mgirdley

Joined 14 years ago

Karma
196
Submissions
83
Member since
Dec 27
Seed Investor: Geekdomfund.com

Entrepreneur: Codeup.com

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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
If you’ve ever used software built in a similar “death march” fashion, you’d be scared to buy this batch, too.
Comment · 9 years ago
I eventually settled on Apple Time Machine. It backs up to a home NAS and a handful of drives at each office. The NAS can be configured to back up to S3 automatically.
Comment · 9 years ago
Few code schools accept GI Bill because it requires them to have been in business for 2 years prior to applying to accept it. There's little stopping schools from getting approved, but the problem is most haven't enough track record or get denied when the VA investigates them.
Comment · 9 years ago
How have they or do they plan to overcome the limitations and inefficiencies that happen near and past the speed of sound?
Comment · 10 years ago
Did these guys pay a fee to YC? They seem to pop up weekly on the front page.
Comment · 10 years ago
He isn't buying a stock here or there either. He's mostly doing deals in bulk that the average investor can't. For example, his investment in Goldman Sachs during 2008.
Comment · 10 years ago
With most of the eurogames, I wonder why a computer isn't doing all the busy work they seem to require.
Comment · 10 years ago
Irony abounds here.

Steve's band gets paid six figures a year each and flies coach to each gig. Steve flies in on a private jet and takes home multiple millions each year.

Comment · 10 years ago
If you dig in with employers to understand those job listings, there's a big difference between what they ask for and what they settle for in terms of qualifications.

Another significant percentage of those job listings are designed to game the H1B system as well. So, are basically fictitious.

Comment · 10 years ago
It's totally ethical.

The contract is very clear when it says, "Buyer and/or assigns." In most states, that is written at the very beginning of the contract as well.

Comment · 11 years ago
The fatal flaw in all of these startups was they just aggregated content. None of them solved the real problem of distilling the overwhelming amount of content online into the few thing(s) I should read.
Comment · 11 years ago
I see this done all the time:

Build websites for a couple dozen clients. Charge hosting fees and maintenance each month to keep sites live.

Marking up AWS hosting to $50 / mth and charging some hourly here and there at $100 / hr adds up quickly.

Comment · 11 years ago
I loathe these type articles.

They're complex arguments to justify the attitude that "only we chosen few (men) with serious tech degrees are gifted enough to do important work in code."

Tech is a big, prosperous industry and will be bigger if we act welcoming rather than creating complex arguments to protect our turf.

Disclaimer: Am a white male with a CS degree who runs a coding bootcamp.

Comment · 11 years ago
I used to be in the "eff college do bootcamp" side of things. I think that's wrong now. Young people need some of what college gives you and also what bootcamps provide -- if they want a coding career.

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