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Is this true? | elptacek: Likely this sounds petty and glib, but I have yet to meet a programmer who had the kind of administrative sense that makes a 'good server guy.' The politics surrounding change management and policy enforcement require technology administrators to have at least one foot firmly planted in reality. This doesn't ... |
Is this true? | tptacek: I spent the first part of my career as a "server guy" (along with networks). I ran tech at a popular ISP in Chicago called EnterAct.I spent the next part of my career as a developer, first at a security company, then at a streaming multicast company I founded, then at a network managment company.I spent the ne... |
Is this true? | wanderr: Programming is about problem solving. A good portion of system administration is also problem solving. I know several programmers who are excellent system administrators, and a couple of sysadmins who are OK programmers (but they don't really enjoy it). Personally I'm more interested in programming but I've de... |
Is this true? | orev: True. While many programmers seem to think they can also do server stuff, as a 15 year veteran "server guy", I can say that I've rarely, if ever, seen a programmer who makes a good server guy. The things you need to focus on are just too different.Programmers tend to focus on the very small details and seem to ... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | jdrock: We use Google Checkout. Fees are comparable to PayPal.. documentation is much better. There are plenty of other 3rd party solutions, but GC and PP are probably the best two. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | kapitti: CheddarGetter.com |
Is this true? | Hoff: While a good server admin or a good programmer with (relevant) generalist skills and people skills can succeed as a CTO, you need a CTO that knows your market and your goals and your organization and your customers, and that can quickly determine what works and what doesn't.While a CTO is solving today's problems... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | petercooper: http://chargify.com/ - the front page does a good job of selling it. It has a good API and they take care of almost everything - you just need to list the stuff you want to offer and either point people at a special Chargify page or pass info through the API. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | rufo: I've had very good experiences with Spreedly... you'll need to get a payment gateway, but they handle all the work of renewals, expiration dates, plan upgrading/downgrading, etc. They have a RESTful API so you can check status at any time, and will also ping a URL you specify when somebody's status changes so you... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | dryicerx: Simplest is probably http://cheddarGetter.com or http://spreedly.com or http://chargify.com (they store and abstract the payment gateway apis for you, and do recurrence, along with managing and handling the user data, and exposing a super simple api to your end). But the catch is they also charge a fee...The ... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | jot: http://recurly.com is another similar option. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | jpcx01: Anyone know if there's similar services for non-recurring payments?I'm currently planning on using e-junkie but its kind of a piece of crap. Looking for a slicker integration similar to spreedly or chargify. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | rubyrescue: We're planning on using Spreedly on http://seoaholic.com, however, unrelated to Spreedly, which is easy to configure, getting the merchant account is the hard part.'From scratch' it has taken close to 60 days - creating a company (LLC), securing a bank account, having the bank verify your physical location ... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | zackattack: I used Amazon Payments for CustomerFind.com. It's really easy to use, but the documentation is kind of outdated. If you want I could tutor you, send me an email. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | mootothemax: If you want quick, easy and cheap, go with PayPal. They have a button generator tool that takes the hassle out of submitting html forms to them. There are plenty of libraries out there that will listen for their IPNs (instant payment notifications) so that you can update the user's subscription record on y... |
How should I prepare for an interview? | mbenjaminsmith: You will probably have to be more specific about the role to get better feedback, but my general suggestions are:1) Confirm the day before and get the names of everyone you're going to meet2) Make sure you have all materials you're expected to bring, including several copies of your cv3) Read the websit... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | webwright: Great article comparing the assorted vendors you can use (with pros and cons):
http://www.untitledstartup.com/2010/02/accepting-payments-on... |
