Here's what I did when was in my late teens & early 20s, and taught myself. 1. Copy famous artworks that you admire -- even just drawing in a notebook is great, to start. 2. Once you can copy art that you really like,…
I transitioned into software development in my late 20's, and am very happy with the decision. I went back to school at ~27, and graduated just a few months short of 30. 34 is definitely not too old. While in school, I…
Last time I traveled internationally (~10 years ago), I had to buy a separate international cell phone. Not for privacy reasons -- but instead because my US-based phone wouldn't work in some of the other countries I'd…
After some searching online, I wasn't able to come up with anything for Pope's Common Lisp music tools. But it sounds really interesting. Any pointers to help find it/them?
Good question. I was looking into this a few years back, and ended getting my BS in-person, at the big state school nearby. It paid off well. That said, these are other online options I considered. Portland State…
I would agree with this. FWIW, the most concise and straightforward critical theorist that I've read is Vilem Flusser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A9m_Flusser There's a short compilation of his essays called…
Which Benjamin? I've read some of his more famous articles (i.e. - "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"), but I remember them being very political. Sort of an art-historical and aesthetic-theory…
One positive thing about being in a fraternity -- it provides experience in dealing with and resolving conflict in a large organization. For better or worse, navigating the internal politics of a clique such as a…
Just an opinion: It's not that it's hard to learn this stuff. More so, it's tiresome and hard to care after watching the JS community re-inventing the same wheel(s), repeatedly. Personally, I'd rather see the JS…
So, I worked as a PM for about 3.5 years, in total. That was in the past, and now I work as a developer (not a manager anymore). My guess is that a lot of this depends on the organization, and product/projects. But as…
That's a very long story... But here's the essence. I got a degree totally unrelated to CS. (Think "arts". Decent school. Top 50. But not prestigious.) Bounced around at not-great jobs for awhile, living in NYC and…
It's unrelated, but the sentence has an awkward structure that's hard to parse. Terrorist groups could be punished for planning any one of 277 crimes. And so could criminal groups. The "277 crimes" range from arson to…
Personally, I think that written language is a more natural way to describe and reason about complex systems and symbols. It's the same difference between writing mathematical proofs as systems of equations vs. proof by…
Opinion: Just like the stock market, college is also an investment. There is risk involved. One of the main problems is that this is NOT communicated well. (If it all.) Too many people take on huge long-shot risks that…
Early in my career, I worked at a few different businesses where management expected us to work 12+ hour days. Mostly web development & design. We did it, but the secret was that we didn't spend all of that time…
Don't worry -- you will be 100% fine. What kind of jobs are you applying for? If you're looking at true entry-level jobs, then having 0 work experience is not a problem. And those jobs do exist, just look for them…
There's nothing wrong with slow growth--that's how most small to mid-size businesses operate, both in the US and abroad. But as a Silicon Valley tech investor, you're not incentivized to fund companies that grow slowly…
Yes -- for a career change. However: I got a second B.Sc. in Computer Science (first Bachelor's was in the arts), and that worked just as well, for a career change, and at less cost. Check out your options. I found that…
That's true. But finding a stable romantic partner who you're willing to move in with, and live with, + share all your personal space with is still very hard when you have little time/money, right? (And that applies to…
There are only 807 undergrads[1] at Harvey Mudd (which of course is an excellent school). So that's still a sizable portion of their undergrad students -- even though from such a small sample, it's very hard to tell…
From an inventory perspective, yes. =) But -- you still need to get people coming to your site somehow, which is actually the harder part. You can buy ads, do social media marketing, blog posts--lots of techniques. And…
Thanks for that -- I actually think that's good feedback, and something I hadn't thought of. We do have the shipping times listed on 3 different pages accessible from the top nav (and bottom nav), one of which is…
Yes, that's right. I was also initially concerned about that, but I have not had complaints about it. Oberlo (the drop shipping service) does have an email system that lets you track the package on its journey and see…
I can't definitively speak to that, because I've never tried -- but if you have the capital, then it should be doable. AliBaba (as opposed to the "express" version) is generally used for buying direct from…
I've never seen 1-3 days on AliExpress. The absolute best (when the vendor has ePacket, which is like the FedEx of China) is 7-12 days. But even then, you need to expect 2-5 days for the vendor to actually package and…
Here's what I did when was in my late teens & early 20s, and taught myself. 1. Copy famous artworks that you admire -- even just drawing in a notebook is great, to start. 2. Once you can copy art that you really like,…
I transitioned into software development in my late 20's, and am very happy with the decision. I went back to school at ~27, and graduated just a few months short of 30. 34 is definitely not too old. While in school, I…
Last time I traveled internationally (~10 years ago), I had to buy a separate international cell phone. Not for privacy reasons -- but instead because my US-based phone wouldn't work in some of the other countries I'd…
After some searching online, I wasn't able to come up with anything for Pope's Common Lisp music tools. But it sounds really interesting. Any pointers to help find it/them?
