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Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | geekfuu: Every job in the last 12 years that I have had in IT has been with ZERO connections. System architect positions. All hiring was based on my resume. |
Can I pay someone to come up with a good start-up name? | vijayr: http://www.pickydomains.com/http://wordoid.com/ |
Job prospects for typical CS graduates | russell: I think experience trumps GPA except at the most arrogant companies. It sounds like you have the equivalent of a year or two of real experience. You didn't say what kind of experience. Pure HTML isn't worth all that much, but if you have JavaScript and CSS, you should be in good shape. You should carry aro... |
Please review my startup crowdmind.com | richesh: Does anyone feel that they wouldn't sign-up to this site because of the bad design? (Anyone share antiismist) view below? |
How many of you play music? | newy: Tangential question - can any of you recommend the best way of going about learning how to play the piano. Is the only way a tutor? I've picked up playing guitar for following tabs and YouTube videos, but don't seem to be having the same luck with piano. |
How do you prepare for a technical interview. | russell: Google "programming interview questions" or the like. There is lots of useful information. Design pattern questions are common. If you know MVC, Factory, and a couple of others, you are probably OK. Algorithm questions are surprisingly rare, but you should know big O notation and be able to state it for a ... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | nickfox: Two of my current contracts are from an open source project I wrote and put on Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpsmapper/) It's not very complicated but people really like it. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | ryanwaggoner: My first job out of college was a product manager at CNET. I applied to several jobs there over the course of a few months, but heard nothing back. I eventually got a call from a hiring manager for a position, but he didn't find me in the internal hiring database. No, he found my resume posted on Craig... |
How many of you play music? | nickfox: Hard rock with red left-handed stratocaster... Crank it up, baybee!! :o) |
ASK HN: How many books do you read per month? And what kind? | rodrigo: 2 or 3, mostly history, non fiction and technichal.
Back in the day, with no internet available and more spare time, 10 to 15 books monthly.
Also I used to read mostly fiction.
I dont miss reading more paper books, the internet provides on demand knowledge. |
Web Censorship, does your employer use and how do you circumvent it? | rodrigo: Yes they do. I constantly find blocked sites (latest google translator).
I think in a knowledge economy, blockin your knowledge workers access to the greatest repository of knowledge mankind has created, its at best, dumb.
I've found that being able to learn quickly has given me an edge in various enviroments,... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | kevinherron: I got my current job as a Software Developer without any connections. Sent in my resume, came in for the interview, and brought my laptop to show off some of my personal projects on top of whatever we talked about.Having experience that isn't related to work or school seems to be key. |
How do you prepare for a technical interview. | stonemetal: It rather depends on all the information you know about before the interview(what do they use, what kind of questions did they ask in the phone screen, what do you know about the company). If it is for a specific language position I typically read the books I have for the lang. Practice problem solving tec... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | dedalus: I got my first job without any connections. Saw an ad and applied and get through the interview. If you see the job description and feel that you can do that job perfectly most of the time it should not be a problem |
Protecting your identity with domain registration? | icey: I am not in a position to offer advice on what is safe for you specifically. However, Wikileaks uses GoDaddy as their registrar, and they're still around. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | obvioustroll: I've gotten two jobs that way. My first job out of school, and 7 years later when I was laid off. Most of my jobs, however, have come through personal contacts with other engineers. |
Can I pay someone to come up with a good start-up name? | gregking: http://namethis.com/name_this |
Protecting your identity with domain registration? | felixmar: You can use fake whois data for a few days. It doesn't matter. Some time ago i reported a domain to ICANN that did not have a single valid looking whois field. The registrar (Melboure IT) did nothing and after a year or so the same data was still present. |
Kindle DX - Technical Books. Would you buy? | chrisduesing: I am excited about the idea of this, but I am still on the fence about making the plunge. $500 is really expensive, and there are very few technical books available directly through Amazon. Several publishers do have PDF now, but most seem to be avoiding a direct relationship. I am not sure if I can find ... |
