booduh | 14 years ago | on: Must see areas/things to do in San Francisco for hackers?
Union Square. Ride the trolley, and visit The Chancellor (of Sliders fame). Also, you can visit all the hot new startups on the Mission and in SoMA.
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booduh | 14 years ago | on: Michael Dell doesn't see smartphones, tablets as a threat to PC sales
Do you know how many people still don't really use their PC, and therefore get all their web/communication needs fulfilled by their smartphone. Many of them won't keep buying PCs. Well, laptops. PCs are already out.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
A sense of urgency, and a daring can-do-it attitude.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Poll: What is your (Myers-Briggs) personality type?
Told ya.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Poll: What is your (Myers-Briggs) personality type?
The dominant type here is INTJ, followed by ENTP.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Your predictions for 2012?
- The year of the startup.
- Massive government policy changes.
- Revolution in conscious dream and mind (self) control.
- Apple TV sucks.
- Facebook gets lucky.
And of course...
- My startup is the most viral web app of the year!
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Polyphasic sleep (Uberman, spamayl, etc)
Grapes contain melatonin, apparently. Melatonin is known to help you-- FALL ASLEEP! The body's genius amazes me at times.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: How do entrepreneurs make sure they read only books which matters every month?
(Trusted) recommendations.
(Filtered) online reviews.
Need.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Did Google in the US change their UI?
Menu sucks. The site is getting ever and ever harder to get used to.
The hover for it also isn't the smoothest, or most reliable. I'm, each time I click, unsure as to whether or not the thing will even show up.
Boo!
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Teenagers Will, Like, Totally Abandon Facebook for Google+
Where's the sex? No sex, no teenage adoption.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any advice for a hacker without a college degree?
I hope you are good. Make yourself a few million ASAP! Proceed accordingly.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Thinking of quitting job with no plans for the future: bad idea?
Actually, it's good that you've sounded these things out: now you have a list of things you need to take care of before you head out.
Simple.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Andy Samberg imitates Zuck at F8 (video)
Meh. Steve Jobs wannabe.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Fellow Developers: What's your salary?
http://www.glassdoor.com
(unless otherwise?)
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I get my girlfriend to see the beauty of computer science?
Do you like the arts? I find it completely uninteresting.
Why, particularly, does your girlfriend have to understand the beauty of Computer Science? Just keep making cool, useful, possibly world changing shit, and I'm sure she'll see the beauty there!
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Working at a Startup vs. Large Companies
Start your own company immediately. You can give your day job higher priority, but definitely try your hand at this life! In 3 years when you graduate you will be thankful for the experience, or for the extra money you'll have in your pocket.
Don't plan to fail.
booduh | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Working at a Startup vs. Large Companies
I have a THEORY that it is easier to get an internship at a Startup than at a large company (during your first 2 years of college). If you are willing to work for a little less (maybe free-- get equity, choose wisely), then you could snag an internship right after your freshman year, when normally your options would be slim (larger companies tend to have these rules that bar interns until their Junior year). Here's the good: while most are working at McDonald's during their first college summer, or sitting around, you will be gaining solid experience.
If you can't get a good enough internship, then remember to start your own company! This is especially true if you won't necessarily need to make money during the summer months. You can probably pilot and test your idea during the school year, and you can play a different story when its time to get your first full-time job. The experience of having your own thing on the side while in college will set you down a different path once you graduate. Also, it will help you select and see the benefit of taking a few business-related electives! This is important! You will learn that it is important to be able to manage finances (take a finance course!) as well as market your brand/idea/self (take a marketing/sales/branding course).
Starting your own thing on the side is likely to provide you with a context for the best possible real world experience you can hope for. After working on your own thing, and seeing what its really like out there, then you will have questions, and you will assess everything with a keen observational eye (when you go for your next internship). You may also be better equipped (awareness) to negotiate when its time to secure your first full-time job. You will also not need to ask yourself, "startup vs. large company vs. entrepreneur," as you will have tested the waters young.
The main benefit of interning at a large company is to see what its like at a large company.
booduh | 15 years ago | on: Google tries new angle on hiring
Just wait.
Soon, they'll put shit (err-- a chip) in your brain, then follow you around for 6 months.
"Its just a trial."
booduh | 15 years ago | on: Caltrain planning to cancel almost half of their trains
Alright, this is no good.
How much?
booduh | 15 years ago | on: Would You Accept a Google Job Offer?
I've been in your shoes.
If the money isn't a lot more, or the project isn't AMAZING, or you don't really need Google on your resume (at this stage of life), then don't bother.
Google is a great place to work in general, but you may be surprised at what you end up working on when you get there (nothing much).
If you aren't that happy with your current job, then give Google a go!
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