amorphid

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by amorphid 16y ago
Learn from your own story. A blog is like Groupon, easy to clone.
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by amorphid 16y ago
You call it a small business.
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Ask HN: What job hunting tool or service would you like to see?
2 points by amorphid 16y ago|0 comments
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by amorphid 16y ago
A startup founder in San Francisco told me that if an early stage investor needs a business plan, it's a really lame investor.
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by amorphid 16y ago
Talk to Benjamin Yosko => http://www.instigatorblog.com . He is very approachable, lives/works in Montreal, and recently sold his startup. Tell him Captain Recruiter says hello.
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by amorphid 16y ago
The book I've had the most luck with is Learning To Program by Chris Pine. There's a question in the book about counting the sections of land on a standard X,Y grid map. That would be a good example of a problem that blows up my brain.
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by amorphid 16y ago
For SF Bay Area => http://www.baychi.org
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by amorphid 16y ago
I can see the solution in my head as a picture, not words. Maybe I need to practice framing problems more.
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by amorphid 16y ago
Picked up a few books, wrote basic programs, etc. When it got harder, found ways to ask people questions. I usually get frustrated when it comes to solving puzzles that aren't linear programs.
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Ask HN: When does programming start to make sense?
28 points by amorphid 16y ago|49 comments
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How Not To Raise Money(blog.captainrecruiter.com)
1 points by amorphid 16y ago|0 comments
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by amorphid 16y ago
Your illness doesn't matter. Telling an employer cannot help you. You only need to convince someone you are the best person moving forward. Easiest way to avoid bringing the question is to leave GPA off resume. No employe should ask abo
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Start Small(captainrecruiter.blogspot.com)
3 points by amorphid 16y ago|0 comments
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by amorphid 16y ago
Agreed. The other challenge is getting the software engineer to buy into the plan. Even if they're on equal footing, they may not feel like it because they ultimately believe it's viable. It's also harder to feel good about writing softw
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by amorphid 16y ago
I think software geeks can over estimate the ability of others to learn to program well. In my opinion it's better for people to stick at what they're good at.
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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth(captainrecruiter.blogspot.com)
56 points by amorphid 16y ago|38 comments
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by amorphid 16y ago
Hire a junior programmer with potential. Go for cheap and good, not fast. Cash expense should exceed any opportunity cost of waiting if idea is good.
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by amorphid 16y ago
Looking for a co-founder is usually a waste of time. If you are flying solo, hire someone good and cheap.
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by amorphid 16y ago
Find person(s) who need help w/ distributed systems. Figure out the problems they need to solve. Discover what interests you. Work towards learning how to solve those intersting problems. Stay in touch with the people you meet and get k
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by amorphid 16y ago
GoGrid supports Windows.
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by amorphid 16y ago
Heroku. I love you Heroku.
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by amorphid 16y ago
My feeling is that code samples are good. One of the best programmers I recruited for a starup worked @ Wells Fargo and was getting an MBA (undergrad was chemistry). I fought hard for him to get the interview. He ended up getting the job