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"I go to college (but rarely attend classes), and in general am not a little boy anymore. "

... That is not what I'd call 'mature'. But at least it matches the rest of the post.

When you're a little older, you'll look back and think, "I could have been getting paid to learn these things. I would have had co-workers to look up to and learn from. Everything would have been so much easier if I'd been working for others instead of blindly chasing my dreams. If I had worked for others, I could accomplish my dream today, instead of struggling so much."

You know how I know this? Because it happened to me. I think about all the things I could have learned if I had started my professional programming career 10 years earlier, instead of going off and doing whatever I wanted to. I say this because I've learned more about programming in the past 5 years than entire rest of my life combined. And enjoined every bit of it. Even more so than fiddling with my own projects.

And now I'm in a position to actually pursue my own projects, confident that most of the newbie mistakes are behind me and I can concentrate on getting things done.

So no, you aren't smarter than your elders. You just think you are, like every other kid out there.
That's awesome. I didn't expect to be guided through the recipe so well. The functionality is cool, but the design doesn't do it justice.

Slap a sleek design on it and this could be something special.
You should probably say "market fit" then.
I just came back from a visit to Dogpatch Labs[1], where several start ups are sharing office space. It was quite a cool space, I have to say. I'm not sure if there are others like this in NYC (I imagine this isn't the only one) but check it out.

[1] http://dogpatchlabs.com/about/
IIRC, in Groupon definition, customer acquisition is money spent on the sales teams.
You don't know what it's like to be a doctor, until you become a doctor. I think that's somewhat unique to the field.

No, it's like that in a lot of fields.

Obviously, many jobs have a much lower barrier to entry than "doctor" -- it takes years of work to reach the point where you can understand what doctoring is like first-hand -- but I've found most jobs fall into one of these categories:

A) The problems with the job don't always manifest until you're months or years into it, whether it's long-term boredom, lack of opportunity for advancement, chronic occupational injury, or rare but awful events. (Soldiering is a lot more fun before you're under fire than afterwards.)

B) It's not so hard to be a happy amateur, but the amateur experience is much different from the pro experience. Pros need to make money, consistently, and that is a big constraint, often to the point that it takes an entirely different skill set. (e.g. Being a freelance programmer or musician is as much about marketing and customer service as it is about code or music, and the stuff that's valuable to customers may be boring to the point of tears for you. Ask a classical musician to tell you how they feel about the inexplicably popular Pachelbel's Canon.)

C) And, of course, jobs with barriers to entry are hard to really understand until the barriers are down. Research has a whole series of barriers: Being a science major is not like being a grad student, being a grad student is not like being a postdoc, being a postdoc is not like being a junior prof.

Mind you, though you can never know what it is really like to do a job without doing it, you can interview people and get some big hints. And you'll find that medicine is actually pretty easy to research, as careers go. The OP's points are not hidden mysteries. They have been made before. There are a lot of doctors, both successful ones and burned-out ones, and they're happy to talk. The trick is to be able to listen to what they tell you, and unfortunately there are also a lot of teachers and parents who are happy to push you into medicine regardless of what the actual doctors are telling you.
Test Driven Development? You've got to be kidding me...
For situations like this, email the hiring company (not the recruiters--you should have your interviewers' info anyway) and in the nicest way possible "withdraw" your application citing the reasons:

1) You had other opportunities that needed quicker answer and multiple attempts at communications with the recruiter were not very transparent and thus you needed to move on and pursue another opportunity. Cite the appropriate dates you made the attempt at connecting with the recruiter.

2) Thank them for the opportunity and wish them well. Here's the kicker: you also CC the recruiter and his manager :)

This is probably the nicest and most professional "flip-the-bird" to the recruiter that treated you badly. I know it might be a bit petty, but if you just withdraw your application with the recruiters, he/she might give the hiring company the impression that you were just flaky and pull out at the last minute. People do talk, especially when you're doing contracts. You have to look out for yourself first and if the recruiter is any good, he would be doing everything he can to take care of you.

