Good luck dude. I am sure you will rock. Independent of the outcome, your journey is going to be glorious!!
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#62MS Access - Learn it first! Why? The first few reasons that come to mind: 1) To quote a friend of mine, “If a 50 year old boilermaker can work it out, then anyone can.” 2) MS Access will more than likely be installed on your computer at work. 3) Almost all "startup" type programs will need databasing of some sort. 4) It has macros and modules (VBA - Visual Basic for Applications) 5) As you start to learn Visual Basic…
... Don't do this.
> ... Don't do this.
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#63Hey Mohamed,
My name is Kabir Narain. I started programming in Jan 2014 and recently launched my first app (www.almostfamous.club). Start by making simple websites or apps for the phone that you use. Its daunting at first but in around one year you should be feeling pretty confident of yourself. My email is 1119231@gmail.com Mail me if you need any assistance. Good luck!
PS- i did not go to college or attend any programming courses so believe me, you CAN do it! (i was training as a sea navigator on board merchant ships before that)
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#64Please create a blog and share your progress with outer world. It can help you alot!
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#65Hi Mohamed
Your goals are admirable, and I think you're on the right path. Do you have some product or company idea in mind already?
The one piece of advice I'd like to give you is, there's no need to rush. There will be plenty more YC intakes, and you'll have tons of good ideas - learning to execute on them by trying a bunch of different stuff is the best way to get there, and to do that you need to give yourself time to learn.
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#66Good luck Mohamed. With your perseverance I'm absolutely certain you'll make it!
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#67Hi Mohamed – what bootcamp are you joining?
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#68Dear Mohamed, do you think you'll be able to use your specific insight into the prison system as a basis for your idea? I bet there are many problems waiting to be solved. Prisons are big money, especially in the US. Greetings and all the best for your journey to YC
He is already profiting from the US prison system. Also I would not recommend tangling with prison guard unions for his first project, tackle something unrelated and revisit it when more experienced.
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#69"My name is Mohamed, and I am a jail guard!" G'day, Mohamed don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job. You are much, much more than that. You work (and survive) in a Jail? That now makes you 10x better than most nerds on HN in understanding and handling people. Scan HN and the general press and you can see how badly Startups and their users are hurt by this and you'll realise this is a desirable skill.…
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#70"My name is Mohamed, and I am a jail guard!" G'day, Mohamed don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job. You are much, much more than that. You work (and survive) in a Jail? That now makes you 10x better than most nerds on HN in understanding and handling people. Scan HN and the general press and you can see how badly Startups and their users are hurt by this and you'll realise this is a desirable skill.…
~"Don't make the mistake of defining yourself by your job, just know that your job makes you better than these other people with a different job"
This is related with English language itself (and most languages as far as I know). For example if you say that in Italian doesn't make sense:
Io sono architetto. // I am an architect
You must say:
Io faccio l'architetto. // I make the architect (job)
Disclaimer: I'm not a linguist neither an Italian native. More accurate comments are welcome.