Is this true? | jpcx01: I mostly agree with that. Probably because I consider myself a good programmer and am perfectly fine to delegate all sysadmin stuff.I think the point is they are distinctly different skillsets. Programming is very different from setting up and maintaining systems. There's a tiny bit of crossover, but not all th... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | DanBlake: www.amember.com - Its a script you install to your server and gives you the ability to accept over 50+ gateways. Very nice and only a one time fee. |
Legal advice for Web developer | pinksoda: Take him to court before he can take you. This will give you the better position and he will probably get scared and settle. |
Is this true? | ww520: BS |
How should I prepare for an interview? | hga: I recommend checking out the site of Ask the Headhunter: http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/Specifically, start with this page on the "New Interview": http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/basics5.htmThe philosophy is very straightforward: show them you can do the job by doing the job. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | fossguy: The best cheapest and easiest one is Paypal. |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | thibaut_barrere: A few months back we were looking for a place that would keep track of saas building-blocks that we find useful to build applications (we = Sébastien Gruhier and me).So we finally decided to build this little directory and put it online.We're working on adding more content to it as we go.Please note I'... |
How should I prepare for an interview? | zackattack: The best thing you can do is just relax and be yourself. Seriously. If you are a good fit for the job, you'll be fine in the interview if you just act natural. If you aren't a good fit for the job, then I could give you 50 tips on how to micromanage the process and manipulate your way into it, but every day... |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | _pius: I love the design; I'll be watching it as you add more services. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | notnoop: A bit unrelated, but I found http://pivotallabs.com/talks/88-demystifying-online-billing to offer a good explanation for managing recurring payments and what to watch out for. |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | stse: Implement the standard "community" things like rating, tags and comments. Make it sortable by paid/freemium. Create a "suggest a service" form to replace the email adress, and put up some contact information. I like the overall design, but maybe the logo "style" seems a bit out of place. |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | jmonegro: shorten the width a little, I have to side scroll on my netbook. Annoying. Also, I can't open a link by middle-clicking it with my mouse. Annoying as well.Otherwise, pretty nice idea. |
How much to charge? | JayNeely: Freelance Switch has a collection of good articles on this:http://freelanceswitch.com/blog/explore/#2 |
System administrator (to be or not to be) | nailer: Started as a sysadmin 12 years ago. Money is great, better than a corporate programming job, and if you look at the role as a automation programmer role for infrastructure software you'll have a better time of it. Don't just fix it, make sure it never happens preemptively/again then prove that to whoever's payi... |
any successful start-ups started by non-technical founders? | cperciva: It's a bit of a stretch, but you could put Jeff Bezos into this category. He's obviously a very smart and generally technically-inclined guy, but I don't think he was ever particularly involved in the technical side of Amazon.com. |
Is this true? | jimfl: Programmers should be required to have been "server guys" because they would have a better appreciation for building in logging, management, and other troubleshooting aids. The sysadmin doesn't have the benefit of the debugger when something goes wrong in production. The more information you make available (on d... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | jlesk: There were even fewer options when I wanted to go this route 2 years ago, so I just went with a standard payment processor (BMT Micro) and charge one-time payments for users to pre-pay for time. e.g. $19.99 for 3 months or $59.99 for a year.If you want to get from zero to charging ASAP, this might be worth cons... |
Review my cloud storage service MyNetworkFolders | mrphoebs: link http://www.mynetworkfolders.com |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | qeorge: A couple of UI things:1) Can you make it so I can click anywhere on the box instead of just the company title?2) Putting the item I selected at the top of the list is OK, but unexpected. I would expect these links to go to a profile page or directly to the website.Example: http://www.kingapi.com/billing?selecte... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | lwalley: Hey, thanks to all who have mentioned Chargify. We definitely appreciate it!The issue of long-term viability is a valid one... I would ask the same thing when evaluating vendors, and, in fact, I used the same logic in choosing to join Chargify last Fall.I really like my co-founders' 6-year history running Gras... |
How much to charge? | mogston: IMO, it's largely based around the following highly subjective calculation:((value you will add to client's bottom line) +
(your relevant experience & portfolio) +
(speed and accuracy of delivery) +
(kudos)) *
(budget & urgency of project delivery) *