Still, if the start date is only the issue and everything was signed already--would it be fair for you to contact the company directly and ask them what's up before you withdraw your application?
Yes, but it's not something you find, it's something you build. Which is why I asked. It looks like he meant "we haven't found market fit yet".
Be active on startup events like startupweekend, etc. I was one of organizers in sweekend and met and talked to TC writers. Editors are busy and you should be active to be captured on their eyes. They just start talking, and writing when they found someone looks really cool. So let them know you're, your project is sooo cool.
If Groupon goes public at a $20bn valuation it will harm future startups. Groupon is not worth that valuation. If professional investors IPO Groupon at a $20bn valuation, this will seriously harm public markets, specially retail, non-savvy investors. The public will then question the whole startup ecosystem, their valuations and even see it as a bubble 2.0. Those professional investors/VCs (Kleiner Perkins, DST, etc.) who have purchased Groupon equity have to suck up their losses. It is their fault for buying into Groupon at dubious valuations. If VCs pump and dump Groupon, VCs will gain a reputation equal to those in Wall Street.
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Do you want to do this for fun or business? If purely for fun, then I don't see any major flaws in your current approach. Sure, you end up with unfinished projects but you're hopefully learning tons and having a blast.

But if you're thinking about structuring things so you can better go from ideas to businesses, you need to reevaluate your entire approach. You need tools that can practically guide you through the stages of creating a software business, not just a general philosophy of getting things done.

Currently in the startup world, there's an interesting convergence between customer development and lean as applied to tech startups. Customer development is described in Steven Blank's "The Four Steps to the Epiphany" and Eric Ries' "The lean startup" is the book on lean startups. Both Blank and Ries have contributed to this convergence that I talk about at their respective sites [1] [2] but there's also overviews available [3] [4]. But why am I even recommending these two approaches? Because they cover business development from start to finish from as applied to software startups, so you know the advice is specific to our industry and very practical in nature. If you're serious about the business of software, customer development and lean startup will help you create a business with better certainty of execution and outcome. Together they provide a very potent combination of roadmap and compass, and principles and philosophy.

[1] http://steveblank.com/

[2] http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/

[3] http://www.recessmobile.com/blog/my-take-on-customer-develop...

[4] http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2010/07/design-thinking-custo...
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I don't understand how warping the extra dimension will make particles appear to move faster.

Is it possible that it is everything else that is moving linearly along a fifth dimension, thus slowing us down, and these neutrinos were moving cleanly through space-time?
Yes, it is. The blog seems to be The Onion of the tech world.
Somehow when I saw the trailer, I had a creepy sensation that distinction between humans and sims are getting blurred.
For workspace and a chance to network, check out some of the co-working spaces available in NYC:

http://nwc.co/
http://hiveat55.com/

You'll be able to find local people to talk to at the NY tech meetup:

http://nytm.org/

For finding real estate, rentals, rooms/sublets, Craigslist is still probably the best bet (unless you're up for Airbnb):

http://newyork.craigslist.org/

It is generally cheaper to find a place to live right outside the city in Brooklyn/Queens that is close to the subways and/or bridges (if you want to bike).

Hope that is somewhat helpful, others can comment more on startups / immigrant issues.
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2) mysql2psql : https://github.com/maxlapshin/mysql2postgres

3) Just slurping in the data via the FDW feature for 9.1 , http://www.pgxn.org/dist/mysql_fdw/1.0.0/
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I hate ads my self, so I try to minimize the screen real estate used for them.
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I am 18. All I want is to become web developer. And to make a living from it.
My parents want to me on college next year. I had a job almost all the time since I was 15. Working in PC service, or working with flyers on the street. I get almost no money, but its ok.

My parents are always saying " Look, you earned 0 from your programming carrier, and from PC service you earned at least something. Better start practicing math for your college".

