 minutes) then I reward myself with my ecig. I might be biased again, because my reward is nicotine vapor, but I use a similar approach. 3. I love this idea. But aside from that, what was your motivation to learn to program? The reason I ask, is because I dropped out of college to go to Dev Bootcamp and become an apprentice software engineer. I am an avid reader of your blog, and you mention you are a Stanford alum running a start up. Because of that, what made you think learning to program would be a good investment? This is not judgmental, I am just curious about your motivation to do this. Overall, keep up the awesome work! It's pretty cool your 100% self taught relying only on treehouse and railstutorial. [edit for spacing]

jasonshen 13y ago
Thanks for the kind words and feedback! 1) My cofounder Randy really emphasizes whitespace and being as minimal as possible. His argument is that the less you do, the harder it is to fuck it up. So thanks. 2) I could see an e-cig being a great reward because it's a discrete unit and something you really want. Though (and you've probably thought about this) it'd probably be ideal if you found a different reward/habit all together. And you could use this app to do that! =) 3) I wrote an entire post about this, but essentially, I think it's foolish to work in technology and not make an investment to continually increase your understanding and skill in technology. I'm also working on improving my marketing and sales skills, but coding is at the core of our internet/tech industry. Would you make someone an Army General if they didn't have any combat experience? More here: http://www.jasonshen.com/2013/when-software-is-eating-the-world-you-better-start-making-dishes/ http://www.jasonshen.com/2013/when-software-is-eating-the-wo...

jasonshen 13y ago

Thanks for the kind words and feedback! 1) My cofounder Randy really emphasizes whitespace and being as minimal as possible. His argument is that the less you do, the harder it is to fuck it up. So thanks. 2) I could see an e-cig being a great reward because it's a discrete unit and something you really want. Though (and you've probably thought about this) it'd probably be ideal if you found a different reward/habit all together. And you could use this app to do that! =) 3) I wrote an entire post about this, but essentially, I think it's foolish to work in technology and not make an investment to continually increase your understanding and skill in technology. I'm also working on improving my marketing and sales skills, but coding is at the core of our internet/tech industry. Would you make someone an Army General if they didn't have any combat experience? More here: http://www.jasonshen.com/2013/when-software-is-eating-the-world-you-better-start-making-dishes/ http://www.jasonshen.com/2013/when-software-is-eating-the-wo...