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What kind of things do you have in mind? I sent you an email.
Isn't that just Taboo?
Re:What do I do with a good idea? on Sunday October 26, 2014 @07:21PM (#8512925)
What is your e-mail? Let's chat.
Re:Ask HN: Anything for a teenage programmer? on Thursday January 02, 2014 @04:56PM (#7002606)
So do I have to know more than someone who went to college and has been in the industry for a few years now in order to get taken seriously?

I find that very unfair. If it is the only solution, however, time to start reading Knuth's books.

Re:Ask HN: Anything for a teenage programmer? on Thursday January 02, 2014 @04:53PM (#7002579)
The problem is that I don't know where to go to network with people, or how to get people to actually find me and my work.

My GitHub is a lonely horse and I think that the only way to actually have an active portfolio on the internet is if you already have an amazing reputation.

Re:Ask HN: Anything for a teenage programmer? on Thursday January 02, 2014 @04:50PM (#7002568)
I live in Park Slope, NYC.

Ask HN: Anything for a teenage programmer?

I dedicate myself each and every day to study and learn about computer programming. I build useful things that occasionally gets me some cash. I have so much ideas and a huge ambition for learning about newer technologies and such.The problem is that I still attend high school and no one takes me seriously here. I'm wondering if there's anything I can get.. an internship, some mentoring, a job,...

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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus? on Thursday January 02, 2014 @09:21AM (#6999649)
I focus by ceasing all communication with the rest of the world. Logging out of your social media accounts and closing anything else that isn't relevant to what I am trying to focus on is a wonderful approach.