I started learning ruby now, since my future with PHP is not very bright as you can see. I hope I will be able to make a app that will give me at least some cash so I can start believing in my web development carrier.
Well, the things is that if you include resident medecine studies are really long. So:
* You'd have to average for a life time of work
* You need to make sure you subtract the cost of studies (although in US pretty much any study costs a ridiculous amount of money)
* You may also want to take into account that you start making a good salary late in your life, at a time you'd need some (like when you want to buy your first house)

Anyway, I don't know about US but in France doctors are not that bad. They have pretty competitive studies and they also have a few resident years, but they don't have to pay for study (as for any student) and pretty soon they get their well paid job. They also don't have as many stupid trials as in US.
I'm the sole founder of Oxbridge Notes, http://www.oxbridgenotes.co.uk. I describe my job as "hacker, founder and janitor". I do it all - graphic design, programming, server administration, customer service, seo and online marketing. As someone who doesn't mind working alone and loves learning new disciplines, I couldn't be happier taking on all these roles.

I set up the site a year and a half ago out of desperation after a previous project had failed. I asked myself "what do I have that I could sell n times?". The answer: my old notes (revision notes compiled by myself, not lecture handouts) and essays from Oxford law school. I combined my knowledge of law with my knowledge of programming and found a suitable niche. There were many competitors but none of them had the overlap of skills I had, and so I had a huge advantage.

Last year the project made ~$25k profit, and this year I hope to reach $50k, with an investment of about five hours per week. (The initial time investment was huge, but it is in maintenance mode now.)

I recently began offering notes in other subjects. If you happend to have typed-up revision guides from college, I can offer you a chunky commission on every sale: http://www.oxbridgenotes.co.uk/sell_notes

For anyone familiar with real time strategy games like Command and Conquer or Starcraft, Oxbridge Notes is the turret guarding my base. It gives me the minimal income I need to survive, giving me the chance to leverage my time by taking on riskier but potentially more rewarding ventures.
So you're saying as an official comment from a Facebook employee that Facebook at no time sell personal data? Not even marketing profiles as composites? This is/would be big news to me.

In a way one could argue that allowing targeting of ads so tightly, using personal data, is commercial gain through that personal data. Not sure I'd personally push it that far though.
I think we're up to around 7 teams. More are considering the move and there is a community of about 30 that attend regular meetups.
So... the military, just as the commenter you replied to already noted?
It isn't about the platform, you are completely missing that. Not about Ayn Rand's "amorality" defining SV, which didn't even work out for herself. Those are just a lowly technical tools and excuses.

As you say, it is about the age-old money and power. There is nothing social about those, except for being a substrate to create the two for the "amoral" without deep social and ethical level.

http://robotmonkeys.net/2011/06/27/pandoras-vox/
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The biggest irony in my opinion is the existance of the "mute" feature on facebook. I am not a FB user, but apparently, the more you share, the higher the likelihood of somebody muting you.

So in the end we will share everything with our friends, but our friends will only pretend to listen.
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http://nyhacker.org/ ... there's plenty of camaraderie in the city. You can easily meet up with a different organized group almost every night and not run out. And a +1 for http://nwc.co as well
Here's a list of what's new in 1.9.3: http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-1-9-3-introduction-and-change...

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It is a metaphorical comparison. I believe he is saying FB has become so ubiquitous and pervasive in our lives, that in the social media it dominates as a fundamental utility. It has become so important to 100's of millions of people and that there is little recourse if you did not want to use them. and yes there is Google plus, but there is not enough people on that service currently to rival the social interactions of Facebook. And regardless of how well a service is designed it is pointless if you can't have the same level of interaction with other people.
I think a better comparison would be the monopoly AT&T had over long distance telephone service in the mid-20th century. It was not as essential to living as water or power was but still seen as a monopoly and was broken up into the Baby Bells. I think Facebook falls in that category while you can definitely live your life without it, it has become the de facto place for social interaction. That being the case, you should not have to worry about the integrity or perhaps the malicious behavior of said company.
Great article and on point.

A former flatmate of mine committed suicide about 1.5 years after I left the flat, which I did due to his erratic and hostile behavior toward me, which I think was due to a number of factors, but mainly his stress from an intense hospital residency while he also did further study simultaneously.

There's an article mentioning him here: http://vitualis.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/action_vow.pdf

The danger zone for med students is when they sacrifice themselves and tolerate all the reasons that the Harvard article states why not to go to med school, because of the idealistic notion that:

"You have only ever envisioned yourself as a doctor and can only derive professional fulfillment in life by taking care of sick people."

