TimLangley's comments

Slightly nitpicky but the 72 hour piece is wrong here

A data controller has 72 hours to notify the ICO (or other supervisory authority). A data processor has no such obligation [unless specified as part of the data processing agreement DPA]

Most DPA will state asap s.t the controller can notify

But in this instance Blackbaud would almost certainly be a processor

(It’s a neat [nasty] little loophole

lol - just saw this

I think you're mis-reading the intent of my comment

Of course skills matter (I'm unlikely to hire a hair-dresser who has never done anything other than cut hair for a development role - but I have hired "career changers" like this for other roles - like support / sales).

HOWEVER if I'm judging two candidates with suitable (define as you will) skill sets then the one with the better attitude will always get the role

TBH this is even more important when it comes to internal promotions than for initial hiring (but now we're going slightly off topic)

YES ABSOLUTELY

TBH Attitude is far more important than age (and skills)

yes yes yes and yes again we're not obsessed about code coverage - but get disappointed when it falls below about 75%

We've a code based which is a mixture of javascript MVC (Backbone) and PHP (Zend)

A healthy attitude to unit testing and dev-ops has saved our back more times than I care to mention.

Also - it's a very useful way to "train" new developers. Spending 2-3 weeks writing tests is a great way to get a feel for a) the code b) house style where new developers can be immediately productive - without risking touching production code on day 1

Google Apps for internal mail SendGrid for "bulk" mail and PostmarkApp for transactional "need to get through"

I've had no problems with any of above

Manchester (UK) [and global - happy to consider remote working]

Looking for javascript (in particular backbone.js developers)

We're an early stage VC backed company in the web-analytics / big data space.

[email protected] http://canddi.com

Hey ;-)

How can we contact you - can you put an email address or equiv in your contact

I work for a start-up based in the center of Manchester and always looking for interesting people to hang out with (or to employ ;-)

Alternatively there are several grass roots (hackspace type groups in Manchester) [PHP-North West, GeekUp, Manchester Digitals that are all very welcoming]

Feel free to from me a line ([email protected] or @TimLangley) and maybe we can catch up for a beer / coffee after work one evening

T

Good post Ash (good to see the discussion being consolidated)

IMHO - it's usually due to the lack of "up front planning" by Managers / Analysts.

If you compare building software to more general "building endeavors" (for example building the Olympic stadium) then, IMHO, developers are really the "construction workers" (the people actually doing the work). However no intelligent Olympic committee would countenance starting work without (for example) an architect making an incredibly detailed plan (and even a working replica model).

IMHO the problem we suffer from as developers is most often diving in too fast because: a) we're the construction workers b) when we do use Architects they are "construction workers too" (as opposed to being a trained with 'different but complimentary skills - it would be hard to imagine Sir Norman Foster laying bricks)

Income: Run start-up and consulting income

Investments: Purchasing rental property in the UK

Slightly confused

Jessica's article is excellent but I don't see the relevance of her article to women

The comments that she makes Save money, Learn about start-ups, etc... are just as valid for women as for men

Is this (dearth of women) really the right question to be asking or should it be about the relative lack of start-ups (/students starting start-ups) and how the education system (in it's widest sense) should react?

Sorry Jessica - excellent article - but I'm not sure it got to the point

Hiring PHP/Zend for contract / freelance work

wow - #1 is a whole topic in itself Simple answers * I only invest in things I understand * I only invest in things which produce positive cashflow * I only take additional debt when someone else ;-) is paying it off

For me personally this means buying rental properties - I purchase 2by2 properties in North Manchester / the North West. Typically (at moment) properties at about £60k (where I'm putting down about £15k deposit). Get a good agent to manage them (around 10% of rentals). Ping me a message if you want to know more about this

(but pls not - this isn't the only option - there are plenty of other investment opportunities - but see point 1 above - understand them first)

Ummm - I'm not so sure about this ;-) Nights and Weekends will only get you so far (eventually you have to dive in at the deepend) (and whilst Nights and Weekends will help to develop the business model / product - it certainly won't completely de-risk it - which means you're back into Joel's situation of burn rate....

Good post Joel ;-) I'm generally in agreement with working in "waves" (it's an approach I've used for past 10 years)

A couple of other thoughts that might be worth considering: 1. Once you decide that the "start-up career" is your full-time career path - then you need to start thinking about "serious stuff like pensions and investing". I generally put 50% of the money that I make between "start-up waves" into investments (for me it's properties) that generate cash flow

2. Find a business partner with complimentary skills to you (understand that they can - and probably will change as your business develops)

3. Before your embark on a start-up wave try to make sure that the market is already there (ie spend the evenings and weekends of your "paying job time" doing Customer Development research (you don't need to cut very much code to do this)

;-)

Provides perspective Disclaimer: I have a 3 yr old and a 2 week old

Running a start-up is tough (mentally, physically and emotionally). In my experience the emotional one is the toughest. Having a baby (and hence children) helps to put all the "junk" things into perspective.

Sure they impact on sleep / time - but so does my start-up (in this case they fit right in)

Possibly ;-)

Clearly condoning Racism/Sexism etc... in hiring can't ever be acceptable but there is a different perspective that could be applied here

You could argue that the poster is mitigating risk - because he perceives that there are opportunities (rightly or wrongly) in hiring certain minorities / sexes and therefore he believes that he's acting in his company's best interests by proactively screening them out

I didn't know that Michael had failed start-ups before TC. What were they?

You can always "unpack" the packer code

http://yaisb.blogspot.com/2006/10/defeating-dean-edwards-jav...