cfredmond
Re:Ask HN: How did you get from learning to code to making your first ...
on Monday July 21, 2014 @08:31PM (#8066854)
i'm a self taught programmer. i fooled around making web sites & basic crud apps using php for a few months before i began advertising on craigslist. i severely undercharged initially to get my foot in the door (it was a lot of money to me at the time though lol) but i gained enough experience after about a year to eventually land a job doing production support. fast forward 6 months and i landed my current role as a software engineer for a major financial institution (w/o a college degree).
Re:Ask HN: What book are you reading?
on Monday July 21, 2014 @08:03PM (#8066761)
Seven Concurrency Models in Seven weeks - Paul Butcher
Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on?
on Sunday June 29, 2014 @09:19AM (#7961098)
I'm working on a trading platform. Using Go + MongoDB.
Re:Detroit: Bankrupt city turned corporate luxury brand
on Sunday May 18, 2014 @06:47PM (#7764723)
things are definitely changing. downtown + midtown are nothing like they were just a few years ago. the neighbourhoods are another story; i'd go as far as saying they haven't been worse...
Re:Ask HN: Do I need a degree?
on Friday March 28, 2014 @11:35PM (#7491307)
i'm in the states and have gotten pretty far pretty quickly without one but i think it really depends on the person. most/ all of the people i work with have one.
Re:Out of 15M brackets, none remains to win Warren Buffet's $1B March ...
on Friday March 21, 2014 @11:23PM (#7447257)
he may be referring to dan gilbert...
Re:Ask HN: What Linux distro do you use for work, and why?
on Sunday March 02, 2014 @10:30PM (#7331881)
mint 14