anil_mamede

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   by anil_mamede 12y ago

   Thanks for sharing! Certainly will inspire and motivate HN users.
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   Emoji - An OSX app to make diagrams http://bit.ly/YEv3SR
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   I agree! But you won't do it forever, sooner or later you realize that you've worked in something you're not passionate about. It will result in serious consequences. More important than passion and effort is long-term goals. I believe to b
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   > A lot of programmers have a big tunnel vision. They want to create a 'startup' no matter what But it is not the programmer's fault. Many incubators preach that everyone must have an ideia, no matter how awful it is.
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   But without an ecosystem of frameworks like OSX or .NET, it will be difficult to develop apps with good and consistent experience.
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   If you look for achievement in programming field you have to plan it for a long term in specific area. Unfortunately many programmers turn to be jack of all trades, working in many things at the same time and without a long term purpose.
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   Looks nice but it's not fluid.
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   I'm also in the process of quitting my job. What I wanted is product development so I decided to focus more on enterpreneurship instead of IT consultancy and data maintainance. So far I learned a lot. More in months than years of IT consult
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   by anil_mamede 14y ago

   Nice app. It's like iWitness.
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    by anil_mamede 14y ago

    Check Entrepreneur's Break on Facebook!
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    by anil_mamede 14y ago

    I couldn't agree more. And some of us are doing that. Changing the career paths in order to build something different and interesting.
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    by anil_mamede 14y ago

    We are never old to do what we like. We just need to find the right environment. This environment exists but, of course, we must do something in order to find it. Going to conferences, meet the right people and address the issues of portugu
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    by anil_mamede 14y ago

    But Addega is not of technological nature. We cannot call it a technological service just because it's on WWW. On the other hand Outsystems is one rare example of successfull, portuguese technological product.
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    by anil_mamede 14y ago

    98% of Portuguese IT industry are consultancy and solution development. We have very few product and services development. The game industry is almost zero, applications made here are very rare and services are just copycats. We have a lot
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    by anil_mamede 15y ago

    I wish the company I work would offer me free meals. Not only free meals but an infrastructure and environment where I could spend more time in my intellectual growth and personal achieviements. Of course all this requires an huge investmen