chamboo

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by chamboo 14y ago
Man. At 25, you are still so incredibly young, you have no idea. I am 30 and still feel incredibly young, but you already have a 5 year jump on me, which is huge. Take advantage of it and don't waste it. You're already on the right path
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by chamboo 14y ago
Hi there. Just wanted you to know that you shouldn't be embarrassed/ashamed about the stuff that you're putting out there. A lot of people don't want to admit their struggles or often won't post something for fear that someone will consid
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by chamboo 14y ago
Same thing happened to me when I tried to outsource a slot machine app to a company on Odesk in India. Was ridiculously dumb to try and work with those guys.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Thanks for this, I did see this earlier. I will certainly consider this option as I progress.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Thanks for your support. I will keep your contact info, and keep it in mind as I progress down this path. Hopefully I will be in touch soon.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Man I want to hug you for this. I am so glad you were able to make it work. I'm just going to do it too, it can't hurt me at this point, and I felt very much the same as you. My doubts are what has kept me from actually doing it. Is th
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by chamboo 14y ago
I hear this often. Is this really a good idea? I have thought of it, but I wonder, am I just going to move all the way out there, and then I still won't find anything? What then. I guess I could just sit here and do nothing too, I guess
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by chamboo 14y ago
Well I did build a custom, fully watercooled computer with flow/temperature monitoring and custom fan control from scratch. Custom wired and designed and overclocked to 5GHZ. Although it's just a computer, it actually took quite a bit of
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by chamboo 14y ago
Would love to talk to you a bit more about this. This is very much a real issue for me, and I would like to further understand what you mean by finding practical things to do, etc. I would greatly appreciate any further response. Thank y
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by chamboo 14y ago
It doesn't. Part of the reason is urgency, and part of the reason is not fully trusting what I have found with my research (or not knowing if there is something better, and maybe I am missing out). I thought about this before posting, as
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by chamboo 14y ago
First, thanks for the specifics here, it is very helpful to someone like me who is grasping at a starting point. Second, I so want to believe that this is true. Even if I could just make 1k/mo, my stress level would go from 9.5/10 to 0. I
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by chamboo 14y ago
Thanks for this link. :)
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by chamboo 14y ago
Hey, thanks for the support. I admit I don't know enough about what was going on in that vid to make it exciting, but the thought of being able to make a website do whatever I want to sounds incredibly fulfilling.
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by chamboo 14y ago
I basically have no technical background other than basic engineering, but nothing software related. On the bootcamps, do you personally know anyone who attended and recommended a specific one? I thought about doing this, but I heard mixe
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by chamboo 14y ago
Hey, I am currently in Dallas. I really have no ties here, I am considering picking up and moving, but not sure yet. I would definitely like to know some people who have worked on, or are working on something programming related. Part o
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by chamboo 14y ago
Thanks for these resources, never heard of the Rails tutorial, will definitely check it out. What area of the world do you live?
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by chamboo 14y ago
Hey Kevin, I never committed to it. I spent time questioning whether this was right for me, wavering between this and that, giving up, almost going back to work at what I was doing before. There have been some very dark days between then
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by chamboo 14y ago
I'm very happy to hear that you're doing it. For a very long period, I started to give up hope (and I had never even attempted anything). I would very much like to find some people here. Can you say what you are working on building?
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by chamboo 14y ago
"For example, if you believe that smart people are smart because they do clever things easily -- then your brain can start to believe that if you find something hard to do, it is proof of your stupidity. The brain then finds ways to avoid
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I'm a 30 year old with no experience, I want to build a startup
13 points by chamboo 14y ago|49 comments
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by chamboo 14y ago
Many thanks for this Erica. Also, grats on your company in Austin. I have followed you for a while now, glad to see things are continuing to go well for you. Cheers.
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by chamboo 14y ago
I am probably more down than the OP, I am 30 and we are in a very similar situation, but I'm struggling hard with very strong depression at the moment due to all these factors and also losing the only love in my life I've ever had. I can't
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by chamboo 14y ago
This is how all charities should be done. I will be supporting this charity, and I furthermore think it should be illegal to run a charity in any other manner than pure transparency. My hat is off to Watsi, and I feel this is a bigger dea
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Unforgettable Road Trip Advice?
1 points by chamboo 14y ago|1 comments
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by chamboo 14y ago
I'm really glad I didn't act on these same impulses when I was that age. It's really hard to keep going sometimes, but when you do, I think you'll look back and be very grateful that you never made that mistake. A lot of things seem or ap
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by chamboo 14y ago
Thanks for the link, first time I've seen this.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Thank you. It helps to remind myself of this.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Incredible story, thank you for sharing.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Try angel.co. Create a profile and check out the startups and incubators. I've also met quite a few helpful people by reaching out, just like this post.
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by chamboo 14y ago
Great link, it helps put things in perspective.

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