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After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by Raphmedia »

reikonomusha wrote: post #256
Raphmedia wrote: post #250

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I don't get your point. Sure, some people have issues with those things. Let me give you an example. I used to help out a lot of people while at school, and most of them couldn't wrap their head around what a variable was. I was the one helping them since the first class, and I wasn't one class in front of them either. I simply understood it quickly. I could "grok" faster than them, for some unknown reason. I am by n…

I was by no means arguing one couldn't learn all of these things on one's own. I, too, am a self-taught programmer, and in fact, it makes it even harder for me to make an assessment of the claim without comparing to myself. All of the information is on the web, you're right. But just from a practical standpoint, it takes time to even learn about what you need to search for. One great piece of wisdom is that as you be…

That's the thing. The info is out there. Hell, especially around new year, there are a lot of articles that sounds like "10 things to learn before 2013", "talks to help you be a better programmer in 2013", etc.

It's not very hard to google "what should I learn to be a web developer?" or to simply take a look at the name of the courses on code academy.

As for your other point, I completely agree. One should not feel down because they were only to complete half of a side project in a month. Hell, that's more than what I manage to fit in my schedule!

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by 001sky »

sp332 wrote: post #267
gshubert17 wrote: post #248

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(judge == evaluate) != (judge == condemn) I wish there were a better way to disambiguate "judge".

How can you have evaluation without the possibility of condemnation? If your evaluation is always positive, it's not very useful.

I think its a question of path dependency. You can evaluate a piece of work, without being dismissive; being to quick to judge; being toxic rather than constructive in your criticism. Etc. The phrase "judgemental" has an idiomatic meaning in english, akin to burning bridges before they are crossed.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by mattyod »

Very impressed with the notion as a whole and indeed some of the 1 day projects.

I'd be very interested to see how you would adjust to a "professional" web development environment. I suspect well.

If you are ever in London looking for a job give me a shout.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by Dewie »

legacy2013 wrote: post #176
enraged_camel wrote: post #147

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There are two type of people in life. The first type graduates from college and their learning stops for the most part. They say to themselves, "well, I studied for four years and got a job, now it's finally time to sit back and relax." So they put in their regular 9-5 and then come home and waste their lives away by watching TV shows and playing video games and going out and getting drunk on weekends. Essentially, t…

Hey! I watch tv, play video games, and get drunk on weekends. I also have a girlfriend, friends, a new kitten to look after. Oh and I have multiple side projects I work on while having a full time job. Just because people do one thing doesn't mean they don't do other things.

I study (university), browse sites like HN and watch TV shows online. That's pretty much it.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by jqgatsby »

jhawk28 wrote: post #262
CodeMage wrote: post #260

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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.

There are 10 people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

There are 11 types of people in the world, those who understand unary and those who don't.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by Tichy »

It's cool and inspiring, but having clicked through some of the sites I think it is actually an arts project, rather than an attempt at learning coding. As an art installation it works very well, and Jennifer said she is an artist originally, so I suspect that is what is really behind it.

I'd reconsider learning coding that way, though, because too many sites seem to have little enduring value. I suspect by tackling a "deeper" project for 180 days one could learn coding just as well, but have more to show for. Unless you are an artist, in which case this result is great.

The most inspiring aspect for me is actually the sticking to a plan for 180 days.

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by PittedPrune »

jlgreco wrote: post #228
breckinloggins wrote: post #86

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Nope. That's why the no dependents part is essential. If you are single and willing to live with roommates, you will be able to navigate the "high cost of living" pretty successfully. I'm living quite comfortably in San Francisco and spending a fraction of what I was spending in Texas. Why? - No car. No gas. No upkeep. No payments. No insurance. No inspections. No car. - Roommates. I HATE living alone so this was a n…

Honestly I think roommates isn't a requirement (at least in most of those cities) either.

um, what? With tiny 400 square foot apartments going for 2500 in San Francisco... how can you possibly say that?

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by icecreampain »

dgabriel wrote: post #59
bolder88 wrote: post #49

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She's a she. It fits into the whole hacker news agenda of championing women in tech. The fact it's not true doesn't really matter. If a man had done the exact same project, no one would care. So, well done her for being a woman.

That is not true.

You make a mighty strong argument, but I think I'll side with the guy that wrote more than one sentence.

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Post by PittedPrune »

breckinloggins wrote: post #143
mmanfrin wrote: post #129

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Prohibitively high if you want to live in walking distance to your job . I work in SF, have a 15 minute commute, and pay a tiny amount for rent because I live in Oakland. Pretty easy to save.

I live walking distance to my job and live in the heart of San Francisco right next to BART. I pay very little money in rent. Patience on Craigslist pays off.

I would sure love to know what "very little" is to you. I have a hard time believing your rent is less than $1500, and I certainly wouldn't consider that "very little". Given how relative one's perception of costs can be, would you mind being a little more explicit about your rent?

Re: After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder

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Post by selimthegrim »

marincounty wrote: post #246

I'm confused about the word Coder. I have found most website developement is just following directions, and memorizing a lot of man made terms. If you put out a lot of ROR websites, or write Java scripts you can call yourself a "Coder", but I still feel that the term Coder belongs to Programmers. I can put up a website, but programming from scratch, is beyond my attention span, and maybe intellect? I don't know why w…

I certainly have no trouble understanding why you'd never net a women. No, hint of masoginy there at all.
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