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by xarien 15y ago
I consider myself a business founder, yet I have an M.S. in computer science. Much of it really depends on the skills you choose to develop during your career. For me, I leveraged volunteer time with non-profits to fill in holes (includin
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by xarien 15y ago
Because the word hacker isn't a badge of honor.
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by xarien 15y ago
So I lied, I did end up skimming the post. The problem is that you are generalizing way too much. Does every app need to communicate with a server? Nope. In fact, you don't even need to host the app download or transaction as it's done fo
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by xarien 15y ago
I didn't actually read the blog. Why am I commenting? I want to share the reason why I didn't read the blog. I judge books by their covers. In fact, I don't know anyone who doesn't outside of trying very hard to convince others they do n
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by xarien 15y ago
It told me that I need to be on the skim milk diet.... Too bad it can't be used in conjunction with the cookie diet...
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by xarien 15y ago
Wasn't this already done? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8zFANeBGQ
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by xarien 15y ago
Yeah I did the same and it quickly became very boring as I just held down the x button. This issue is largely due to the bounding box set on the sprite being far too small. As long as you avoid a bullet through the center of the sprite, i
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by xarien 15y ago
Here's my totally fair method of dividing up the ownership. Talk it out with your co-founders. Whichever cut is chosen at that discussion is fair. Why? Because it was discussed and not proposed..... Furthermore, because it was agreed u
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by xarien 15y ago
This may just be the skeptic in me, but could you provide some references to the claims you are making? I do however fail to see how it's possible for kids to develop the same type of social lessons in a closed environment. I believe even
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by xarien 15y ago
I Can't agree more. I successfully applied agile ONCE during my 6 year tenure at a fortune 100. When approached with the question of what I thought was needed to make agile work, my reply was simple: "start with a good team who can handle
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by xarien 15y ago
TL;DR: I think there are social benefits to traditional schooling people these days often neglect. I have a boy. He's almost 2. It pleases me greatly when I see that natural curiosity sparkle in his eyes. In fact, there's not much I woul
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by xarien 15y ago
This blog entry makes me want to write a similar entry: "Why coders should try their hand at marketing and BD." The subtitle would be "A real life lesson in understanding your customer base."
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by xarien 15y ago
Speaking as a founder, yes I would. I'd also fire one just as quick. I'm of the mindset that both employers and employees need to be flexible with one another. I may need you to pick up technologies you're not comfortable with and you may
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by xarien 15y ago
When I read that first bullet, my first thought was of Borat. Pop culture wins again...!!!
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by xarien 15y ago
I'll respectfully disagree. Theory is useful for designing algorithms, but has nothing to do with being a good programmer. Perhaps you mean understanding design (of tools, languages etc)? If that's the case, then yes, you need to underst
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by xarien 15y ago
The problem with these "everybody wins" situation is that not everyone can win all the time. Same thing with being objective. The problem with this type of recommendation is that this approach to negotiations works well for situations suc
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by xarien 15y ago
You hear the quote "never give the first number" thrown around a lot and while it's sometimes good advice, it's not always the best option. There are times where setting the anchor is a very valid approach to hitting an upper bound. The mo
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by xarien 15y ago
I agree somewhat, but would shorten that to: "pay attention to the whys when you learn the hows."
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by xarien 15y ago
Before reading this post, a new user should ask him/herself a question: Do I feel a need for validation? If the answer is yes, go ahead and read the suggestion along with the guidelines of how to act. If the answer is no, stop reading the s
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by xarien 15y ago
Maybe I'm just being obtuse, but what exactly is his point? Since he's a developer, I can't imagine that a couple minutes on the web wouldn't net him a solution that'd work for his friend's father. Maybe it's just me, but I receive very hi
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by xarien 15y ago
Maybe I'm not reading it correctly, but it seems like a pretty simple issue to resolve by syncing outlook to gmail / google calendar along with an android phone... The current email host should be set to forward to gmail and outlook repoin
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by xarien 15y ago
I wouldn't hire someone if I didn't believe they possessed the same mentality. Is it really a big deal given that the chances of having to pull all nighters in college to meet an assignment deadline is so common? How is work (especially i
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by xarien 15y ago
Honestly, deadlines aren't there to be first to market. Deadlines are there so you can accurately pace / measures yourself. Once deadlines start slipping, it's a slippery slope. At some point, you may have to look at the planning to see
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by xarien 15y ago
Pretty well even in a corporate environment. The word compulsion was used to polarize and by the comment score card, it did a pretty good job at getting a rise out of a few people. A more positively associated word to be used would be ded
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by xarien 15y ago
And that's why my hiring criteria has always hinged on the level of compulsion said candidate exhibits. Sleep needs to be a secondary concern when stacked against a deadline. Although, I will be the first to admit that every now and then I
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by xarien 15y ago
The spouse and I are both a tad into 6 figures 20% housing (includes mortgage, insurance etc) 2% Vehicles (both paid for, this is for gas and insurance) 5% student loans 10% Child Care 5% medical 5% gifts to parents 25% living expenses 6% 4
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by xarien 15y ago
Reminds me of this quote: "For a rough approximation of your valuation, circa 2004, you can also use Kawasaki's Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A., subtract $250,000. "
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by xarien 15y ago
In my experience, it's more or less 2 parallel processes which are very alike. If I really had to guess as to time, it's be something like: Plan -> Code -> Refactor -> Replan -> Code -> Refactor 10% -> 15% ->
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by xarien 15y ago
Color me jealous. Wish this was around when I attended...
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by xarien 15y ago
Isn't this a moot point? Any type of employment whether corporate or startup will start with a yes or no and move on to negotiations. During negotiations is when the startup and the potential hire figure out compensation. So the real que

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