AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC • Hacker News Board

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by johnndege » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:02 AM UTC

This is a great idea. I love the NYC tech scene and deliberately chose to move to NYC over Silicon Valley a few months ago. I like the fact the scene is still developing, small and community driven. There are so many events to check out and people are very friendly. People are building interesting products in NYC.

If anyone comes to NYC check out these events...

New York Tech Meetup, NY Resistor, Hacks Hackers, Next NY

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by NEPatriot » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:14 AM UTC

Jun8 wrote: post #3

This is a fantastic idea! Chicago HNers, can we do one?

why not make this site it for all cities? So you could visit any city you want to

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:15 AM UTC

I would love to see this happen in Boston. I'll be the first one to offer up my couch.

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by DanielN » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:31 AM UTC

proexploit wrote: post #6

DanielN wrote: post #4

cool idea, but sending you resume (or some facsimile of it) to find a place to crash is a little strange.

How else are they going to verify you're a "talented hacker"? When most resumes are available publicly on any personal website (I'm making an assumption), it doesn't seem like too much to send.

this is basically my point. The things you look for in great programmers are not the same things you look for in finding great people to spend a weekend with. In order to make this a truly great experience they should put some time into finding a way to make good matches both in start-up-employee-potential and enjoyable-person-potential.

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by daemin » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:43 AM UTC

Great idea and I while I would love to head to NYC (from Australia) I would probably want to get a more permanent gig there instead of just a few days.

Also what is it with websites and having text as images? I thought we got past that design phase a few years ago.

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by jackowayed » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:46 AM UTC

Wow. The website is basically just images.

There is no text int he source. Every word is part of an image. Each option in the menu at the top is an image of text. The whole "Dear Hackers" pretty thing is an image. Then the "Get Started!" button is another image. Then the "Ambassadors From" section is one big image that includes both the heading and the logos. Then the "Success Stories" section is also one image, including the heading and all of that text.

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by Vivtek » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:51 AM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #16

Wow. The website is basically just images. There is no text int he source. Every word is part of an image. Each option in the menu at the top is an image of text. The whole "Dear Hackers" pretty thing is an image. Then the "Get Started!" button is another image. Then the "Ambassadors From" section is one big image that includes both the heading and the logos. Then the "Success Stories" section is also one image, incl…

Huh. Blind hackers need not apply?

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by jonathanjaeger » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:53 AM UTC

Let's not overanalyze or criticize. What is there to lose in visiting NYC in the first place, not to mention the opportunity to socialize with similar-minded tech people?

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by MediaSquirrel » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:54 AM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #16

Wow. The website is basically just images. There is no text int he source. Every word is part of an image. Each option in the menu at the top is an image of text. The whole "Dear Hackers" pretty thing is an image. Then the "Get Started!" button is another image. Then the "Ambassadors From" section is one big image that includes both the heading and the logos. Then the "Success Stories" section is also one image, incl…

They built the site in a day. Cut the dudes some slack.

Re: AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC

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Post by alexyim » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 5:09 AM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #16

Wow. The website is basically just images. There is no text int he source. Every word is part of an image. Each option in the menu at the top is an image of text. The whole "Dear Hackers" pretty thing is an image. Then the "Get Started!" button is another image. Then the "Ambassadors From" section is one big image that includes both the heading and the logos. Then the "Success Stories" section is also one image, incl…

Clever way to emphasize the need for hackers