Is this just available in the US app market ? I don't see this in Singapore ?
We are testing in Silicon Valley only and will hopefully go worldwide. Singapore has a great startup ecosystem that's just taking off!
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#72Software "Artificer"? Artifice: "Clever or cunning devices or expedients, esp. as used to trick or deceive others: 'artifice and outright fakery'." Not necessarily the greatest way to describe yourself...
You looked up the definition of the wrong word: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/artificer?s=t http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificer
Thank you!
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#73Sorry, but what the hell is a 'software artificer'? If you look at how the word 'artifice' is used, it is generally negative, associated with being overly clever for the purposes of pretense, or generally false/insincere. So if I'm not sure the job title 'software artificer' even parses. 'A person who writes unnecessarily ornate/impractical software.' I hope I can write in whatever job title I want. It will be 'guy w…
It's a perfectly respectable word.
Yeats - It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity
Joyce - Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
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#74Sorry, but what the hell is a 'software artificer'? If you look at how the word 'artifice' is used, it is generally negative, associated with being overly clever for the purposes of pretense, or generally false/insincere. So if I'm not sure the job title 'software artificer' even parses. 'A person who writes unnecessarily ornate/impractical software.' I hope I can write in whatever job title I want. It will be 'guy w…
Sorry, but that job title probably won't fit. ;) We use whatever title you're using on LinkedIn when you login to the app.
Also, see below re: 'artificer' as a word.
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#75This is the most amazing example of an MVP that I've ever seen. Lesson learned...
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#76This is the most amazing example of an MVP that I've ever seen. Lesson learned...
Wowzers, that's a really nice compliment! Thanks!
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#77Sorry, but what the hell is a 'software artificer'? If you look at how the word 'artifice' is used, it is generally negative, associated with being overly clever for the purposes of pretense, or generally false/insincere. So if I'm not sure the job title 'software artificer' even parses. 'A person who writes unnecessarily ornate/impractical software.' I hope I can write in whatever job title I want. It will be 'guy w…
It's a perfectly respectable word. Yeats - It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity Joyce - Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
While it may be technically valid, artifice in modern usage is probably most commonly associated with deception & fakery. So, as a job title, I'd say it sounds pretentious and a bit out of touch, like someone who right clicked on the word "engineer" and espoused an adventitious synonym in order to have the earmarks of sagacity.
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#78The idea seems appealing but as many "dating" apps it won't work: People want to meet new people all the time, the more the better and preferably close to their own personality. The problem is: if you just say, 'hey guys, you should meet up, you are both coders, you should like each other' or in a real dating environment, 'hey guys, just meet, you are both singles' it won't work. People need some guidance, some hook…
Tom, Thanks for the awesome feedback, we agree it seems like a dating app, and we'll have to work hard to overcome any awkwardness and craft the best experience possible. Our focus is on finding Coders in Silicon Valley, but our big idea is much much bigger. Hope we can solve all the problems you've brought up.
You would thinking that cute intelligent alpha male buying you coffee while the two of you pleasantly chat would be enough for people.
Also, as a potential employee, you can skip the standard application process and HR interviews (maybe they will have a formal interview process later) of most companies talk with a guy who is very likely going to be your boss should you get hired. This with almost no time investment on your side and your free to say your not interested and leave. Let me know next time your at a coffee shop in Florida. And I don't even like coffee.
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#79A mashup that is a cross of Geeklist (for credibility), StackOverflow (for topic listing and determining expertise) and this (to negotiate the details of getting people together) would be useful in those cases where one developer would like to spend 30 minutes picking the brains of a better developer.
For example, many a time I've spent 30+ minutes helping "orient" another developer with respect to backbone.js development.
However, right now I'm in need of 30 minutes to sit down and talk with someone who's implemented OAuth from the point of view of the API provider (not API consumer), and organizing your DB to manage developer accounts and permissions assigned to each "registered app" and it's hard to find the person whose 30 minutes of orientation would save me innumerable hours of research just to figure out what is worth knowing and worth exploring further.
Being able to accumulate karma based on spending 30 minutes here and there helping others and then spending it with others would be awesome. It would basically be a "productized" version of those "Offer HN" posts.
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#80A mashup that is a cross of Geeklist (for credibility), StackOverflow (for topic listing and determining expertise) and this (to negotiate the details of getting people together) would be useful in those cases where one developer would like to spend 30 minutes picking the brains of a better developer. For example, many a time I've spent 30+ minutes helping "orient" another developer with respect to backbone.js develo…
Love this! The app should be used by Coders who just want to help other Coders too.
Thanks for this Andrew, we've got a lot of work ahead of us.