Protecting your identity with domain registration? | brk: Not sure how much effort it is worth, but you might be able to start a shell corp (potentially even offshore) and register through that, and then privatize the whois data as well.When/if there was ever a breach of the whois data, the shell corp registration could provide an extra layer of useful obfuscation and wa... |
Protecting your identity with domain registration? | soundsop: You may want to consider http://nearlyfreespeech.net. Their domain privacy product is called RespectMyPrivacy: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/respect.php |
Job prospects for typical CS graduates | frossie: In our hiring procedure experience way trumps academics (in fact I don't ever recall looking at transcripts beyond "this person claims to have a BSc and in fact does so"). Ironically, we are a semi-academic research institution. The fact that we are not hung up on academic performance should tell you how valua... |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | gregking: I find the behavior a bit odd myself but liken it to the same extreme passion that some people exhibit during professional sporting events. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | shib71: I got my current job (bespoke web development) based on my participation in an email list. Apparantly the other guys just recognized the name on the resume.Never underestimate the value of a reputation in the community. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | intranation: I got a job as a developer at Yahoo! with no connections--I just applied via the ad on their site. This was a number of years ago when they were still hiring big time in Europe.As for difficulty, it was 5 interviews including coding exercises, so I guess I did okay. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | chwahoo: I've wondered the same thing! During Google's IO conference, the speakers expected and encouraged applause. Apple conferences are an even stronger example.It feels phoney, but perhaps it isn't. I don't think the thought process is complex enough to involve considerations of financial benefit from cheering.M... |
How many of you play music? | runningskull: I play 5-string banjo, 3-finger style. It grabbed hold of me and now it just sucks up my time.But it's worth it. I'm getting pretty good, so who cares about doing actual work. :D |
Best website to register your domain name? | TallGuyShort: GoDaddy is perhaps the most popular. It's a great price, and they're very flexible. I've registered 2 or 3 domains with them now, and I've had a first-class experience every time.As they've grown, I've noticed that they try and "sell" more things to you that you probably don't need, but that's to be expec... |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | chaosmachine: On earth, humans cheer wildly when they see things they like. This could be anything from a man throwing a ball into a net, to a useful new operating system feature. It's considered a way to express approval, especially when gathered in a crowd, where shouting words would be less effective.See also: booin... |
Protecting your identity with domain registration? | motoko: I've had success with NearyFreeSpeech.net, but I've had GoDaddy lock domains due to dubious legal complaints.I recommend trying NearlyFreeSpeech.net and reporting in the registration that you chose them from recommendations at Hacker News.If you do ever have a problem with a registrar, report the story here at ... |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | bdr: It's fun. Try it. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | anigbrowl: Because they're expecting to get a goodie bag at the end of the presentation and are expressing their desire for it to contain a lot of expensive new stuff. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly at sports games? | icey: While we're on the subject of pointless... |
Best website to register your domain name? | jarrodtaylor: Domain.com has always treated me well, and their interface is the least cluttered of all the ones I've used. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly at sports games? | TallGuyShort: see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=650056 |
Why do audience members cheer wildly at sports games? | anigbrowl: Actually, this is one reason I prefer quiet sports like snooker. I prefer watching games of perfect opportunity and turn-based play to games of denied opportunity, and games based on positional advantage to speed of execution. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | hvs: Joy. It's a human emotion. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | ryanwaggoner: Damn, these comments make us sound like a bunch of robots :) |
Best website to register your domain name? | weaksauce: http://www.namecheap.com is solid and compares in price to godaddy and offers things like free ssl cert and making the whois record anonymous. If you search HN you will find a post very similar to this one with a lot of details.google.com the search site:news.ycombinator.com best registrar. Or something like... |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | jodrellblank: Why go to a conference when you could watch the news on the net?Atmosphere. A sense of belonging, and 'being there'. A band comes on stage and plays a song you like, you cheer them. A company representative comes on stage and announces something you like, you cheer them. The events are structured to be si... |
