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by dutchrapley 13y ago
If you read between the lines, it's the classic case of investors knowing it's the best time to cash out for their ROI.
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
Since Github claims that 3 million new user accounts were created in 2013, alone, I think the number may be much higher than any of us has ever imagined. http://octoverse.github.com/
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
I'm glad someone took the time to point this out. Here's the money quote: "The best advice I can offer: stop taking advice from articles like this!"
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
If you want a complete nuts to bolts introduction to web development, I'd recommend starting here: http://prework.flatironschool.com/web-development/ It's ruby specific, but what you learn in terms of html, c
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
I think this is a list of languages to know due to popularity. As far as languages to learn, I think Go, Python, and JavaScript should lead the pack.
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
Do you really need 16 GB RAM? If I were you and were going to be mobile, often, I'd drop $2000 on the 15" MBP Retina. While it's only 8GB RAM and 2.0 GHz, you get a quad core i7 instead of the dual core (i5 and i7) chip that
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
100% awesome.
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
That being the case and if you want to get started with Ruby in the context of web sites/applications, take a look at Michael Hartl's book - http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book - working thro
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by dutchrapley 13y ago
What is your background? Do you have any experience with other programming languages you can relate to? What is the purpose of learning Ruby? First and foremost, you are the best resource for learning Ruby. Lean by doing. 1) Work through h
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
"Interested is interesting." Don't treat this opportunity as in interview. Be genuinely interested in his life, his story, and his company. If you show interest, he'll open up. Ask the questions you have based on the current context of the
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
It's not that you should read and implement it verbatim. It's a great read in terms of getting you into different mindset.
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
The 4 Hour Workweek http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Workweek-Anywhere-Expanded/...
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
Take a look at the CodeSchool courses if that's the path you're taking. Their Backbone course is an excellent introduction.
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
If you're going to take a look at Sinatra, I'd highly recommend Padrino - it's pretty much Sinatra+.
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
If you're interested in leaving your mark on web development, focus on becoming very proficient in JavaScript. Then take a look at any one of the currently popular JS frameworks/toolkits: Backbone, Angular, Batman, Knockout, etc.
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
I suppose the additional two phones are for your kids? Does your wife need a smartphone? Check out Net10. You can get an unlimited plan for $50 for a smartphone, 750 minutes for $25/mo. and 200 minutes for $15/mo. The 200 minute plan has ca
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
Very true. While you may know about strings, integers, floats, and arrays, it's always good to read about them in the context of a new language you're learning. The Well Grounded Rubyist is riddled with useful tidbits. The predecessor to th
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
It depends on context. If you have never built a web application, it can be very difficult task grasping what exactly Rails does for you (even it your are experienced in programming languages). For someone who has been building web applicat
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
You can learn a ton about the language itself by reading. A good place to start is this collection of free online resources. http://jsbooks.revolunet.com/ My favorites from this site are as follows: http://eloquentjavascript.net/contents
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
If you are not in a large city (DC, Boston, New York, Chicago, etc.), move to one. My first job paid $9.25/hr. I was an office temp for 2 months. I networked like crazy and 2 months later I was doing web "stuff." I got this job through some
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
And if you really want to extend your knowledge of Ruby beyond just Rails, I highly recommend The Well-Grounded Rubyist by David Black http://www.manning.com/black2/
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
A great read - http://www.jamiestubblefield.com/2012/06/code-academy-week-8...
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
The Rails 3 Way by Obie Fernandez
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
The purpose of higher education, which I fear so many young people fail to realize, is that it's there for you to learn how to learn. Most colleges and universities are designed in a way so that everyone can keep up (with some exceptions).
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
I wouldn't call it herd mentality. They're being practical. It's an implementation of best practices. You'll increase conversions if you put things where users expect them to be. If you build something that differentiates itself at the cost
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by dutchrapley 14y ago
I'll address #3. Craig Newmark of Craigslist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist
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by dutchrapley 15y ago
It depends on what your needs are. I use Jira with the Greenhopper plugin, but that's probably heavy for what you're looking for. There's a ton that goes on behind the scenes with it and you can spend countless hours tinkering with it. The
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by dutchrapley 15y ago
I learned to build web applications fairly quickly. Zero to a job doing it in less than a year. It's solving other peoples' problems that's the hard part. You only get better at it with experience across several projects - and that is where
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by dutchrapley 15y ago
After marriage isn't the hard part. It's once you have kids that it gets harder. That being said, I'll address what it's like after marriage. If you're like me, you probably view hacking as a form of 1) entertainment and 2) continuous self
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by dutchrapley 15y ago
Why not call it Octolion?

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