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by eddy_chan 15y ago
I was a product manager for a CMS so i was already familiar with http, js but I rely only designer cofounder to actually produce all of it, I just stick the template variables, control flow and looping where necessary. As for web programmin
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
When I was at uni java was the language of choice for intro to programming, basic data structures and algorithms. We used C for operating systems, C++ for OO programming, oracle pl/SQL for databases. I wrote my thesis on formal methods, the
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
It was about 5-6 dedicated very focused hours per day, 5 days per week. I didn't have the stamina to go beyond that each day because there's so much learning and the mind (my mind) needed time to absorb the new material.
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
If you can already code the google one is better only for the fact it has those exercises which by doing them gives you more of those 'a-ha, I get python' moments. It's more learning by doing rather than learning by reading. I just skimmed
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
It's tongue in cheek from having to do a lot of copy writing at my last job. :) that being said I'm implementing a multiple-tenant app where I will have multiple user 'sites' or 'accounts' in my single django app. I've installed things like
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
Thanks for the props, not sure what you mean by principles of web dev?
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
I haven't got to that stage yet cos I'm still building the prototype with one other designer. I plan to use one of those selenium based services that can simulate a lot of requests at once. I need to do way more research here but as they sa
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
Hehe the world is not fair. I'll be the first to admit that luck has been on my side as i was a relatively early employee of the last startup that got acquired. It gave me a largish 5 figure payout that's now giving me the opportunity to de
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How I Learnt enough Python/Django to be Dangerous in 1 Month(eddychan.com)
156 points by eddy_chan 15y ago|55 comments
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
In my experience, of all the places in the world I've been to, California (and specifically SF) is probably the most progressive and best place for Westernized Asians to be. It's the one place where the bad stereotypes have withered away le
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
+1 for this, it sucks being a westernized Asian precisely because you're getting squeezed in between 2 cultures when you try to work in Asia. China is worse than Korea or Japan, if you are ethnically Chinese then you can expect to be treate
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
The points he brings up applies well to 'older' startup founders. It's hard to quantify but that extra life experience does make one better at negotiating, give more confidence in ones abilities, make you better at BS-detection and so on an
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
Sounds like the utopian plot of Star Trek had Zefram Cochrane not been able to invent the warp drive
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
Outside of the large cities infrastructure is almost non-existent. The national highway network is horrible compared to the US, the rail network is even pokier. Hospitals and schools are of a much lower standard as well government just does
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
hehe sounds like my life, moved back from San Francisco to Sydney last year and whereas I used to live a 15 minute bicycle ride from work in SOMA I now live 35 minutes train ride from Sydney CBD to hold my housing costs at the same level. "
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by eddy_chan 15y ago
While each Chinese character is 'denser' than an English alphabetical letter the analogy that should be drawn is that one Chinese character is closer in equivalence to a whole English word and whenever Chinese characters are strung together