Kindle DX - Technical Books. Would you buy? | weaksauce: I think the only way that it would make sense to buy the kindle for the technical books is if the response time is lower than your threshold of expected wait time. Or, if you typically read technical books linearly from cover to cover. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | ghshephard: Some significant portion of the audience's life is just about to change significantly - and they can already sense the downstream bliss. I downright cried in joy the first time I saw OS X terminal.app's ability to dynamically resize linewraps (phoo on you secureCRT), and Terminal Tabs that detach, no prese... |
Best website to register your domain name? | dc2k08: I recently tried registering through google apps (via enom or godaddy.) no complaints. reg. details are made private and your mail and everything else is set-up. |
ASK HN: How many books do you read per month? And what kind? | dawie: I mostly read business type books (even though I am a hacker/techie). I try to read about 1 or two a month. |
Offshore company | bwd: The issues greatly depend on which country you are from. Your best bet is to speak to a lawyer because the issues are very complex, at least for US citizens. |
Offshore company | JosephCKing: I am from the US, as many of you are.I have heard good things about Panama and there are also online credit card processing and merchant accounts which you can sign up for.I'm thinking that by channeling all my sales to an offshore financial center, I can avoid a lot of liabilities associated with operatin... |
Offshore company | osipov: Here's an example of the approach used by Microsoft:"Ireland SubsidiaryTypically, he said, a company like Microsoft develops a product like Windows in the United States and deducts those costs against U.S. income. It then transfers the technology to a subsidiary in Ireland, where corporate tax rates are lower, ... |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | dmlorenzetti: All the comments posted so far are right-- they explain why people might cheer. But nobody has really addressed the very real difference between technology and academic venues (the original poster's question).I've only been at one academic meeting where people really let loose and cheered. It was in the... |
So you've just pulled an all nighter, how do you get through the day? | arantius: I haven't really done all nighters since college. But I certainly learned one critical point. During a normal day, you might eat three meals over ~11 hours (8am, noon, 7pm).If you stay right up, that will be 12 hours with no eating. The drain of skipped sleep and skipped food together are much worse than s... |
Offshore company | lionheart: I would say that this is probably a very bad idea. The IRS doesn't take kindly to shell corporations even if what you're doing might technically not be against the law. |
Offshore company | mahmud: At least one HNer is in the business of setting up foreign legal entities. I know Pageman (Paul) is:http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pagemanFor my business I decided to register in my home state of Virginia, mostly for sentimental reasons :-) |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | rufo: Because for many of us, technology isn't just our job - it's a defining characteristic of who we are.And given that many of us debate operating systems and programming languages, discuss tools and improvements, and learn new technologies in our off time, as fun - well, given all that, I don't think expressing tha... |
Windows Notepad Replacement? | noodle: notepad2 might be a good choice, although not the complete solution you're asking for. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | aswanson: Amichail, you at once come up with the most poignant and hilarious observation/questions on this board. This is probably unintentional, which adds to the level of entertainment. Please continue with these types of submissions. |
Windows Notepad Replacement? | gojomo: If you can live with plain text (using conventions to simulate the formatting you mention), emacs inside cygwin might be a good choice.(Well, I'm sure there's a way to create a highlight mode that includes your formatting, but for just 'notes and task lists' plain text should be plenty.) |
How do you prepare for a technical interview. | bayareaguy: I make a list of the kinds of things I expect to be asked based on the company, position and role and then review those things.If I think I'll be writing C then I spend a little time re-reading "The Dictionary of Standard C" by Rex Jaeschke and "Hacker's Delight" by Henry Warren so I'll be able to immediate... |
Windows Notepad Replacement? | js65536: Editplus is my goto quick Notepad like app. http://Editplus.comEvernote is a decent 'note taking' app. http://evernote.com
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Microsoft Onenote is okay as a standalone app, but has pretty nice integration with Outlook and the rest of the MS Suite. Try it out if you are working at an organization that's running... |
How to architect modular web applications? | sqs: Check out existing open-source projects that have done the same thing. There are bound to be many in whatever language you're using. |
