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by pumblechook 14y ago
The easy answer is: because that is what the market dictates. Programming may be difficult, but I'd be willing to bet there are a lot more programmers out there than people willing to be a PM (and stick with it).
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by pumblechook 14y ago
Just wanted to say that this is a terrific project (and experiment). Inspirational for those of us who need a kick in the ass to shut up and get to work on that MVP. Maybe the next product is a $10k bootstrap challenge everyone can take? :)
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by pumblechook 14y ago
The ultimate lifehack: figuring out how to eliminate all the things you're hacking.
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by pumblechook 14y ago
The best tip: challenge your basic assumptions about sleep and experiment to find what works for you. I've found that hitting the general 1.5 hour sleep cycle pattern works for me (i.e. the amount of sleep you get is a multiple of 1.5) much
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by pumblechook 15y ago
I think this point is a lot more salient for CS majors than other liberal arts majors. After pursuing a 4 year liberal arts degree in undergrad and now pursuing a CS graduate degree (after working in the industry some years), I can safely s
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by pumblechook 15y ago
Isn't this article about 10 years late?
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by pumblechook 15y ago
Blaise Pascal: "We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others." With a hobby, the simple act of doing it is the reward, and when money becomes the reward given to you by someo
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by pumblechook 15y ago
So it's a photo sharing site?
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by pumblechook 15y ago
Thanks for the suggestions! Are there any places I could look for open source projects that might need a hand? I'm a regular lurker on HN and I thought about volunteering my (limited) services for a startup I found interesting, but I know s
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For newbs, what's the best way to find interesting projects and get noticed?
3 points by pumblechook 15y ago|2 comments
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by pumblechook 15y ago
Sad to see. This was the only promising execution of ebooks for the tablet age, and Facebook is where it goes to die? I know they probably got obscene amounts of cash, but it is still disheartening to see innovations swallowed up by decided