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by trumbo 15y ago
Thanks, bro. Reading this made my day. You're awesome for standing up for your friend and giving hope to strangers like me on the internet. With some luck, we'll get through this. My only consolation right now is that I'm not going through
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by trumbo 15y ago
God, I remember when the Dream Act was first introduced. I wrote a story about it for my school newspaper, then started a GeoCities site, and then a newsletter. I thought it would be no time before it would get through. That was over 10 yea
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by trumbo 15y ago
Yes, I have. I was attacked and roughed up by some thugs when I was 15. We reported the case to the police, so I'm sure there is a case about this. Please let me know if you find anything on this!
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Ask HN: How can I (illegal immigrant/programmer) get legal status in US?
38 points by trumbo 15y ago|44 comments
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by trumbo 15y ago
Aren't controller level tests called functional tests? I'm still new at this, but I thought unit tests are to the model as functional tests are to the controller. And integration tests mimic user behavior.
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by trumbo 16y ago
I wish the works themselves were available in English too. I believe they are all in Latin.
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by trumbo 16y ago
100-150 an hour? I have 6 years of experience and I can hardly get more than $70 an hour in NYC. Maybe I'm not a "great" developer.
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by trumbo 16y ago
This could be due to the strong emphasis Western culture places on "integrity." This term originally comes from the same Latin root as "integer," which itself means "whole, entire." Having integrity implies that your private self and public
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by trumbo 16y ago
I really hope The Startup Visa goes somewhere: http://startupvisa.com/
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by trumbo 16y ago
I'm a programmer in NYC who doesn't have a work visa. (But I've worked as a freelancer in the city for years, so I have lots of experience.) How should I bring that up to potential employers? During the application or during the interview o
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by trumbo 16y ago
Can anyone paste the list here? I don't have a subscription to the The Economist.
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by trumbo 16y ago
What's the deal with that page not having any stylesheets? It looks completely broken. Am I the only one seeing this?
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by trumbo 16y ago
Can you explain why it makes a difference to run as an LLC if you are not expecting funding? My company is expecting funding. So should I insist on creating a corporation instead?
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Ask HN: running startup as a sole proprietorship until you receive funding.
8 points by trumbo 16y ago|8 comments
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by trumbo 16y ago
I agree with you. Thank you.
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by trumbo 16y ago
It's fairly early stage. The project was initiated 6 months ago, but it's not funded yet. They are still working on building a working product. The website will be 1/3 of the overall product strategy. The titles are meaningless at this poin
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Ask HN: What's the fair amount of equity for a VP of Engineering in a startup?
6 points by trumbo 16y ago|5 comments