Best website to register your domain name? | justinchen: We used godaddy for a while, but got fed up with the overpriced privacy charges so we switched to 1and where privacy is included. They don't do the crazy upselling like godaddy either. http://1and1.com |
ASK HN: How many books do you read per month? And what kind? | justinchen: Usually 3-4 books a month. I try to read 2 kinds of books at a time: 1 business-ish book and 1 fiction. I read the business book during the day and it helps me keep learning and I read the fiction book at night before bed or any time I want to decompress. Going to the library is a nice daytime diversion ... |
Windows Notepad Replacement? | brianto2010: Would Wordpad work? It does basic formatting as per your requirement and is bundled with the OS. |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | drhowarddrfine: It's today's TV generation used to seeing and hearing everything wildly applauded whether it deserves it or not. Every play ends with a standing ovation. Every homerun requires a 'curtain call'. Every song sung has throngs screaming to the point where you wonder if anyone is actually listening.Serious s... |
Windows Notepad Replacement? | pasbesoin: It doesn't fit your description of "a minimal text editor", but I"ve been happy with the free and well supported ToDoList:http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/todolist2.aspxIt supports fairly full featured, hierarchical to do lists. However, it also has a rich text component for its comments, that sup... |
Not taking maths(MPC) in college, what do you think? | mahmud: The easier you work in school, the harder you will work in the real world, if at all.Challenge yourself; you don't have to be a math wiz, look into other subjects and try everything until you find that one field that you want to study so passionately that you couldn't wait for someone else to teach you.With res... |
Not taking maths(MPC) in college, what do you think? | rms: Is MPC a major, or the classes you take in your first year as a prerequisite for computer science? My advice is to major in computer science. If you don't need to take chemistry or physics to major in computer science, more power to you. |
How to architect modular web applications? | leej: you can look at various MVC-based frameworks. they are by default modular. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | vivekamn: I think for developers the advice of 'work your connections to get a job' is highly over rated. In my 15 years of experience not even a single job I got is based on connections. |
Not taking maths(MPC) in college, what do you think? | cjg: My advice is to do the subjects that you will enjoy the most, rather than those which you think will be easiest or better for a career. |
How to architect modular web applications? | CyberFonic: Depends on your language of choice.I find that an object oriented approach works well for my projects. I write the core class structure for the shared low-level and common high level functionality. I then create a separate directory for each client. In these, I use inheritance to inject custom sub-classe... |
Why do audience members cheer wildly in technology keynotes? | herval: hello, Mr. Spock |
Not taking maths(MPC) in college, what do you think? | mechanical_fish: Study difficult things in college. Practice working on things that are too hard for you. If what you want is "free time to learn computer things", why are you spending time and money to go to college?Try to keep in mind that, as a high school student, there's a good chance that you don't really have an... |
Web Censorship, does your employer use and how do you circumvent it? | fatty: FoxyProxy |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | habs: im in a similar situation at the moment. My friend and I are taking a very low-tech approach. A few beers, pad of A4 paper and a couple of pens seems to do us very well.We model UIs, entity-relationship's and use cases all free hand. I think it's a lot quicker than using something like visio, etc to mock-up ideas... |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | matt1: I created a new project on Github which I use solely for the wiki. I use it to jot down ideas, take notes, etc. I've found it a great way to keep organized. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | quellhorst: Pivotal tracker for every possible feature or chore related to the site. Omnigraffle + some wireframe templates for mockups. Then a paper moleskin for jotting down thoughts or drawing (sometimes pen and paper is better than all else) |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | KWD: Not sure if it will help, but one tool I use at concept stage is FreeMind. I like it for forming a structure to a site.http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | gjutras: balsamiq is great for ui mockup. Other than that I agree with habs, paper works. Although i have recently started using Microsoft One Note 2007. It makes for great brainstorming / idea throwing / white boarding. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | davidw: Stuff To Do: http://stufftodo.dedasys.com/ - it's got markdown syntax, and I can rearrange the list of things to do quickly and easily. It probably doesn't scale up to having huge amounts of notes and things you want to show connecting and so on, but I like it for quick notes. