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by merinid 14y ago
You seem very casual about this. This is a line of work which is at the forefront of industry right now. People like http://www.k2intelligence.com/ and Palantir are going to beat you to it, but that's besides the point. Do you have knowle
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by merinid 14y ago
Is this what you are looking for? http://developer.yahoo.com/boss/search/ Yahoo has an open search platform.
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by merinid 14y ago
Bureau of Labor Statistics: median salaray for NYC are is $50,820. Median more so reliable for that sampling size of people. Put it in perspective. What's in it other than money? A cooler experience? A new opportunity. Shoot for so much mor
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by merinid 14y ago
Any machine can be made adequate for programming. Hack at it. So the only concerns I have left are: design, portability, durability. This thing is moving bits from space to space! It goes on subway adventures and inter continental. Macbook
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by merinid 14y ago
They also actually have a structured format for download (CSV from an Oracle DB Dump).
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by merinid 14y ago
At this stage in your career, money is less important than a brand name on your resume, more interesting work, and a diversity of experience. Do side work to get paid?
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TodoMVC - Helping you select an MV* framework(todomvc.com)
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by merinid 14y ago
Watch out. Each vendor / website has processes you may want to follow. You could also get in touch with http://www.us-cert.gov/ . They are helpful in providing advice and guidance.
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by merinid 14y ago
This was hilarious and good look. Are you looking for work only in SF?
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by merinid 14y ago
As you noted, Mega doesn't have the team functionality. But I would never use Mega for a team/collaboration/work setting. Who knows when they'll get shutdown again. The whole thing is way too flamboyant when all people need is reliable infr
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by merinid 14y ago
If you want to build an app for traders, start trading yourself. If you want to build an app for mass email campaigns, look for web marketing work to pay for some R and D. Approach things practically, keeping the theory to a minimum (though
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by merinid 14y ago
Study an industry. Be involved with it. In depth. Pain points are discovered during research more than they are just handed to you.
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by merinid 14y ago
Scope out the company you're interviewing for, their goals, their accomplishments, their difficulties. Get their perspective and you'll do much, much, better in the interview.
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by merinid 14y ago
Very cool and useful. I was reading the desc and pretty much thinking this is useless because of rsynch, etc... until the line about git integration.
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by merinid 14y ago
In addition to looking for a job (ie constantly emailing resumes, going to networking events, and reaching out to everyone he knows), I would strongly suggest tp get involved in side qork projects. If he can code, these come rather easily,
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by merinid 14y ago
Scrape. Don't violate TOS, but you should grab any public data that you legally can to improve your app. Watch robots.txt for specific rules beyond TOS, and be kind to the servers. Don't thread like crazy just because you can.
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by merinid 14y ago
Work with people in a freelance capacity first. It's kind of tricky because it can be perceived as dishonest. But as long as you're open and serious about it, and convey that to the candidate, it can work.
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BATS stock exchange bugs will take more than 2 weeks to fix(finextra.com)
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by merinid 14y ago
mint.com ?
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by merinid 14y ago
actually there are a couple of VC Banks that do this (again generally further stage companies). I know http://www.triplepointcapital.com/ does this (they invested in our startup, but for equity).
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by merinid 14y ago
Practically impossible to get a loan for a startup in the US :( Anyone have experience with this? Would be very curious to hear about it.
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by merinid 14y ago
Build a prototype/mvp/alpha/demo product. Something. Anything. Then depending on the type of startup, there are so many ways to get started. If you live in a big city, go to tech meetups and start gathering contacts who will help you get to
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by merinid 14y ago
Can you elaborate on the calculations. I don't quite see it. Let's say you use a run of the mill host like Dreamhost and pay around 110 dollars a year to host and renew, you would run out of money in 18 years. And if you truly wanted your
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by merinid 14y ago
Yes. Numbered approach, which I like because I can pack data in. So for instance: dbserver_01_n01. Which is the first node of the first db server. I have servers that are mostly used in read only and others which are write only. But their r
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by merinid 14y ago
I like to think of everything as ephemeral. You can always write software for a new box to "fill in" holes when systems are replaced. I like this because it helps me when I assign roles or node based redundancy to my boxes.
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by merinid 14y ago
Just ask any startup who has strong marketing analytics. Videos are not necessary, but they are important and help. Sorry for the really short response. Not usually my style. Was cut short by co-worker asking for something :)
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by merinid 14y ago
yes they do.
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by merinid 14y ago
An example of what the product is (screenshots, videos, etc...) would be great accompaniment to the landing page.
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by merinid 14y ago
The truth is that it just can't. The reasons for which a startup is lean are real (less ressources, less credibility). Behavior and strategy are affected by an organization's position and opportunities in the world. The US gov is also not a
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by merinid 14y ago
My twitter account got hacked, but i did not comlain on HN. I really should have. Even though i got through to support (i have a friend who worka at twitter who referred me), they claimed that my email address was not the one associated wit

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