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Ask HN: How did you get from learning to code to making your first dollar?

Posted by soleimc on Sunday July 20, 2014 @05:04PM
from the ask-hn dept.

On HN, there is a lot of advice for people just learning to code and a lot of advice for people who are making some money with their startup/side project. However, I'd love to hear advice about the steps in between, that is, advice from real developers on how they went from a basic knowledge of coding to actually landing their first paid internship/job/etc.Some questions to consider:-Did you...

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Re:Ask HN: Good countries for American expats on Sunday July 20, 2014 @04:10PM (#8061349)
I'm moving to France in September and reading posts on this site has already helped me a lot! Thanks for putting it up. I'll be sure to post my own review once I've settled in!
Re:Tell HN: I will build you a working MVP for $2,345 on Thursday April 17, 2014 @06:32PM (#7606925)
This is super inspiring and really makes me want to try a similar experiment. I've been wondering how I can make income while doing month long stays in different countries throughout the world, and this seems like it would be about perfect. New country, new project, enough income just to get by. Keeping the price low is not necessarily a mistake. It will allow you to pick from a much large range of products and if you can live for two months on $2000, why not just keep it low. The world doesn't necessarily always have to be profit-maximizing.

P.S. I checked out your essay about the first person view. I think you should watch this video from the BBC. It describes how this first person view that you describe is not actually making the decisions for your body, an MRI machine can predict what decision you will 6-7 seconds before you become conscious of making a particular decision. This doesn't necessarily answer your question, but the video shifts the question from why am I making decisions to why does brain make me think I'm making decisions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6S9OidmNZM#t=303

Re:Weekend Project: Tutorials for Javascript Game Libraries on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @12:43AM (#6919772)
Changing https:// to http:// also works to fix this bug!
Re:Weekend Project: Tutorials for Javascript Game Libraries on Monday December 16, 2013 @11:46PM (#6919668)
So glad to hear that you found this useful! Thanks for the compliment! =)
Re:Leo the Homeless Coder Finished His App, and You Can Download It Ri... on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @06:49PM (#6884779)
Does this seem exploitative to other people? Although it is exciting that his app launched, the fact that this entrepreneur is being called "The Homeless Coder" seems wrong to me.
Re:Why I Have Lost My Faith in Capitalism on Monday January 09, 2012 @11:24AM (#3443067)
I guess the point I didn't make in this blog post, but that I usually do make when I'm discussing this topic in real life, is that the system we have right now, call it corporatism or whatever, will always develop out of capitalism. Because the people do not have the capacity to make checks on the government or business, given enough time, capitalism will start to crumble and create a system that is littered with problems that are practically impossible to fix by an uninformed public.