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by teyc 15y ago
Immigrant living in Australia writing here. The problem in Australia is it can get rather parochial, especially in areas such as medicine. In contrast, the US is more open in this regard. The degree of difficulty to immigrate to US or Austr
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by teyc 15y ago
Someone should start a website to anonymously survey the following for US grads: 1. Years since graduation 2. Major 3. University 4. Employed/Unemployed in related field 5. GPA At least this way, there could be some basis in informed decisi
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by teyc 15y ago
I was just reading this yesterday http://steveblank.com/2011/09/22/how-to-build-a-web-startup-...
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by teyc 15y ago
Another trick that I learnt from somebody else is to hold one key process to yourself. Someone I knew gets clothing manufactured in China. But before it is sold, they do an adjustment to it that is not known to the factory. Just as Coke has
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by teyc 15y ago
1. Split your workers into departments. No one single worker should handle all the processes. 2. Use forms to guide people through the process. It will make your processes easier to automate. 3. Take some upfront payment. That will
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by teyc 15y ago
I'm an aficionado as far as languages go. They need to really explain the motivations in more detail.
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by teyc 15y ago
For a marketplace, you have an advantage doing it this way. Initially, there wouldn't be a lot of users. So badly performing code wouldn't necessarily matter so much. If you happen to have a Twitter style growth, FailWhale is a good kind of
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by teyc 15y ago
Building a marketplace is hard . You'd want to prove that you are capable of being scrappy and still build a community. Once you've got that, then you will have a better pick of developers because at least you have some proof of traction.
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by teyc 15y ago
Corporations don't understand IT I wouldn't be so dismissive. The people are pretty smart and switched on. Their choices are driven by different priorities though.
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by teyc 15y ago
The last time I played with Java server technologies, I found the edit debug redeploy cycle to be ridiculously long. What is the start of the art nowadays?
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by teyc 15y ago
You are absolutely right here. There is an inherent survivor bias by CS graduates at the moment simply because their skills are in demand right now. All of us want to be assured that we are all complete masters of our own destinies, either
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by teyc 15y ago
Startups are hard; even for Steve Jobs. If you think about it, when he went back to Apple, he didn't have to worry about logo, coffee machines etc. In fact, one point he made on the video was that over at NeXT they had forgotten "how to be
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by teyc 15y ago
This isn't a good deal for the show though. By doing an exclusive it is going to kill their long term audience, leaving Netflix free to poach another show.
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"Take a really expensive technology and pull it down to a price point that is affordable". That's what he did with the iPad too.
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by teyc 15y ago
I'm 42. I've lived long enough to see mining engineers unemployed (they're hot now); aeronautics engineers working as tourist guides; a scientist who helped somebody win a Nobel prize working odd jobs; doctors doing menial work http://www.
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by teyc 15y ago
The real problem is that quoting an hourly rate simply does not make sense for PHP. There are very good frameworks where users can get extremely productive. I've seen a guy who flies through Symfony code it is a pleasure to watch. I wonder
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by teyc 15y ago
I wonder if the boundaries between nature and nature are as distinct as talent and industry. For one, the ability to practice requires an ability to concentrate on the task at hand. Is this ability innate or can it be forged through practic
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by teyc 15y ago
The Mac is nice, especially with a good UX where FaceTime just works. Mine sits at home rather unused though. I do enjoy looking at it. It is a beautiful piece of furniture.
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by teyc 15y ago
A bit like a UIWebView? How would one deliver flash based stuff on Air on the mobile then, or would the developers have to exclusively work with HTML and js?
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by teyc 15y ago
For hackers, this is how PR is done. The hook is Steve Balmer's flying chair, but the aim of the stsory is to position Cloud Foundry as what Microsoft isn't. Very well done. If anything it might convince people to take a closer look at it.
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by teyc 15y ago
how is Adobe Air different from Flash? Are they different runtimes?
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by teyc 15y ago
As a long time Windows user, I do appreciate how Apple's products have the "it just works" feel to it. It doesn't wow you per se, but it is characterised by not being frustrating. Perhaps it is because they are able to reduce the scope of a
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by teyc 15y ago
Internet Explorers are an interesting beast. You can't install different versions of IEs side by side but you can install Chrome, Firefox etc with IE.
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by teyc 15y ago
Because of this payroll systems are fraught with implementation problems, particularly in government, where this type of rules exist. In the past I kept a log of IT project failures as I come across them. There are a few bad payroll system
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by teyc 15y ago
It is signalling. Enterprises are meant to understand that this is the end of the road as far as new improvements to Flex is concerned.
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by teyc 15y ago
All this uncertainty will hold up a lot of projects until the dust settles.
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by teyc 15y ago
> it's a pretty niche app (leadership > development for corporate ethics), You are probably better off exploring other online channels and driving them to your market page.
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Yes. Of course. I happen to prefer more specific descriptions of what may go wrong.
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or being too optimistic, or relying on bad advice.
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by teyc 15y ago
very timely advice. I was just thinking about investing a chunk of change. Thanks.

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