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Re:Wallpaper - “Don’t Ignore Your Dreams…”
on Monday April 23, 2012 @01:25PM (#3879918)
These would make awesome posters!
Re:Technical = Coder. Non-Technical = Non-Coder.
on Sunday April 22, 2012 @01:22PM (#3875426)
I think this is an overly simplistic dichotomy. There are definitely people who are "technical" who wouldn't be the ideal person to build out a big data startup's software (for example). As a founder, they might be more useful in shaping product vision, defining marketing strategy, doing business development etc, but not necessarily actually doing the hands on coding. Is this person technical? Certainly. Is this person building the product? No.
Re:This Is 2016 Not 2012
on Saturday April 21, 2012 @12:59PM (#3872233)
I second the need for a blog post on this!
Re:Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 2nd edition
on Friday April 20, 2012 @08:34PM (#3870395)
Just bought the screencasts! Very excited :D
Re:The Ruby on Rails Tutorial, now with Twitter's Bootstrap
on Friday March 09, 2012 @05:00PM (#3686171)
This is awesome! Thanks for providing such a valuable resources to Rails newbies!
Re:Apple announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
on Thursday February 16, 2012 @11:52AM (#3599500)
Does anyone else see Notes as an Evernote killer?
Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011
on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @10:57AM (#3396148)
In no particular order:
* Boomerang by Michael Lewis
* Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
* The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
* The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
Re:Hungry Academy - get paid to learn Ruby
on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @09:38AM (#3377595)
I absolutely love this idea - a very Silicon Valley way to deal with the shortage of quality developers!
Re:Spare Me From “Product Guys”
on Sunday December 04, 2011 @11:20AM (#3310946)
This misses the point of what a product manager actually does, though. A PM isn't there to criticize your work or even to manage developers - that's more the project manager's job (or perhaps a lead developer's).
PM's at most companies translate customer feedback into concrete specs that devs can execute on. PMs usually do not have any authority over developers, but instead try to work alongside them.
I really don't understand why devs hate on PMs - they exist to let devs focus on code. PMs create customer personas, user stories, UI/UX specs, and business reports, which are all things that the majority of devs don't want to have to deal with.
Re:How Elite Firms Hire: The Inside Story
on Monday November 21, 2011 @09:51PM (#3263841)
This article makes me happy to be a techy!
Infographic: The Secret to Amazon's Success
Re:Stanford University Free Class: Design and Analysis of Algorithms I
on Saturday November 19, 2011 @08:59PM (#3256990)
Wow, the amazing classes just keep on coming! Stanford is really doing a phenomenal thing by making all of these classes free to the public!
Re:Free Stanford Class with Steve Blank
on Friday November 18, 2011 @03:29AM (#3251077)
Wow this is absolutely fantastic news. I'm thoroughly excited - I want to take them all!
IPhone 5 'debuts' in China
Feldman: Bin Laden Fulfilled His One True Ambition
Re:An Intern Guide to a Summer in the Bay Area
on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @12:52AM (#2919502)
This is an absolutely awesome blog post - I wish I had read it before my internship this summer!
Re:Show HN: Weekend Project - Create Simple Android mockup
on Sunday July 31, 2011 @02:03PM (#2829012)
Awesome project!