AmberShah

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by AmberShah 16y ago
Games are a totally valid business and solve the problem of boredom. It seems like you're dismissing games as a category of business and that's silly. Just look at the giant video game industry. I don't think that's all a location-based s
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Free plans will likely not give you all the benefits you think they will: http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2010/08/18/why-free-plans-dont-...
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Bars. Networking events. Niche groups (ie. Rocking Climbing group, Java User Group, etc) This reminds me of: http://mylifeisaverage.com/story/2282043
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The Perils of Orthodox Programming(codeanthem.com)
1 points by AmberShah 16y ago|0 comments
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Ouch. Should definitely think more about "showing it" than "telling it".
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by AmberShah 16y ago
If they're finding enough qualified applicants, then that's great for them. If not, I just wanted to point out the problems with this scenario that make me as a technical person never ever respond to this. 1) Programmers hate working with
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Let's All Hire Awesome Programmers(codeanthem.com)
4 points by AmberShah 16y ago|0 comments
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by AmberShah 16y ago
We use Password Safe http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ in DropBox shared between my husband and myself.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
We might just be quibbling over good vs great, but the number of professional programmers producing code out in the real world that can't write a simple fizzbuzz method is astounding.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Thanks, those are great points.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
More like MS/.NET vs Java/OSS
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by AmberShah 16y ago
The largest difference between Code Anthem and TopCoder is that Code Anthem ranks you between 0-10 compared to other programmers, whereas TopCoder is a never-ending point system that rewards average programmers for spending more time on the
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by AmberShah 16y ago
The biggest difference is #2. Look at the high scorers on TopCoder. They have a ridiculous number of points, but are they really the best programmers? No, they are decent programmers who spend a great deal of time on the site. As a very
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by AmberShah 16y ago
ASPCA and my local SPCA Nothing but nets I want to start with charity:water soon too. The "why" is that these causes touch my heart and the organizations are responsible. No pet deserves cruelty or starvation. Every child deserves to live w
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Is this like http://covestor.com/ ?
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by AmberShah 16y ago
That's a good question. Code Anthem is different because... 1) Programmers are ranked based on how they do relative to everyone else, not pass/fail on some random, meaningless level. (like certifications) 2) The only thing that is rewarded
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Ha! Out of the frying pan and into the pot. I went from too loose to too stringent. Fixed now. Thanks for heads up!
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Energy Green/Eco Mobile/Location Combine all three and you've probably got a hit on your hands...
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by AmberShah 16y ago
But this is not just a hobby, this is their life's work. Could you image if someone said their husband was "a doctor, or something like that..." and if you asked what they specialized in (surgeon, orthopedics, etc) you would have no idea?
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by AmberShah 16y ago
You guys seem really positive. How do you stay positive in the face of so much negativity that must come your way? This post is one example, but I assume there's a lot more where that came from.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
I don't disagree, but if that's truly all of your hiring critera, then you need to be willing to wait a long time and pay a lot of money. And that's personally the way I'd go. What I find is that a lot of people say they want all that, and
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Oh, there are definitely crazies. Was not advocating hiring them whatsoever.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
And everyone who's ever said that skill isn't everything, you need people skills is missing the much more important point that without good coders, you have 0% of building good software. The friendly, super-competent coder is the golden ti
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by AmberShah 16y ago
In typical girl style I'll say that I never realized I had a passion for the hacker lifestyle. In fact, if I think about it explicitly, I eschew it. It's rather that I've fallen into it by being good at programming, enjoying building some
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Without a college degree, you need to target places who don't really have an HR department or where the technical folks are so revered that they can overrule HR (not easy). I would look for small software shops. Alternatively you can brand
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by AmberShah 16y ago
I would really need a "How it works" or "Tour" site on here to sign up. I'm a sometimes-designer and I would want to make sure it would be useful to me before forking over my email address.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Do you have any beta sign ups? If there is a recurring theme that might make it easy to select a niche. Another thing you can do is select a niche, any niche, that you are already active in, like gaming or cooking or something like that.
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by AmberShah 16y ago
I don't think this is true, but it does sound that way from the way they explained it. Your app may be targetting a certain demographic, but you can start marketing heavily in a certain niche. Facebook and Harvard students was the example
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by AmberShah 16y ago
I hate my husband's workaholic tendencies and I agree and disagree to this post. On the one hand, no it never does go away even if it pays off. On the other hand, that's not necessarily a sign that you shouldn't be with her. There may be
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by AmberShah 16y ago
Uh... -because- he's going to burning man? No seriously, so long as he's not asking for a handout, who are you to judge where he spends his money?

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