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Learn to hack? At least a bit. That'll give you a bit of street cred. In the early stages you need to be able to quickly 'muck in'. Learn some linux sysadmin,
by axod 18y ago
Learn to hack? At least a bit. That'll give you a bit of street cred.
In the early stages you need to be able to quickly 'muck in'. Learn some linux sysadmin, apache setup, email setup, html/php/mysql etc It'll certainly come in useful.
- wannabetechgeek 18y agoYeah, I was thinking about doing this. Starting off with a community college class or two this summer.
- netsp 18y agoIf you want a DIY taste, try this: http://appjet.com/learn-to-program/lessons/intro http://appjet.com/learn-to-program/lessons/intro
- wannabetechgeek 18y agoPerfect, this is exactly what I need. Thanks so much for this resource!
- raquo 18y agowannabetechgeek, that's truly the best advice you can get. You may think that being a business guy you will easily find hackers to build your idea for equity, but that's just not the case unless you have a lot of hacker connections and an evidently good idea. I'm a bachelor in economics, but I've learned to use PHP/MySQL/apache/nginx/etc because I need it to build my web analytics app, and because I could not persuade anyone that "competing with Google Analytics" can be a good idea.
- iron_ball 18y agoIf you can't help with something technical, early-stage bootstrap projects are not the place for you. I know a guy who knows a guy who is full of ideas for websites or iPhone apps or whatever the hot technology of the day is, and can't program a single line, and doesn't _want_ to learn to program. Instead, he seems to hope that his programmer friends will be overwhelmed with the beauty of his ideas, and launch into a frenzy of all-nighters while he rallies a user base through Twitter. Ain't. Gonna. Happen. Sad thing is, if he could help even on an apprentice level, maybe people would collaborate with him.