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So I'm sorta a techie. I loved this site back when I graduated in college in 2007. I remember TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington said he loved this site. A lot has change over that past 15 years or so, but honestly I…

I was in college when they IPOed. The founders seemed to really have a vision to be the anti-Microsoft. Stuff like 20% time, free food, moonshot projects, etc. Now it seems they're just another big tech company. The…

Ugly web design for sure, but today all we have are sleek pre-designed wordpress themes and twitter bootstrap. The web resembles a high-end mall but it's lost a lot of it's character. When I was in high school, a bunch…

I posted this on HN 6 years ago, (wow time flies) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8674644 Basically, it’s a discussion about how Microsoft held back the internet 6-7 years. Imagine that. Human society would be 6-7…

I feel bad because I've worked very hard to get to this point. Worked at a job I hated for years to build my savings and skillset to the level that I can work for myself. To put it simply, I don't exert myself. My pace…

I've only tried to develop 1 app in my lifetime (a yelp for coding bootcamps). I had to brainstorm for weeks, if not months, for that idea. Building the site was no problem, but the real one was getting reviews (using…

So far I've identified: Mobile (Android, iPhone) Wordpress plugins Your own web app (SaaS) Gaming (Xbox, PS marketplace) I'm self taught and I'm thinking WP might be best because competition is less and promotion…

Since high school I thought I wanted to be an entrepreneur. In HS/college I start websites (ranking in SEO was very easy) and made 30k. I also started a web host and grew it to several hundred clients and sold it for…

The vast majority of business websites seem to be the same stock images, encapsulated by "business speak". Fun/cool identities seem to be rare. Here is one: ...actually I take that back. www.nerdery.com had a design…

I graduate in about a month. It's been intense, a ton of fun too. I don't know how "good" I am. There seems to be a lot of people smarter than me. Completing assignments faster than me. Particularly with OOP. OTOH I am…

This interests me greatly since I love living in 3rd world countries and think this would be a great experience to do when I'm young. Does one just start on oDesk or Freelancer, start getting clients and hire people?

I've tried numerous times to pick up programming in my free time. I'm not dumb (actually smart when it comes to SAT tests) but I've always failed. Looking back, I think what hurts me is the feedback loop. To get a job…

There are several successful solopreneurs on HN: Patrick McKenzie: http://www.kalzumeus.com/ Dan Grossman http://www.awio.com Although they occasionally deal with contractors, they are one man shops. There are benefits…

Not the typical question on HN. But just seeing so many people in the Valley aiming to be the next Mark Zuckerberg / Bill Gates. Such a goal comes at a great cost. Not only the amount of work required but you'll…

With the advent of the internet, it's very possible to build location-independent businesses. It's fun reading about small software companies that are based in 3 different countries. Is this model scalable? Also, it…

I was in the subway last week with someone worked for the creator of Visicalc. Visical was the first spreadsheet program. His new business was mildly successful - maybe a dozen employees. Nothing close to his first…

Most web dev agencies seem to be under 20 employees. Is that the limit of the business model? Arguably, this is basically a small business. Exceptions could be companies like 37signals, which develop their own…

I love blue sky thinking, I just wanted to hear your thoughts. A friend of mine just left a prestigious auditor job in accounting. I asked him how much of his degree was useful to him. He said that he could have been…

I got a head start in math because when I was young my parents signed me up for Kumon, the Japanese math tutoring service. In high school, I was definitely ahead of the vast majority of people. However, Physics did not…

I binged (jk googled) and couldn't find anything. This was in a comment located here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8673760 And it piqued my interest. How did this happen? Or did it happen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative Sorta like Vanguard funds, if you're familiar with them. Fees on these freelancer platforms are very high. In some cases, 99designs takes a 40% commission, for very little work.…

I'm guessing HN is going to have a lower number than the general population because it's relatively easy to get a new tech job. But anyways, what is your figure for FU money? EDIT: I see people are putting down their…

There were a bunch of other portals. Most notably Excite and Lycos. They were worth billions of dollars. Now they're gone. Yahoo reigns supreme. Why?

My friends are professionals. They have enough disposable income to afford the occasional media product. Yet they still pirate software and media. I can understand doing this in college when there is no money. But now?…