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by robyates 15y ago
Hey skorat, Thank you for writing that blog post. The worse part of depression has definitely been the lack of productivity. Just saying no to doing a lot of things and doing the remaining things in small chunks seems to work the best. Than
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by robyates 15y ago
Why working from home is both awesome and horrible: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home
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by robyates 15y ago
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/startupkc Startup Weekend Nov 11-13: http://kansascity.startupweekend.org/ Silicon Prairie News KC: http://www.siliconprairienews.com/?edition=kansas-city Red Nova Labs Venture Fridays:
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by robyates 15y ago
My alma mater, RIT, offered both CS and SE bachelors degrees: http://www.cs.rit.edu/ , http://www.se.rit.edu/ I studied CS but know many people who studied SE. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in the details.
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by robyates 15y ago
I was wondering about what the current policy was myself. I have been debating on studying in the UK and Europe, but ending up choosing to stay the U.S. for the startup resources. Thanks for explaining the new visa policy. I talked with two
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by robyates 15y ago
Also check out Israel, specifically Tel Aviv: http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Mirac...
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by robyates 15y ago
Try Chile: http://www.startupchile.org/
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by robyates 15y ago
For bachelor's and Ph. D. degree programs, this is true. In programs that have master's degrees (like CS for example), there are loans and aid comes from CAships or RAships.
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by robyates 15y ago
Great comment. As Thomas Edison said, "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
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by robyates 15y ago
+1 for Steve Hanov's blog. I enjoyed his post about how programmers/HR review your resume: http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=56
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by robyates 15y ago
I'm actually taking Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Design with Prof. Klemmer and Design and Analysis of Algorithms with Prof. Roughgarden. Interesting to see the videos of them teaching the exact courses from last year.
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Ask HN: Compensation for joining 2 month old startup
5 points by robyates 15y ago|2 comments
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by robyates 15y ago
This is not really related. But has anyone seen the video of Eric Schmidt practicing public speaking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1I6MUOKkU Found it just yesterday and it's amazing to see how he used to be.
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by robyates 15y ago
I think many companies won't sponsor a visa from far away, however you could try going for a master's degree at a university in a city you'd like to live in and looking for internships while you're there. Though I never ended up studying in
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by robyates 15y ago
There's this: http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ I don't live in Silicon Valley... yet, so I can't comment on what these are like. There's a possibly I might be down there during the same time, so feel free to contact me if you want to me
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by robyates 15y ago
A more interesting article by Tom Preston-Werner: http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/10/18/how-i-turned-down-3...
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by robyates 15y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - Web Designers & Developers - Kansas City; Palo Alto I'm working with a small group of freelance web designers and developers in Kansas City, MO. We prefer to work locally; but remote work is a possibly. Also, since
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by robyates 16y ago
Actually, there are journeyman software developers. Here are some links: 1. Corey Haines: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/ , http://www.coreyhaines.com/ , http://www.coderetreat.com/ 2. Journeyman Programmer Description: http://tea
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How to use Dropbox as an SVN repository(viralpatel.net)
1 points by robyates 16y ago|0 comments
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by robyates 16y ago
Ok, I know this post is a couple days by now, but if you want to read more the eternal debate that is the C++ programming language, check out this article: http://gigamonkeys.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/coders-c-plus-pl... There's actually 2
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by robyates 16y ago
Think about it this way: The web browser you are reading this on was likely written using C++. Here's a link explaining why C++ was chosen: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/41883/why-are... Also, 99% of all commercial games
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by robyates 16y ago
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse than the post about the Justin Bieber URL shortener... http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/13/bieber-ly-shortens-urls-whi...
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by robyates 16y ago
For an in-depth discussion on the pros and cons of C++ exception usage, check out this article from the CodeProject: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/cppexceptionsproetcontra.a... . The Google style guideline simply presents one particula
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by robyates 16y ago
I could come if it was later at like 7:30pm or so. Let me know what the final time is then.
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by robyates 16y ago
Actually I might be interested in hacking their code as well. I just sent you an email now. Feel free to reply back if your interested.
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by robyates 16y ago
Hi Shawn, have you heard of this: http://developersdevelopersdevelopersdevelopers.org ? Startups and small companies like Twitter, GitHub and Heroku are going to be there. I think registration is already closed, but maybe you take down the
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by robyates 16y ago
Sorry, I just found out about this tonight and already made plans. If you are meeting again, let me know.
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by robyates 16y ago
It's also worth checking out the other posts under the "Related" sidebar on the bottom-right of both Stack Overflow pages.
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by robyates 16y ago
I think either Python or Java are good first languages. I'd probably stay away from VB (too GUI based) and C++ (too confusing for a beginner). I was an Applied Math and Physics major my first year of college. I ended up switching to CS my s
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by robyates 16y ago
Hiring friends-of-friends seems rather common actually, especially for startups and small companies. (This is the whole reason why people join LinkedIn, right?) From the job seekers' point-of-view, this is "It's not what you know, it's who

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