ab_thomas

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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Exactly - well said.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
It's free. Learning should be free so we're counting on people offering their time.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
We're well into 5 figures of unique visitors.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
We're not trying to be SO. There no "documenting" feature in our roadmap, I should have said that.
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by ab_thomas 12y 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?
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by ab_thomas 12y 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).
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
It can be a useful resource but not for new coders.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
It's on our list : )
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by ab_thomas 12y 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.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
The 1st step is to match people up. Documentation can come later.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Thanks for your feedback. At this point mentors will have to manage their own time.
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by ab_thomas 12y 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.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Yep, we need to explain it more. What do you mean "explicit support for the Hacker School Social Rule"?
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Thanks. We'll take a look at the class and SSL is on our list!
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
We're a match making service and that's it - profiles and messaging like Linkedin I guess. It's up to users how they connect with each whether it's through PM, voice, video etc.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
That's great! Please do add any tags you want. Maybe we should change languages to skills - What do think?
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
We don't want to exclude those who can't afford it or those who have no access to payment.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
I completely understand why you'd think that but we're not trying to be AirPair. We're a match making service and that's it. It's up to users how they connect with each whether it's through PM, voice, video etc
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Thanks. It will attract those who spend time over genuine answers and not those gameing the SO system for points. Power users win a mustache delivered by a founder :).
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
The focus of this version is on coders finding mentors and pairing partners. The USP isn't nailed down but we'll make this clearer on the landing page.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
From many interviews with potential users and beta users we know Student Users need lots of ways to connect with help. Of course, we're in the early stages so the USP isn't nailed down but it's been built upon the results of
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
It's a private messaging platform. You contact a developer or another student if you like and decide between the two of you how you facilitate a session.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
I couldn't make the link clickable. I tried yesterday, waited 24 hrs and still the same issue. Thanks for this.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Thanks for signing up and we're adding that option shortly. Email me at info@askadev.com.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
It's acting as a guide and less as a teacher, which is what students need. They need to figure most of it out for themselves and have a helping hand to get them over the humps.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Can you still not sign up? Please email us with the address you use at info@askadev.com.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
Can you still not sign up? Please email us with the address you used at info@askadev.com.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
We were updating the site which may have been the problem. Email me at info@askadev.com if you still can't sign up.
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by ab_thomas 12y ago
There's plenty of developers who will happily offer their time for free. We're bring them into one space we're we can connect them with students.

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