(industry)
= rate per hourYou can't really get to a fig... |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | techarch: I like the idea to have a place to catalog API-based solutions. It would be interesting to have folks vote for popular APIs. |
Is this true? | xelfer: I'm a Linux Syadmin. I build large student computer laboratories, build, configure, and maintain servers, with bits of desktop support thrown in there. I'm not a strong programmer. Sure, I've made a few iPhone applications and do a little bit of bash scripting, but I don't have the time in my job to maintain th... |
What is a startup exactly? | shanked: My definition is merely a company that is 'starting up'. It doesn't matter if it has created its own market via innovation or entered a mature market, I consider all new companies startups.All companies exist in volatile markets regardless of whether its a mature (many competitors) or new market (must generat... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | mogston: Does anyone have any experience with Amazon Payments? I Was considering them as a viable alternative to our existing PayPal solution. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | lunaru: Most of the responses here have been in response to whether or not there are apps out there that do this for you.However, if you want to go down the road of building this yourself, it's not really that involved. Take a look at ActiveMerchant if you're doing Rails. It helps you integrate with a good list of paym... |
How should I prepare for an interview? | keefe: Make sure you sleep well and eat well beforehand. If you are an gym rat like me, a workout is a good way to get the endorphins flowing. I think it's about getting your mind and body into a state where they can offer peak performance the next day. |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | keefe: There's all sorts of levels of skill in the market. You need to demonstrate your skills first - either an open source project or host an SVN with some example code. There is no harm in writing a place looking for a senior dev, they often have other openings. I hope you're already checking dice.com .... |
any successful start-ups started by non-technical founders? | SingAlong: Hmm... yes Sridhar Vembu of Zoho. He wasn't a single founder though. He also acted as their offshore marketing guy in the beginning.Atleast thats what I know from the recent Mixergy podcast |
What is Not a startup? | alex1: I think a "startup" is an innovative company that has existed for a short period of time. If it's software, it's probably still in beta. A startup is probably in early research and development stages. A startup is probably looking for some outside funding and the founders have some exit strategy in mind (Acquisi... |
What is a startup exactly? | alex1: It looks like you asked the same question twice... but here is what I said in your other posting:I think a "startup" is an innovative company that has existed for a short period of time. If it's software, it's probably still in beta. A startup is probably in early research and development stages. A startup is pr... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | zackattack: The answer is persistence. Check Craigslist/eng/ in all major metro areas - chicago, nyc, sfbay, austin, lax, wdc. Email promising job ads daily. Post your resume on craigslist, especially in SFbay, weekly, and alternate with other metro areas. I would be shocked if you did not get at least a few promising ... |
How should I prepare for an interview? | trevelyan: bring a copy of your resume and any supporting materials to the interview even if you know they've seen it. saves people from printing it out, and shows you're organized. |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | aaronbrethorst: Spend some of your time building something real. Nothing demonstrates that you can perform like envisioning, building, and launching a product that real people are willing to pay real money to acquire.It doesn't have to be particularly big or complicated, either. Just proving that you can accomplish th... |
Durable Earphones Wanted | rms: These are the best sounding cheap headphones, but they aren't earbuds... http://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Portable-Stereophone-Headph...You might want to consider separating your music listening and sound-blocking, earplugs work pretty well in dorms. |
How do you handle battle between self-doubt and hope/persistence? | kirse: I noticed you didn't get much response on here, but my best advice is to not root yourself in the outcome of the startup so much.It's tough to do (especially since we entrepreneurs are such dreamers and visionaries), but try to focus on enjoying the day-to-day journey of building, discovery, and learning more th... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | bluesmoon: Work on an opensource project that fits into your area of interest. Build up your expertise in all areas of development, especially your ability to work with a distributed team of developers. Learn debugging skills (they don't teach this in school).Support people (users and other developers) on mailing lis... |
What is Not a startup? | tyrelb: At startup has these characteristics (only):1. Is a business that makes money.