Good question. I was looking into this a few years back, and ended getting my BS in-person, at the big state school nearby. It paid off well. That said, these are other online options I considered. Portland State…
I would agree with this. FWIW, the most concise and straightforward critical theorist that I've read is Vilem Flusser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A9m_Flusser There's a short compilation of his essays called…
Which Benjamin? I've read some of his more famous articles (i.e. - "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"), but I remember them being very political. Sort of an art-historical and aesthetic-theory…
One positive thing about being in a fraternity -- it provides experience in dealing with and resolving conflict in a large organization. For better or worse, navigating the internal politics of a clique such as a…
Just an opinion: It's not that it's hard to learn this stuff. More so, it's tiresome and hard to care after watching the JS community re-inventing the same wheel(s), repeatedly. Personally, I'd rather see the JS…
So, I worked as a PM for about 3.5 years, in total. That was in the past, and now I work as a developer (not a manager anymore). My guess is that a lot of this depends on the organization, and product/projects. But as…
That's a very long story... But here's the essence. I got a degree totally unrelated to CS. (Think "arts". Decent school. Top 50. But not prestigious.) Bounced around at not-great jobs for awhile, living in NYC and…
It's unrelated, but the sentence has an awkward structure that's hard to parse. Terrorist groups could be punished for planning any one of 277 crimes. And so could criminal groups. The "277 crimes" range from arson to…
Personally, I think that written language is a more natural way to describe and reason about complex systems and symbols. It's the same difference between writing mathematical proofs as systems of equations vs. proof by…
Opinion: Just like the stock market, college is also an investment. There is risk involved. One of the main problems is that this is NOT communicated well. (If it all.) Too many people take on huge long-shot risks that…
Early in my career, I worked at a few different businesses where management expected us to work 12+ hour days. Mostly web development & design. We did it, but the secret was that we didn't spend all of that time…
Don't worry -- you will be 100% fine. What kind of jobs are you applying for? If you're looking at true entry-level jobs, then having 0 work experience is not a problem. And those jobs do exist, just look for them…
There's nothing wrong with slow growth--that's how most small to mid-size businesses operate, both in the US and abroad. But as a Silicon Valley tech investor, you're not incentivized to fund companies that grow slowly…
Yes -- for a career change. However: I got a second B.Sc. in Computer Science (first Bachelor's was in the arts), and that worked just as well, for a career change, and at less cost. Check out your options. I found that…
That's true. But finding a stable romantic partner who you're willing to move in with, and live with, + share all your personal space with is still very hard when you have little time/money, right? (And that applies to…
There are only 807 undergrads[1] at Harvey Mudd (which of course is an excellent school). So that's still a sizable portion of their undergrad students -- even though from such a small sample, it's very hard to tell…
From an inventory perspective, yes. =) But -- you still need to get people coming to your site somehow, which is actually the harder part. You can buy ads, do social media marketing, blog posts--lots of techniques. And…
Thanks for that -- I actually think that's good feedback, and something I hadn't thought of. We do have the shipping times listed on 3 different pages accessible from the top nav (and bottom nav), one of which is…
Yes, that's right. I was also initially concerned about that, but I have not had complaints about it. Oberlo (the drop shipping service) does have an email system that lets you track the package on its journey and see…
I can't definitively speak to that, because I've never tried -- but if you have the capital, then it should be doable. AliBaba (as opposed to the "express" version) is generally used for buying direct from…
I've never seen 1-3 days on AliExpress. The absolute best (when the vendor has ePacket, which is like the FedEx of China) is 7-12 days. But even then, you need to expect 2-5 days for the vendor to actually package and…