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by optimal 19y ago
Here in DC Georgetown has a bunch of job listings that seem to average about half the market rate. The non-profit sector pays slightly better, but it's far more lucrative to work for a contractor or one of the product companies in NoVa or D
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by optimal 19y ago
Nah, this is all about redistributing the gains of the previous bubble. "The correct answer is, The Moops."
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by optimal 19y ago
Nice topic--I'd really enjoy seeing more discussion of this kind here. >>why, oh why are we all chasing the same ad biz model? I think this may be--at least partially--a case of "get rich quick" versus "get (sort of) rich slow." I b
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by optimal 19y ago
I don't think the most tangible benefit of MVC is reuse, but rather code organization. In MVC, if you're looking for something, you know where to find it. That saves a lot of time. It's easy to write an application, but harder to maintain i
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Name initials may influence grades (and sports): study(news.yahoo.com)
1 points by optimal 19y ago|1 comments
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by optimal 19y ago
What field isn't monotonous, though? IT work is boring, repetitive, and relegated to the back office, cut off from life, the outside world--even sunlight--and the only interesting and creative part of business: the start (though how excitin
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by optimal 19y ago
I'm interested in hearing more about this, too. It sounds like the two offerings combined (service plus storage) make for a complete hosted solution. Is this correct? And how are domain services handled? By a third party?
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by optimal 19y ago
I'm sure you know this better than I do. There are just so many stories of companies that implode before their time, or get devoured when the piranhas come around. Anyway, congratulations and good luck!
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by optimal 19y ago
This is an old article, but in my opinion kids today have the same opportunity to learn programming, only now it's not tied to a particular hardware platform or operating system--it's the Web! They might start playing with simple HTML, text
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by optimal 19y ago
I haven't been in your situation, so please consider my comments accordingly, but if you're doing well can't you continue to grow the company organically? Can your business plan prize fund R&D and marketing for the near future? I don't
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by optimal 19y ago
I suggest that if it's at all possible, try to recycle or preserve the work you've already done so you might derive some value from it. For example, if it's a web site/application/service, can you maintain it in a minimal and economical way
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by optimal 19y ago
foodawg, Thanks--that looks better than the thread from 148 days ago I had bookmarked (whatever date that happens to be): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29011 Is there a search function here I'm missing? I did search for search to pa
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by optimal 19y ago
Hi nickb, Thanks for your response. I was going to get into details, but figured my requirements are so typical it wouldn't be worth the extra description. This is for a standard LAMP-based app with a minimum of graphics. I expect traffic v
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Hosting recommendations for startup
4 points by optimal 19y ago|11 comments