ab_thomas

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Comment · 12 years ago
Exactly - well said.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's free. Learning should be free so we're counting on people offering their time.
Comment · 12 years ago
We're well into 5 figures of unique visitors.
Comment · 12 years ago
We're not trying to be SO. There no "documenting" feature in our roadmap, I should have said that.
Comment · 12 years ago
Yep, we need to explain it more. No money's involved, we're not keen on reputation like SO. What would be worth helping for?
Comment · 12 years ago
It's been proven that spending more than 45mins searching for a solution damages learning. That what developer bootcamps are based on. (I'll see if I can dig out research on it).
Comment · 12 years ago
It can be a useful resource but not for new coders.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's on our list : )
Comment · 12 years ago
That comes from months of research including customer discovery interviews. It's a fact that over 90% of new coders waste hours on Stackoverflow searching for answers.
Comment · 12 years ago
The 1st step is to match people up. Documentation can come later.
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks for your feedback. At this point mentors will have to manage their own time.
Comment · 12 years ago
They're good ideas there's several sites out there that cater for them. We don't want to charge. What's been built is from many customer segment interviews. We'll be improving on it over time of course.
Comment · 12 years ago
Yep, we need to explain it more. What do you mean "explicit support for the Hacker School Social Rule"?
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks. We'll take a look at the class and SSL is on our list!

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