2. See point 1. aboveEverything else is considered either art (as in artist) or hobby.Examples of non-startups:1. A iPhone developer with 1 app, no revenue
2. A web development shop with no customers - or no significant growth poten... |
How do you debug your rails applications? | dan_manges: I use unit tests and puts statements to debug most of the time. It can be faster than stepping through an actual debugger. |
Serious 2010's Ruby on Rails vs Django opinions? | dan_manges: I would recommend going with whichever language you're more proficient with. That way when you run into something that the framework can't handle for you, you'll be able to work through the problem more efficiently. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | proee: Check out http://www.cariboucms.com - it's great for recurring billing and managing members. Supports multiple gateways as well. |
Online Video Speed Dating through Facebook | mailarchis: There is this website which does something similar http://www.woome.com but am not sure if they have a FB App |
Is this true? | rssreader: I didn't read your question. Just came here to say that if you want me to read your post, you need to write something a little more descriptive in your submission title than "is this true", or "look at this", or any other such non-content. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | paraschopra: If you are based outside of US or Europe, 2checkout.com may be the best bet. I have researched this question to th death and it seems 2checkout may be the best one. With others you will need a US bank account. |
How should I prepare for an interview? | mbrubeck: I find it really useful to re-read some reference documentation for any tools or languages I'll be expected to know, and to solve some simple practice problems (e.g. actually write some basic functions). The purpose isn't to memorize the documentation, but to refresh my memory so that I don't have to fish ar... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | mbrubeck: The big companies like Google and Amazon are hire lots of entry-level people, since they have the time and resources to train them. It's a decent way to get experience if you can get it. (My first "real" software engineering job was at Amazon.) The interviews are tough and there's a strong chance of gettin... |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | timvanloan: Thanks for the mentions of Recurly, we built our subscription billing engine from the ground up to make it as simple and easy to deploy subscription as possible. The untitled startup did a great unbiased review of the various subscription billing options out there (which you can find here: http://www.untitl... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | anonjon: Honestly, it helps to know someone who is looking to hire.Persistence/experience/credentials are important, but without a personal connection the job market (in any profession) is a crap-shoot.My girlfriend had a similar situation (she's not an engineer), she finally managed to get a job by doing an internshi... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | jballanc: The other advice about doing something open source or building something you can sell is great and all, but it's March and you're a senior which means that you're probably looking to land something in the next 3-6 months, which isn't a lot of time.In that case, your answer is: network!I've seen so many qualif... |
What is Not a startup? | pg: A startup is a business designed to scale dramatically. That excludes most individual retail stores and service businesses. |
How much to charge? | python123: Those are on-campus jobs, which are often part of federal work-study program. They are meant to pay less than regular jobs. |
any successful start-ups started by non-technical founders? | jgamman: Sam Morgan - NZer who created an EBay type site for himself back in the day by hiring a coder to build it. Sold it a couple years ago for $750M or so. |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | dschobel: Anecdotally, the company for which I work (big financial research company, fortune 500) really likes people with 2-4 years of professional experience and has been having a hard time finding them.Talking to our HR people, the majority of programming candidates they see are either fresh out of school with zero ... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | jrockway: Learn on your own and hang out in the social circles of other programmers.Help answer people's questions on SO or irc. Learn the other JVM langauges. Learn about tools that J2EE people like, such as Maven and Hudson. Learn algorithms. Present at conferences.Do this, and people will find you. Last time we... |
What is Not a startup? | twidlit: My definition of a startup is a company that exist in a new and fairly volatile vertical. Startups are primarily defined by an innovative product, service or business model with an emphasis on scalability. |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | bmalicoat: I was just in a similar boat (got an offer not too long ago!) and I think there are 2 important components:1) Show that you are passionate and driven, which it seems you already have with your experience. Other ways could be get an iPhone or Android app out on their respective marketplaces so you can provide... |
any successful start-ups started by non-technical founders? | startupcomment: I think what you are seeking is technology start-ups founded by non-technical founders -- not just start-ups in general. |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | shadowz: Take a look over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1182653I posted the same question 10 days ago :P |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | lief79: First two jobs were networking, remainder were through recruiters or online ads (note, this is quite unusual). For reference sake, my first job was at a company I had interned with, and my second job was due to me ending up at my soon to be bosses house for a swing dance lesson the week after my resume had cro... |
