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Ask HN: How far along does your idea have to be to apply for YC?
10 points by lix2333 15y ago|7 comments
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by lix2333 15y ago
I have a wide array of free learning sites at http://www.noexcuselist.com/ Check out the programming section of it.
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by lix2333 15y ago
I work in an investment bank and I'm not sure how much power the banker has in the deal process. A lot of it is dependent on the buyer, less on the banker. Bankers get paid based on the size of the deal. We usually take 2-3% of the transact
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by lix2333 15y ago
I was going to say the same thing. It's very much the same. Making 120k sounds like a lot, but when people realize how much we're giving up, you can see that its not worth the money. But people (like me) do it anyway to get great experience
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by lix2333 15y ago
Hey there, I started CodeAcademy recently as well. Did you only use that to learn JavaScript? Or were there other resources as well? I was just hoping for more of a detailed explanation of how you went from nothing to an android app.
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by lix2333 15y ago
In the most basic of definitions, Days Working Capital tells you how many days you can operate before your working capital is gone. WC's equation is current assets(accounts receivable, inventory) - current liabilities(accounts payable). Thi
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by lix2333 15y ago
It's always hard with tech companies because it's difficult to judge whether or not they're being priced fairly. So much of their value is based on the income in the future and their projected growth rate. I think at this point, its more im
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by lix2333 15y ago
Ok, so the part where I said "If they could cash out right now, I bet they would" was apparently more true than I thought. Apparently the CEO Mark Pincus sold some of his stock at $14/share in March and made $100m from it. Why in the world
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by lix2333 15y ago
I think it isn't considered a success for many reasons. First, there was no excitement generated by the stock. What I mean by this is, no one was willing to pony up and pay a premium to their offering price. This has to do less with the aca
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by lix2333 15y ago
Well, I do know some programming (did some C++ and JavaScript competitions in high school), so I don't think it would be too hard to pick up again. But getting to the point where I can contribute code to a team of people who majored in prog
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by lix2333 15y ago
This is a really good idea. I've been looking into visual basic macros for excel. Unfortunately, VB isn't exactly 'hip' or in favor anymore to anyone in the tech field. But I guess it's as start.
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by lix2333 15y ago
Go to noexcuselist.com and look at the programming section. Lots of quality sites listed, a lot of them targeting beginners
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Ask HN: Is there a place for an investment banker?
4 points by lix2333 15y ago|10 comments
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by lix2333 15y ago
This is what's really killing it for me. If it wasn't so slow and bloated, I'd use it much more. Instead, I usually just pull out something quick like AstridTasks or another note program. Only the big stuff I save on evernote.
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by lix2333 15y ago
I definitely agree with you on the "huge difference between low-quality video/audio recording of a prof mumbling for an hour and post-processed, perfected snippets of videos presented in a coherent fashion, and most importantly with supplem