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | bemmu: Blank sheets of paper and a pencil. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | btw0: emacs org-mode |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | colinplamondon: An absolutely enormous whiteboard- we just rewrite the basic bullet points over and over, then when we have it down to three or so main points we sketch out the layout and the major components we'll need to build. Then we dive into the coding :) |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | thomanil: I like to use mindmaps for planning and concept work like this.Freemind is a good open source mindmap editor for the desktop.Or you could try my online, browser-based mindmap app. http://thoughtmuse.com ;) |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | cmgarcia: I have a yellow legal pad and a pen on my desk. It's kind of neat to see that it's already down to about 10 sheets left. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | carbon8: Redmine. The basic pattern is usually starting with a wiki, jotting down notes, collecting links, brainstorming and dumping information I get from research or talking to people, then start opening tickets as todos start to come up, then add people to the project as needed. I do this or something like this for ... |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | rrival: Basecamp + glass floor to ceiling windows and dry erase markers. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | dflock: I make lots of notes in Tomboy (http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/features.html) - which is a personal wiki/notetaking desktop app, primarily for Gnome, but has an official Windows port and alpha web sync. It can also be synched to a local folder (I sync to my Dropbox), to a webDav or a SHH destination.I find it... |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | Flemlord: If it's just me I do it on the computer. I use Balsamiq for screen mockups, Microsoft Word to write a spec (sometimes just a bullet-point feature list) and Microsoft Project to build a timeline.If it's a collaborative effort we use a whiteboard and take pictures. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | alanthonyc: I'm in the same situation and after experimenting with various tools (basecamp, evernote, things, and more) I'm now down to two major tools: - a whiteboard at home
- a wiki (simple install of dokuwiki)
The whiteboard is for brainstorming and sketching stuff out and for when I need some kind of physical ... |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | bcl: I setup a new Trac instance. The wiki is great for documentation, journals and design details and it integrates with the source repository using svn, git or hg |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | js3309: I am in a similar stage....I first started writing my thoughts in a paper notebook. But then i realized, I can't read my handwriting!I did research for software both online/offline that has the power/flexibility and ease of use.I settled on 2: basecamp and Zoho Projects.After trying both out... I am going w/ Zo... |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | TweedHeads: Create folder "newIdea"Notepad2 -> todo.txt |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | teuobk: A good lab/composition notebook and a Pigma Micron pen. Sharing is a bit difficult, but it can't be beat for flexibility. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | synnik: While I agree with the pen, paper, and whiteboard crowd, I also do most of it in my head.If the idea is too complex to hold its basic design in my mind, or I am not passionate enough about it to put in the thoughts, then it isn't worth the trouble anyway. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | stewiecat: I went to Lowes and picked up two pieces of melamine whiteboard (3'x4') for $9/each, some mirror hangers (another $2), and drywall anchors ($1). My home office now has a rather huge, expandable whiteboard for under $25.I then 'persist' the ideas to a wiki once they're fleshed out. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | erlanger: Pen on paper. And a spliff helps. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | tybris: I have a pretty good memory. Also, I have a whiteboard in my bedroom. |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | endlessvoid94: a huge whiteboard with plenty of high quality different colored markers. |
Review my startup, Devver.net: Accelerated Ruby testing | bhb: Clickable link: http://devver.net |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | richesh: My first order of business is to come up with a pretty good draft of my data model. I use OmniGraffle, but you can use any data modeling tool. Once I have a solid understanding of my data model, I generate a scaffolding.Once I can see the data, interact with it, and tweak it to my heart's content. Then I turn ... |
What do you use to organize your thoughts for a new website or project? | fabiandesimone: I'm currently on my second project and for both (and everything else) I use two tools:Xmind Mind Mapping: I paid like 120 bucks for it, now they decided to open source it (that I did not like much, but now you can get it for free!) Their software is amazing.
http://www.xmind.net/MacJournal: Quick notes,... |
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