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In defense of Experts Exchange(andyada.ms)
32 points by andy_adams 13y ago|127 comments
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by andy_adams 13y ago
Sorry, but this characterization is plain wrong. The experts on EE got VIP treatment when I was there, and they were getting good consulting work as a result of their answers. EE also had teams working on improving the question/answer
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by andy_adams 13y ago
EE's business model was built in the early days of the internet, and before SO came around they had lots of paying customers. "Tricking people to sign up" was really just their attempt at monetizing content. It clearly did no
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I'm sure this won't get me any love, but I worked at Experts-Exchange at one point, and it's not the horrible place SO and Jeff Atwood have painted it as. Spammy marketing tactics? Sure. Is SO better? Absolutely. But in the p
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I've been helping a family friend bootstrap her nonprofit, and let me say that it is darn near the purest form of bootstrapping to start a nonprofit. Not only did she have no income to start, but she has no expectations of personal f
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I mow my lawn with a manual push mower, I don't own a smartphone and I still prefer paper books. Our society is moving towards a constantly-connected life, but I'll go out on a limb and say it's good for the soul to get away
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I can understand not wanting to put all of one's eggs in the Heroku basket, but Heroku's pricing is very reasonable for what they offer. I probably overvalue my time, but if Heroku saves me a handful of hours in deploying my proje
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I generally agree with you, but when you're bootstrapping a business or working on a tight deadline, you can save a ton of time by just copying what others have done. I've been bootstrapping my business, and when it comes to thing
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by andy_adams 13y ago
The basic takeaways are: 1. Take input from everyone. 2. Envision how you want the company to function, then make it so. 3. Ship stuff. These points are so fundamental, and repeated nearly every day on Hacker News. Yet nearly every company
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I have 2 little ones. When my oldest was growing from 0-2, I can remember nearly every moment. I was at an unexciting 9-5 job. As my youngest goes from 0-1, I've been working lots of projects via my own consultancy. I look at him and c
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I'm still new to freelancing, so I don't have a ton to add, but I'll note that many freelancers (myself included) don't interface directly with the customer. As a solo programmer, I do a lot of work for firms that themse
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by andy_adams 13y ago
Just my opinion, but having a repo set up in 30 seconds vs. 2 hours (or whatever the overhead is for RhodeCode) is a big win when you have a million other things you're trying to piece together. Managing another system just means more heada
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I may be living in dream land, but I've been building my product without sacrificing my health, my family time, or my lifestyle. I've had to eat into some savings, and I've yet to make it a self-sustaining enterprise, but the idea that you
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by andy_adams 13y ago
Could anyone explain this in terms for a beginner? I'm a developer who is using APIs (I think), but I don't quite get why I need this. Thanks!
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by andy_adams 13y ago
I have never felt so compelled to install an app. Incredible.
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by andy_adams 14y ago
No, the developers I know are working for large companies. Some of my disconnect may be due to where I live. My peers may also be relatively inexperienced, so maybe these salaries aren't nuts. I just wish I knew these numbers before I took
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by andy_adams 14y ago
If you could be so kind, could you clarify exactly who could expect these salaries? Are these entry/mid/senior level? 1, 5, 10 years experience? Top-tier developers only? I ask because there are plenty of companies hiring at sub-$70k salari
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by andy_adams 14y ago
If you are correct, I've been working for absolute peanuts the last few years :X.
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by andy_adams 14y ago
The salary ranges seem very high from my experience. I've been developing for a few years, and I know a handful of excellent developers working for big-name companies...and I know they're not making the numbers listed here. I want to believ
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by andy_adams 14y ago
Recently, I hit a JS issue in IE10 that existed in prior versions of IE. I used to fix it with conditional comments - but since IE10 removed those, it required an even uglier hack to fix. I don't know if my JS is bad, but the fact that ever