“Already using CS5”? Ok, he doesn’t understand designers (yet :)
Hacker/Designer Roommates
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#22Looks like you're a pretty decent designer too :)
Thanks! Initially, before I was a programmer I use to be a designer.
Once I started coding - I was hooked. I haven't really done any design work since I started being a developer, but I sure have had a few people ask :)
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#23“Already using CS5”? Ok, he doesn’t understand designers (yet :)
Enlighten me :)
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#24Don't limit your perspective. It'd be a better idea to move in with a physics major and a poet than with 2 copies of yourself.
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#25Don't limit your perspective. It'd be a better idea to move in with a physics major and a poet than with 2 copies of yourself.
I am not looking for "2 copies" of myself...
There are a lot of people on this thread who think what I'm doing is a good idea.
Please explain why that moving in with a physics major and a poet is a better idea than what I have proposed?
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#26Don't limit your perspective. It'd be a better idea to move in with a physics major and a poet than with 2 copies of yourself.
I am not looking for "2 copies" of myself... There are a lot of people on this thread who think what I'm doing is a good idea. Please explain why that moving in with a physics major and a poet is a better idea than what I have proposed?
Because you can talk/discuss something other than computer science / software development to them, hence you would not be limit your learnings in one direction.
I, for one, would not like to bring what I do for living to my home. If I need to discuss my CS ideas, I can find likeminded people at other places, (say where I work/study), but living with "like minded" people 24 X 7, is not something I'd like to do. (Unless I am starting a startup or something)
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#27“Already using CS5”? Ok, he doesn’t understand designers (yet :)
Enlighten me :)
It’s not really necessary to have the newest and greatest CS. Many designers I know skip a version or two and they generally tread carefully (i.e. take their time) when transitioning. Don’t judge designers by the version of the CS they are using :)
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am not looking for "2 copies" of myself... There are a lot of people on this thread who think what I'm doing is a good idea. Please explain why that moving in with a physics major and a poet is a better idea than what I have proposed?
Because you can talk/discuss something other than computer science / software development to them, hence you would not be limit your learnings in one direction. I, for one, would not like to bring what I do for living to my home. If I need to discuss my CS ideas, I can find likeminded people at other places, (say where I work/study), but living with "like minded" people 24 X 7, is not something I'd like to do. (Unles…
I still have a life and other friends that I talk to about stuff other than CS and software development to...
I also have an intense passion for learning and can never see myself as "limiting" myself in one direction.
And, yes... The idea is to start a start-up. Hence why I am posting this on YCombinator. And mentioned Kickstarter.com in my link.
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#29Don't limit your perspective. It'd be a better idea to move in with a physics major and a poet than with 2 copies of yourself.
I am not looking for "2 copies" of myself... There are a lot of people on this thread who think what I'm doing is a good idea. Please explain why that moving in with a physics major and a poet is a better idea than what I have proposed?
You're looking for someone who is a fan of the same progr. lang. as you are, who uses the same text editor, the same VCS, and even the same libraries/frameworks. You're looking for a designer who uses the same version of Photoshop that you're using, or at least uses the version you think he/she should be using.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because you can talk/discuss something other than computer science / software development to them, hence you would not be limit your learnings in one direction. I, for one, would not like to bring what I do for living to my home. If I need to discuss my CS ideas, I can find likeminded people at other places, (say where I work/study), but living with "like minded" people 24 X 7, is not something I'd like to do. (Unles…
I still have a life and other friends that I talk to about stuff other than CS and software development to... I also have an intense passion for learning and can never see myself as "limiting" myself in one direction. And, yes... The idea is to start a start-up. Hence why I am posting this on YCombinator. And mentioned Kickstarter.com in my link.
IMO:
1. You should not live with your co-founder(s). It's important that you can take breaks from the startup/each other by going home.
2. You should be friends with your co-founder(s), but not "best friends". A startup is a bussiness relationship which is incompatible with "best friendship".
This is my experience based on doing my own startup and watching others.