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by hackoder 17y ago
Exactly. This is android's strength. It does everything the iPhone does, but more. It gives devs and users more power, IF NEEDED. If you want, you can build the same user-friendly, no complex-options kinda apps. And if you want, you can bui
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by hackoder 17y ago
which HTC Magic did you try out? I have the one with the larger RAM and I find the performance to be really good.
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by hackoder 17y ago
I have an 8-month old son, and one of my annoyances with working at a Real Job (tm) is that I really feel I am not giving enough time to him. I used to be a graduate student so I would get to spend a lot more time with him in his earlier mo
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by hackoder 17y ago
I got that. Its just irritating when someone who's not an authority in an area pretends to be one.
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by hackoder 17y ago
Its interesting how things become trends and the next "big thing". The same concept has been around for a long time (divide and conquer), even in CS (though perhaps more related to hardware) in tree machines. Not to say that google isn't do
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by hackoder 17y ago
Pseudo-experts seem to be everywhere, and they're making it that much difficult to pick out people who actually know what they're talking about. So much noise... You're absolutely correct that it seems like this person hasn't built a single
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by hackoder 17y ago
I dont see why it would be hard to change the screen resolution on the fly, kinda like what desktop games do. Other apps can use fluid layouts to fit multiple resolutions. When it comes to other features of the phone, e.g. camera or acceler
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by hackoder 17y ago
I agree with you. Its sad that we have taken all this stuff as being "normal". From start ($99 fee) to finish (30% of sales), they are ripping developers off. They should be paying developers to build apps that are resulting in more and mor
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by hackoder 17y ago
I think pay for performance matters to a certain stage. When you can meet your basic necessities, you look for other ways to be more content with life. You want to have more control over things, give back to your community, do something you
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by hackoder 17y ago
Initial impressions are good. Very clean, intuitive, and useful. You could add more value in the cover letter and interview reminder section, and also add in a resume section. For example, in the interview section a person could create a li
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by hackoder 17y ago
I've found that taking steps to get people involved with my plans makes me more likely to achieve them. I'll definitely be sharing initial versions of my app with the community here.
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by hackoder 17y ago
I've been considering that myself quite a bit, and I find that its a combination of things: - Something where I can interact directly with the client/consumer. I dislike having to program by specs, when I know that they are written by som
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by hackoder 17y ago
Good on you. I hope it works out for you. Please do post updates here (to motivate yourself, and others :)) of your experience.
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by hackoder 17y ago
What a great talk.. Now, to forward to boss or not to forward ....
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by hackoder 17y ago
Thank you. That is exactly what I'm thinking of doing. Take unpaid time off. Launch my product early (2 months into the leave, hopefully), interact directly with consumers, implement, improve, and hopefully have something that I can work fu
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by hackoder 17y ago
Thanks. I feel a little under-qualified for what they are developing, but this strikes home with me: CodeSourcery has no central office. We work when we want in an environment in which we are comfortable. We can work wherever we want: from
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by hackoder 17y ago
I do have VPN access, its just for after hours work though :-\ Does your company have a policy to let people work from home as long as they are productive, or did you have some convincing to do?
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by hackoder 17y ago
That was exactly my point. I want to be able to work by my own schedule (with reasonable overlap with the team) and still build a great product. What I feel is that companies (or atleast mine) aren't structured this way.
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Ask HN: The ideal company for programmers, or giving freedom to your programmers
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