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by porter 15y ago
I did my undergrad in finance/economics and instead of the MBA I quit my banking job and took 2 semesters of CS courses. I also taught myself python/django and have now launched a beta for my first web app. It's hard work, but totally doa
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by porter 15y ago
My philosophy is this: Be really great at a few things and don't suck at anything. That's a good list of competencies for an entrepreneur. Eighteen months ago I wanted to build a web application that I thought would help a lot of people
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Earnings and Unemployment by College Major(graphicsweb.wsj.com)
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by porter 15y ago
I studied finance and economics in college and spent 5 years in banking. Last year I quit my job and taught myself python/django, HTML, CSS, and Jquery. Last week I did a demo of my financial software for my old boss and he loved it. It'
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by porter 15y ago
I want to win more. Seriously, with all the AI folks out there, surely someone can build a system that makes accurate predictions.
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by porter 15y ago
I studied economics and finance in college, worked in banking for about 5 years, and have spend the past 12 months learning computer science. I did a combination of university courses and self study, and I now have a fully built web applic
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by porter 15y ago
So far it's mostly been client side stuff such as AJAX implementation or custom JQuery plugins. I am going to try black box testing next. This allows me to focus on the code that requires specific domain knowledge.
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by porter 15y ago
Probably a better distinction is that features are a short-term competitive advantage, which should not be mistaken for structural, long-term advantages that aren't easily copied. Investor's are much more interested in the latter.
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by porter 15y ago
I'm doing the same thing now with non-core stuff. It actually makes things move faster, which is the desired outcome.
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Google Wallet's Killer App: Subway, Macy's and Major Retailers(adage.com)
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by porter 15y ago
I have degrees in finance and economics and worked in banking for a few years. Skip the heavy advanced texts and get Essentials of Accounting by Anthony and Breitner.
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by porter 15y ago
Cleaner code, powerful libraries, frameworks with vibrant communities (django/rails), and so you have friends to sit with at lunch. Really, it's a personal preference. If you have existing sites in PHP and you're really comfortable with i
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by porter 15y ago
I am 28 and have spent the last 9 months as a non-degree student taking courses in discrete math, computer architecture, and algorithms and data structures. My undergrad degrees were in finance/econ and I spent a few years in banking. I t
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by porter 15y ago
Yes, this is a great idea. But it should be an online course. I quit my banking job of 5 years and have spent the past 9 months taking courses in discrete math, algorithms and data structures, and computer organization. I have also been
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by porter 16y ago
Sometimes being the jack of two trades in more powerful. Combining skills at the interface of finance and computer science, for example, usually spawns interesting insights that translate into profitable companies.
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Teaching a 'Lean Startup' Strategy(hbswk.hbs.edu)
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by porter 16y ago
So when the fed sells a security does the money destroyed exactly equal the money it originally created when it bought the security? Not if the bank that bought the security lent out the money from the fed. The magic of the fractional res
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Craftsman's Creed(craftsmanscreed.com)
1 points by porter 16y ago|0 comments
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by porter 16y ago
Ideas vs execution is a long standing debate around here, and you make a valid point about the bias. All you have to do is a quick search for "Show HN" posts to see what execution of bad ideas look like. Don't get me wrong - Execution matt
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by porter 16y ago
Consult for 100 basis points in equity.
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List of Companies by Seed Program(spreadsheets.google.com)
2 points by porter 16y ago|0 comments
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by porter 16y ago
What does this do that my online broker can't already do for my real portfolio? Or even an invetopedia portfolio?
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by porter 16y ago
Might want to rethink your position in bonds. Much more to worry about there than in startups.
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by porter 16y ago
cs75.tv
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by porter 16y ago
I did a double degree in economics and finance. After a few years in banking I am going back to take the computer science core sequence as a non-degree student. If you want to work in the software/tech world, I would suggest taking these c
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UF Leads World in Reconfigurable Supercomputing(news.ufl.edu)
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by porter 16y ago
If you could log in with your linkedin profile then it might actually be fruitful.
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by porter 16y ago
It seems funny to me that so many people want to be software entrepreneurs, but refuse to learn about software. Six months ago I quit my banking job of five years to learn how to program. I am taking discrete math, data structures & al
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A History Of The Modern World, In Less Than Five Minutes(npr.org)
1 points by porter 16y ago|0 comments
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by porter 16y ago
As a recovering banker I can tell you that banks a weary of lending on these Taj Mahal type projects because in the case of a foreclosure all that extra work to make the building look nice doesn't easily translate into rents high enough to

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