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infogami ... reddit ... openlibrary ... jottit ... jobbook ... This guy's on fire!

by adnam 19y ago

byrneseyeview 19y ago
True, although he abandoned Infogami to start reddit, which he left to start the rest (and that's after starting a few other now-neglected projects like the Alex Kozinski Site (http://notabug.com/kozinski/ http://notabug.com/kozinski/) and a proto-Wikipedia at http://theinfo.org/ http://theinfo.org/). He appears to be very smart -- but a little too brilliant (http://taoyue.com/stacks/articles/brilliant-men.html http://taoyue.com/stacks/articles/brilliant-men.html).
- newzie 19y ago
  "start reddit" ?
  - AF 19y ago
    Yeah he definitely didn't start Reddit. He joined up with the Reddit team in December '05.
  - byrneseyeview 19y ago
    Sorry. That was a misstatement.
- daniel-cussen 19y ago
  I liked the brilliant article.
ardit33 19y ago
umm... can we say ADD? I like the web.py framework he started but some of the decissions made in there have made me scratch my head. Still, I'd rather do what he is doing, than being a code monkey/H-1B slave, for my current company.
- tocomment 19y ago
  What decisions made you scratch your head?
- kirubakaran 19y ago
  "code monkey/H-1B slave" Why the derogatory tone on non-immigrant workers? How is it slavery?
  - ardit33 19y ago
    Hey, I am one of those. And, while it is not slavery, it is real indentured servitude. If I want to stay in this country, I am forced to work all the time. If I am without a job for over 60 days, I am considered an illegal alien, and get in hot waters. So, I can't just quit and say "want to travel asia and europe for 60 days", and then get a new job. Or Just quit for few months, and work on something on my own. etc.. etc.. I have 6 years of time-frame to get that Green Card. End the process of getting it is LOONG. I can't switch employers, or get a real promotion without having it to reset the process all over again. In the meanwhile, the employer knows this, and uses in it's own advantage. Sure, I can quit, and 1. go home, (forget about comming back to this country). 2. Switch employers (and restart the green card process again). Still, options that are not good for me right now, so I have to put up with the "Indentured servitude" until I get my freedom (which is the green card). This thing actually started in the early 19th century, where mexican labour would be brought from mexico to work on US lands, but they had to pay all the expenses of the travel/documents themselves. So, they had to work until they paid everything, which took years (with their very low wages). Hence they were said to be in "indentured servitude", not quite slaves, but basically between a rock and a hard place. All my friends that got green cards, felt like they got freedom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant
    - seren6ipity 19y ago
      I'm on H1B too. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt. I've no problems with any of the rules that come along because it was my choice to work in the US on H1B. A correction: "I have 6 years of time-frame to get that Green Card." -- You have more than 6 years. In the given validity of H1B visa, you just have to get your I-140 filed, after which you can file for yearly increment of your H1B visa.

infogami ... reddit ... openlibrary ... jottit ... jobbook ... This guy's on fire!

by adnam 19y ago

infogami ... reddit ... openlibrary ... jottit ... jobbook ... This guy's on fire!

True, although he abandoned Infogami to start reddit, which he left to start the rest (and that's after starting a few other now-neglected projects like the Alex Kozinski Site (http://notabug.com/kozinski/ http://notabug.com/kozinski/) and a proto-Wikipedia at http://theinfo.org/ http://theinfo.org/). He appears to be very smart -- but a little too brilliant (http://taoyue.com/stacks/articles/brilliant-men.html http://taoyue.com/stacks/articles/brilliant-men.html).

newzie 19y ago
"start reddit" ?
- AF 19y ago
  Yeah he definitely didn't start Reddit. He joined up with the Reddit team in December '05.
- byrneseyeview 19y ago
  Sorry. That was a misstatement.
daniel-cussen 19y ago
I liked the brilliant article.

ardit33 19y ago

umm... can we say ADD? I like the web.py framework he started but some of the decissions made in there have made me scratch my head. Still, I'd rather do what he is doing, than being a code monkey/H-1B slave, for my current company.

tocomment 19y ago
What decisions made you scratch your head?
kirubakaran 19y ago
"code monkey/H-1B slave" Why the derogatory tone on non-immigrant workers? How is it slavery?
- ardit33 19y ago
  Hey, I am one of those. And, while it is not slavery, it is real indentured servitude. If I want to stay in this country, I am forced to work all the time. If I am without a job for over 60 days, I am considered an illegal alien, and get in hot waters. So, I can't just quit and say "want to travel asia and europe for 60 days", and then get a new job. Or Just quit for few months, and work on something on my own. etc.. etc.. I have 6 years of time-frame to get that Green Card. End the process of getting it is LOONG. I can't switch employers, or get a real promotion without having it to reset the process all over again. In the meanwhile, the employer knows this, and uses in it's own advantage. Sure, I can quit, and 1. go home, (forget about comming back to this country). 2. Switch employers (and restart the green card process again). Still, options that are not good for me right now, so I have to put up with the "Indentured servitude" until I get my freedom (which is the green card). This thing actually started in the early 19th century, where mexican labour would be brought from mexico to work on US lands, but they had to pay all the expenses of the travel/documents themselves. So, they had to work until they paid everything, which took years (with their very low wages). Hence they were said to be in "indentured servitude", not quite slaves, but basically between a rock and a hard place. All my friends that got green cards, felt like they got freedom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant
  - seren6ipity 19y ago
    I'm on H1B too. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt. I've no problems with any of the rules that come along because it was my choice to work in the US on H1B. A correction: "I have 6 years of time-frame to get that Green Card." -- You have more than 6 years. In the given validity of H1B visa, you just have to get your I-140 filed, after which you can file for yearly increment of your H1B visa.