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by j3 15y ago
LivingSocial started with the name "HungryMachine" and one of the company's core values is "Live Hungry" -- that's the inspiration. We don't want to exploit anyone, hah. In fact, it's quite the opposite -- we want to bring more people into
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by j3 15y ago
I'm not privy to all the HR details, but you're paid during the program, expected to join the team afterwards, and to stay for 18 months. I don't know what happens, exactly, if you finish the program then say "Seeya suckers!" But I'll proba
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by j3 15y ago
It's not negotiated before the program. In DC alone, we're seeing explosive growth in the Ruby community, so there are opportunities with the government, contractors, startups, you name it. If you put your heart into the program there will
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by j3 15y ago
CodeAcademy is totally awesome. I'm the instructor for Hungry Academy and an advisor for Code Academy ( http://codeacademy.org/staff ). CA is an awesome program where you can get a great start and be independent. HA is a larger scale (20 we
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by j3 15y ago
That's pretty short, no? Get an unparalleled education in modern software development, step into a high-paying job, and we ask you to stay just 18 months?
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by j3 15y ago
In a week, or so, you'll find out how this is very different from an internal training program. We're going to make this very external , a learning experience for whoever wants to be involved.
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by j3 15y ago
Yes! We can work on the visas for exceptional candidates.
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by j3 15y ago
That's fair. We wanted to make sure people know this isn't just "show up at 9, leave at 5." There are significant outside of the workday tasks like hacking on projects, reading books, meeting with colleagues, and teaching Ruby to kids. But
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by j3 15y ago
I'll do my best to answer questions as they pop-up here today, but please feel free to email me at (contact at jumpstartlab) dot com if you want to know more.
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by j3 16y ago
Most of the people involved are Ruby people, but we'll look to bring in new authors as the site grows.
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by j3 16y ago
While we want this to be a huge success, we wouldn't stoop to astroturfing. A little extra traffic today isn't worth soiling the great reputations of the companies and people involved. I agree that three stories on the front page seems unu
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by j3 16y ago
Look for live question-answering sessions to be added soon!
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by j3 16y ago
That's a cool idea. In the future we'll build the capability for bigger "projects" rather than individual exercises. Then we'd be able to solve problems like this the right way.
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by j3 16y ago
The initial jQuery course is very introductory, but the plan is to continue ramping up that path in 2-3 further courses. I'd also like to do courses in JS techs like Backbone, Mustache, etc. Each one of these courses takes man-months of la
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by j3 16y ago
Yep. The HTML and jQuery courses are in post-production now and will be released soon. From there, we're shooting for at least one course per month.
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by j3 16y ago
I'm thinking about doing a MacRuby course this summer. That's at least in your direction.
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by j3 16y ago
You're right. Look for it to be changed in the next round of design revisions.