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Show HN: Codementor Office Hours

52 points by weitingliu 12y ago

eric_bullington 12y ago
This is a great idea. Unfortunately, all the upcoming office hours appears to be web framework stuff, most of which I already am pretty comfortable with or am comfortable learning on my own. The only exception to this appears to be Steve's session on open source projects (which I'm sure will be excellent based on his recent blog post on this topic [1]). However, I would pay good money to be able to participate in office hours with an expert who's discussing lower-level stuff: C, C++, Rust, or even some assembly. I'm really interested in learning more about embedded, but would also attend any type of systems programming office hours. I'm pretty hungry to learn more about this kind of lower-level stuff, and I sometimes get stuck on my own. I'd also love to participate in a functional programming office hours, and would pay accordingly. Something with OCaml would be great, or Haskell, etc. These are all languages I have a superficial understanding of, and would love to delve deeper. In short, diversify your offering beyond web stuff and I'll be there. 1. http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-garde...
- weitingliu 12y ago
  Hi Eric, This is a great idea - we will diversify our offering as you suggested. If you have any specific recommendations on which experts you'd like us to invite - please shoot me an email. Thanks!
erichurkman 12y ago
I see 'RSVP available soon' - is there an email list for when new RSVPs are available?
- weitingliu 12y ago
  Please sign up and we will announce via our email list in upcoming weeks!
spython 12y ago
Co-dementor seems like a great name.
korzun 12y ago
Looked at few developers and I don't think most of them could be labeled as experts in any given language. There should be a better filter that's not based on 'worked on nothing special for 20 years' or 'stackoverflow points'.
- pentium10 12y ago
  what kind of developers would you reach out to if you had the chance?
  - korzun 12y ago
    Actual technology leaders. Not self proclaimed experts. One thing that would be great is to have a poll of who users would like to book and perhaps reach out to them.
weitingliu 12y ago
Sorry apparently Heroku is down right now: https://status.heroku.com/ https://status.heroku.com/
- kuida0r3 12y ago
  Looks like it's back up.
elwell 12y ago
The youtube'd example on the homepage is not a very strong one because the mentor's accent is very hard to understand and I would say it destroys the reputability of the entire platform. http://youtu.be/vw5_YyM4hn8?t=3m40s http://youtu.be/vw5_YyM4hn8?t=3m40s
esonderegger 12y ago
Scrolling is completely broken for me on ios devices (both an ipad and an iphone 5c). Why is there so much temptation to mess with how the user scrolls?
- weitingliu 12y ago
  sorry this should be fixed now.
mrtimuk 12y ago
Are the "8 spaces" just for participants in the Q&A? Ie: can I just watch without signing up and 'participating'?

52 points by weitingliu 12y ago

This is a great idea. Unfortunately, all the upcoming office hours appears to be web framework stuff, most of which I already am pretty comfortable with or am comfortable learning on my own. The only exception to this appears to be Steve's session on open source projects (which I'm sure will be excellent based on his recent blog post on this topic [1]). However, I would pay good money to be able to participate in office hours with an expert who's discussing lower-level stuff: C, C++, Rust, or even some assembly. I'm really interested in learning more about embedded, but would also attend any type of systems programming office hours. I'm pretty hungry to learn more about this kind of lower-level stuff, and I sometimes get stuck on my own. I'd also love to participate in a functional programming office hours, and would pay accordingly. Something with OCaml would be great, or Haskell, etc. These are all languages I have a superficial understanding of, and would love to delve deeper. In short, diversify your offering beyond web stuff and I'll be there. 1. http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-garde...

weitingliu 12y ago
Hi Eric, This is a great idea - we will diversify our offering as you suggested. If you have any specific recommendations on which experts you'd like us to invite - please shoot me an email. Thanks!

erichurkman 12y ago

I see 'RSVP available soon' - is there an email list for when new RSVPs are available?

weitingliu 12y ago
Please sign up and we will announce via our email list in upcoming weeks!

spython 12y ago

Co-dementor seems like a great name.

korzun 12y ago

Looked at few developers and I don't think most of them could be labeled as experts in any given language. There should be a better filter that's not based on 'worked on nothing special for 20 years' or 'stackoverflow points'.

pentium10 12y ago
what kind of developers would you reach out to if you had the chance?
- korzun 12y ago
  Actual technology leaders. Not self proclaimed experts. One thing that would be great is to have a poll of who users would like to book and perhaps reach out to them.

weitingliu 12y ago

Sorry apparently Heroku is down right now: https://status.heroku.com/ https://status.heroku.com/

kuida0r3 12y ago
Looks like it's back up.

elwell 12y ago

The youtube'd example on the homepage is not a very strong one because the mentor's accent is very hard to understand and I would say it destroys the reputability of the entire platform. http://youtu.be/vw5_YyM4hn8?t=3m40s http://youtu.be/vw5_YyM4hn8?t=3m40s

esonderegger 12y ago

Scrolling is completely broken for me on ios devices (both an ipad and an iphone 5c). Why is there so much temptation to mess with how the user scrolls?

weitingliu 12y ago
sorry this should be fixed now.

mrtimuk 12y ago

Are the "8 spaces" just for participants in the Q&A? Ie: can I just watch without signing up and 'participating'?