uscfan1781

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by uscfan1781 13y ago
Oyster (www.oysterbooks.com) is hiring in NYC. Our goal is to put an amazing library of books at your fingertips for just a few dollars a month. We're looking for a strong backend engineer with Python and Django experience to help us fulfil
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by uscfan1781 15y ago
Was at the NYC startup weekend and saw their pitch and it was by far the best one. Really great example of using straightforward technology to solve a huge pain point and customer problem.
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
It's also important to understand how the internship dynamics change as you progress through the four years of college. Getting a paid internship after your freshmen or sophomore year is extremely difficult. Very few large, "name brand" co
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Why the Facebook Phones Will Fail(andrewcbrown.com)
1 points by uscfan1781 16y ago|1 comments
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How I Wish Computer Science Was Taught Part II(andrewcbrown.com)
5 points by uscfan1781 16y ago|2 comments
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
It's funny I actually set up super-cache last night. I was just too cheap for my own good. 256MB RAM on rackspace just wasn't cutting it.
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
I appreciate the heads up. Trying to get it up and running now.
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
I appreciate the feedback. There are definitely many people more qualified than me to actually design a curriculum. My argument is more about the approach than the actual content. Certainly agree about not making you a better dev from day 1
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How I Wish Computer Science Was Taught(andrewcbrown.com)
12 points by uscfan1781 16y ago|15 comments
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
I completely agree. When I first learned CSS it was largely through tips and tricks like these, but without any sort of mental model or big picture understanding of what was going on my progress was unimaginably slow. I had to actually read
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
Mr. Ghonim actions are both brave and impressive. His connection to Google seems mostly coincidental though. The fact that Mr. Ghonim and eight of his friends were arrested for their online statements should scare us all.
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by uscfan1781 16y ago
This topic hit home for me because I am graduating this year with a CS degree. As many of you have pointed out, a CS degree doesn't teach you how to program. I think it does give you a base of knowledge that you can then build upon to becom