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by diminium 15y ago
If your looking specifically for "CS" then you need to start thinking of the problem differently than Python/Dijango. Take a problem and break it down to what you think are it's smallest components. Now break it down even more beyond what
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by diminium 15y ago
Nope, $15-$20 an hour while others in similar roles earn way more. Then comes a speech that says "be lucky you have a good job choice and we're offering you this. There are so many unemployed people in this economy and it's a privilege to
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by diminium 15y ago
Take consulting for example. Charging a low rate seems alright except you begin to notice every single one of your competitors charge 3x what you do. In a way, you don't feel like you are worth what the competitors are charging so you jus
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Ask HN: How do you learn to ask for money?
1 points by diminium 15y ago|4 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
You know a lot of "co-founders" weren't really co-founders but really good first employees of the founder. You don't need a co-founder and sometimes, you just need to start a company w/o one or have no company at all. Take Apple for exampl
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by diminium 15y ago
Thanks. Too bad though discussions like this aren't more common here, Ironically though, by not having a discussion like this invites more government interference into the internet. Kind of like the finance industry.
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by diminium 15y ago
I would like to say, it depends. The first question to ask is, how big do you feel comfortable growing? Once you figure that out, then the next part is basically a gigantic art form that you pray that you don't mess up on. There's like 9,
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by diminium 15y ago
Thanks for the answer. Any idea why this is such a hard question for HN, especially when so many here are in the web 2.0 space?
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Ask HN: What role does ethics, morals, honor etc play in Web 2.0?
2 points by diminium 15y ago|4 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
How did you get your first set of customers? After those were done, how did you get your second set? What marketing, if any, did you do to get those customers? How much time did it take to get them? Did the standard stuff work "AdWords,
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Ask HN: Have you ever convinced a naysayer about something? If so, how?
4 points by diminium 15y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: Easily reachable & predictable long term goals?
8 points by diminium 15y ago|1 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
Do you need a book? If not, then http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/ Anything by Douglas Crockford is especially useful. Warning: Douglas is only one man and he is very opinionated about some stuff but he is also smart. So, take the
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by diminium 15y ago
Playing around with projects and making stuff is a good start. Here's a warning though. Doing a lot of projects will help but be careful in considering this as a silver bullet. You will probably pick up some bad habits as well as future s
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by diminium 15y ago
Thanks for the compliment but I'm not that smart :( I wish I was but there is so much to this world that it's hard for me to figure it all out. I made stuff but they are rather boring. Things like web framework, API Libraries, etc. Peopl
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Ask HN: Finding the right startup job for me?
8 points by diminium 15y ago|3 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
Which comes to these questions: "What happens if they know something I don't? What if they know something I can't find out before it's too late?"
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Ask HN: What if everyone else is right?
3 points by diminium 15y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Do you need to be a "jerk" to get a complex project done?
6 points by diminium 15y ago|5 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
Let me see. The last biggest commonly used software project I remember (desktop software, not embedded and industrial stuff) that was programmed in assembly was this game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon Now, that's one
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Ask HN: What's the point of mandatory schooling?
13 points by diminium 15y ago|7 comments
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Ask HN: How do you detect liars?
12 points by diminium 15y ago|13 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
Why do you need to pay them to quit?
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Ask HN: What do you do to make normal people more productive?
4 points by diminium 15y ago|8 comments
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Ask HN: How do you deal with stress, panic attacks, and that evil voice?
12 points by diminium 15y ago|8 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
It was just an example. I was just looking at other people startup ideas in the medical realm and the problems they face.
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Ask HN: Startup Ideas vs Bureaucracy?
1 points by diminium 15y ago|4 comments
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by diminium 15y ago
I like both, it depends what your purpose is. Think about it think way: TRUMP & Apple & Microsoft & George Bush. I call Microsoft for help. I call Apple for help. I call Bush for help. I call Trump for help. None of these s
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by diminium 15y ago
I'm not sure but Microsoft has a reference license of some type you probably could copy. The license restricts any modification of the code to internal use and is based upon the original source. If you can't find anything else, this could
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Ethics: What do you think about sites that show people what they want to hear?
3 points by diminium 15y ago|3 comments

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