Review my cloud storage service MyNetworkFolders | mailarchis: Hi,had some suggestions.1. Would be great if people can simply signin using open id instead of going through a registration process2. Also post sign up I cam across a weird page as in something related activation false and all was displayed3. Might wanna think about how you can convey the message with fewer... |
Is this true? | thwarted: As someone who self-identifies as both a systems guy and a programmer, I'm continuously surprised by how many sysadmins don't read any C code and by how many programmers can't effectively configure Apache, to give two examples. I really don't think I'd be as effective at my job as I am if I didn't have both ... |
any successful start-ups started by non-technical founders? | adora: Gilt Groupe |
What's the most simple way to accept monthly subscription fees? | malbiniak: There was a pretty good comparison between the main ones mentioned here some time back. Worth checking into.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=975301 |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | cherring: Get involved in Open Source. Contribute, it is a fantastic way to show that you can read other people's code, and collaborate with them. |
I will work for free ... | maxklein: What about PHP? I have something you will like, but initially, the project is PHP based. |
I will work for free ... | swombat: I don't think this is a good approach.As an employer, I wouldn't want to invest the time in getting someone up to speed with my systems if they have no "lock-in" that means they'll stay with me until they've paid off for that initial ramp-up period (which would cost me time). I particularly wouldn't want to do... |
I will work for free ... | x10nd: Your 10 years is a waste of career, if you agree to work free of time, also its a waste, if you offering for the price of a soda |
I will work for free ... | shabda: [Hope this doesn't sound too harsh.]I few months back, we were hiring and Put up an ad on Monster. One of my reject criteria was "having more than 3 unconnected technologies". Even with >10 yrs exp, listing all the technologies you might be connected with doesnt look nice at all.Also no matter how desparate I a... |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | arethuza: Looks pretty good. However, I suspect your real challenge will be keeping the signal to noise ratio high. |
I will work for free ... | vaidhy: I do not see a way to contact you.. My email id is in my profile. Ping me and we can check it out. |
I will work for free ... | HaltingState: Send an email to HaltingState@gmail.comI have a friend who is working on some awesome iphone games and could use someone with experience with OOP design patterns. He would be willing to split revenue generated by the applications. Right now he is doing Objective-C development for the iphone (easy to pic... |
I will work for free ... | charliesome: LOL no thanks |
any successful start-ups started by non-technical founders? | pascalchristian: digg, Myspace |
I will work for free ... | erlanger: Why not just throw yourself into an open source project? Many pay down the road if you're successful enough, and you get to keep your dignity. More importantly, you'll know you aren't being exploited. |
What is Not a startup? | dnsworks: A start-up is any business that some douche-bag VC doesn't call a "lifestyle business". |
Is this true? | malbiniak: In general? No. No to tue, no to mostly true, no to BS. Programmers are not necessarily good coders, and sysadmins aren't necessarily good administrators. Instead of worry about that validity of the generalization, what do you want out of your CTO? What unfilled role in the team are you trying to fill? |
I will work for free ... | braindead_in: I am looking for someone to port our Skype recording plugin to MAC. Can definitely pay later on. |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | Sujan: Get rid of the shadows on the screenshots, ahte it when sites aren't represented the way the really look.Add language or markets and filters for them. |
I will work for free ... | adrianscott: I don't think you should knock the guy for having experience with a lot of technologies and mentioning them. Like he mentions 3 languages, c#, Java, Ruby. (My resume has a lot more and I'm hiring, not job seeking.)What might help you a bit more in marketing yourself, swdev, is to mention a bit about some p... |
How does a Jr. to Mid-Level programmer find work? | ig1: Be willing to relocate. This is the single biggest factor. If you're not in a tech-hub you'll find it a lot harder to find employment as a developer at any level.Where abouts are you based at the moment ? |
would you give us feedback about our saas directory ? | adamzochowski: middle click / control click does not work.I do not know how others browse, but among my friends it is common to middle click when having a list of things to checkout. |
Are you trying to steal my contacts? | petenixey: Hi guys. The answer is no, definitely not. When we first built Clickpass there was no google authentication Ali, you could only authenticate as part of getting authorisation for a particular google service. Contacts seemed the most relevant so that's what we went with. Code dev has been frozen on the system ... |
Domain Name Dilemma | russell: Easy. Do both. Domain names are cheap and you can have multiple pointing to the same site. Definitely you want your ccTLD because it fits your market, but if you can also find a good .com, take that too, particularly if you are doing international sales. |
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