Brewer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Tell us your Black Friday stories.
I was pretty impressed when we opened tonight. Folks started walking calmly into the store. They were walking fast, but I didn't see anyone doing an all out sprint.
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Brewer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a "Ruby on Rails" developer?
I've never understood the desire to work remotely, unless you are nomadic and travel the world.
Brewer | 13 years ago | on: Wrote a scraper for stock prices, what do I do with the data?
I'm not sure what you'd do with the data itself, but if you want to build some interactive charts to show off your project, Highcharts[1] is a good way to go.
Brewer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: How much would a shared apartment cost in the Valley?
Is that $1500 for your own place or $1500 with roommates?
Brewer | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: How much would a shared apartment cost in the Valley?
San Jose is a bit farther away from San Francisco, but the prices are lower there aren't they?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
Well I meant in addition to any non-school related projects I do. :P The tasks we are asked to perform here are a joke. I recall a problem set last year that went something like this: "You have a Door object that has a state which can be 'open' or 'closed'. Write a mutator method to change the state of the door." What the hell? That was about 2/3 of the way through the course too. I know its a first year course but come one ...
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
I haven't made anything yet. How would the source from my course assignments/projects look on GitHub?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
I definitely get the point of MIT and Stanford having amazing entrepreneurial cultures, which is something that we don't have here in Newfoundland.
I'd love to be able to tell people about something that I've made -- but I haven't made anything. I have no idea what to make and no clue where to start.
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
This is an interesting answer because I wasn't expecting anyone to tell me that business is easier than MIT. Then again, you owned the majority of a business that had more than $1m in revenue. I have trouble finding money to spend on lunch.
I'm a CS major now and I'm strongly considering switching to an Applied Math/Computer Science double major. Are you a developer? If so, what about your math degree helped you most? Did you focus on pure or applied math?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
I have considered Waterloo, but it's far too expensive for me to attend, unfortunately.
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
That's good, because although I have a StackOverflow account, my reputation is 1. It's a new account. :P
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Showing personal projects to potential employers
Sounds like brown nosing to me. :P
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
I got the idea recently to create a repo for all of the course work that I have done and will do. Do you think that this will work to my advantage?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
I'll be starting my second year in September, so I'll have plenty of time to attend this conference. Thanks for the link, I'll make a note of the date for next year and bookmark the site.
EDIT: Do you have any tips on networking? I have no problem talking to people, but starting the conversation is not my strong point.
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Showing personal projects to potential employers
I'd like to get an internship with Mixpanel -- a web analytics company -- next summer so I've been reading up on data mining and I hope to get to work on a related project using Python in the next few weeks.
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
I've been working with a CS professor for about a month and a half now as part of a work-study program. Do I get street cred for this?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
This is what I've heard. In fact, I actually have another Ask HN thread up write now on this same topic. It should be slightly higher up on the 'new' page if you want to check it out. The title is 'Ask HN: Showing personal projects to potential employers'.
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
No, I'm in Newfoundland, Canada -- about as far away from the Valley as you can get while staying in North America.
Do you have any tips for fellow attendees of awful schools?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Am I at a disadvantage for not attending Stanford, MIT, etc?
No offence, but that doesn't answer his question. What does it depend on?
Brewer | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Does college build a worth ethic?
I don't think that most colleges instill a solid work ethic in their students because the work is just too easy (this is the case with my university). You have to get an 80 at my university to get an A .. the high school I went to required a 93 for an A.
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