mostlybadfly

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Ask HN: News reader/aggregator suggestions?
2 points by mostlybadfly 12y ago|0 comments
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
Just came across this, thank you. Self teaching myself now and constantly worrying about having x number of pages/apps going to show I know what I'm doing.
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
Got through the first 4 of set 1. This was emailed challenges though from a while ago. I'll check this out now.
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
Never give up. Start learning the languages you want to work with. The resources are out there and the community is more than supportive. I'm 31 and just started to learn, I do get a little frustrated at times, but ultimately I know I
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
Just some random thoughts I've been working/wish I had more time to do: I would a lot of my time just working and maintaining an app to write and categorize recipes I have at home. This would go hand in hand with just taking on mo
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
I would love to check out the Punch Ball version. The original Mario Bros. game was very fun to me. It was so simple looking yet the gameplay was great and I found myself challenging friends all the time. I'm also a fan of the Donkey
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
If you're saying programmer I'm assuming there is already this level of experience, but I went ahead and made my own blog set up. This was mostly really to learn Rails. Even though I am mostly doing strictly Ruby stuff at the mom
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
I don't have any specific tech related ones but these are my favorites: * Radiolab - pretty interesting science related stories with interesting audio production. * This American Life - pretty standard but always good * Snap Judgement
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
I'm going to be 32 and have recently started teaching myself Ruby/Rails in the past couple of months. I get it, one of the biggest insecurities I have is wondering if I'm too old to get the job I want. Like you, I obsess ove
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
good to know, a bit of the insecurity I've had comes from seeing people who have been doing some of things since what seems like forever. Good to know there is still hope!
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
Wow, this is great, good job! I am currently teaching myself while working full time in a non tech related career. May I ask how old you are? This is very encouraging. I'm currently Hartl's tutorial and CodeSchool, so hopefully
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by mostlybadfly 12y ago
I'm in the same boat, currently teaching myself ruby/rails during lunch breaks from my job in the hopes of finding a better one. What I use personally is a Chromebook. Yes, it is Chrome OS, but I've been doing all of my tuto