As such, these smart and ambitious med students shoot for the moon, and due to the reasons in the article, realize that they won't make the moon (ie earn that fellowship, obtain that degree, receive that certification, get that promotion) and then they feel that their life is a failure, or won't have any further meaning the way they wanted it to, and then they kill themselves, because they have no exit strategy (or plan B) and are ill themselves.

There's nothing noble about the suicide of med students and interns, but I've seen how it happens right up close. I have further thoughts on the matter but that's the core of my experience regarding the negatives of this career path.
yeah, sometimes the frontpage on HN looks like a motivational tape from the 90s
"What are the Ingredients?" is a very nice feature in its usefulness and simplicity.

Maybe offer this as a (white-label) service to other sites?
That's not a great analogy. The insurance companies have negotiated a fixed rate with the hospital, and so if you work for the hospital, of course you must honor it. Same as if you were a plumber working for a large plumbing corporation, which had a contract with its clients. In that case, if you unclogged the drains at BigCorp, you would not be able to charge whatever you want, but only the rate BigCorp had negotiated with your employer.
There are many resources for you, especially as the community continues to grow. I haven't experienced much of the cut-throat attitude at all. In fact I have gotten a tremendous amount fo support and advice from many in the community here over the past year.

I'd suggest starting off in a co-working space since you can share resources and get help, instead of siloing yourself in a separate office.

Some resources to check out include:

Working Spaces

General Assembly - http://generalassemb.ly

New Work City - http://nwc.co

We Work Labs - http://weworklabs.com

DogPatch Labs - http://dogpatchlabs.com

LooseCubes (search for a place) - http://loosecubes.com

Email Events Lists

Startup Digest - http://startupdigest.com

This Week In NYC Innovation - http://bit.ly/nycinnovation

Other

Ohours - http://ohours.org

Meetup - http://meetup.com

NyHacker - http://nyhacker.org

Startup Weekend - http://startupweekend.org

Lean Startup Machine - http://theleanstartupmachine.com
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I'm so confused. Can I create a million-dollar business in a weekend or not?

Because I read "Reboot. Relaunch. Redesign. Pivot. Sunset. Shutter. The Knack, a web app, story," and it sounds like building a business is work. (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3024147)
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I came back to the US after living in Paris, France and have had nothing but amazing support from the NY tech community.

I work out of General Assembly, and have found the network to be really supportive. In general, I think the community is smaller than in SF (from what I'm told) but seems actually pretty tight knit. People are willing to help you get to where you need to go, to be sure.

The fact that things like Kickstarter and Skillshare were founded in NY attest at least some to the idea of community based collaboration and support.

Definitely couldn't have asked for a better start for our project Good Karma than in NY.

Offices in Manhattan are expensive - i'd look at shared workspaces that others have mentioned. Actually, everything in Manhattan is expensive. Brooklyn is a lot more affordable, though increasingly hot spots like Williamsburg, Greenpoint etc., are becoming just as expensive.

You should DEFINITELY check out the Startup Visa project that's being backed by big names like Brad Feld, Dave Mcclure etc. if you're looking at visa issues.

NY is fun. There's no other place in the world where people are passionately putting everything on the line to realize their dreams, failing, and trying to do it all over again the next day. It's energy incarnate.
Googled around trying to figure out what " a project most people dismiss as a childish fantasy since I was 18. " might be. context please ?
It's by the guy who used to do the Fake Steve Jobs.
Office space with walls is limited but there's lots of coworking space - check out loosecubes.com to search it. Private reserved desks are ~$500/mo.

Apartments: nybits.com / streeteasy.com / nakedapartments.com. Look for no fee apartments. Brokers here take 15% of your annual rent as a commission and renters generally have to pay that. They'll also want to make sure you make 40x your rent. For example, $2500/mo apartment (~650sq ft in Manhattan) == prove you make $100k/yr with 2 years of tax returns, financial statements. If they could take a blood sample I think they probably would.

For camaraderie, go to events at GeneralAssemb.ly, check out meetups, check out Hackers & Founders.
Discussed previously [1,2].

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971971 (gutenberg.org)

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974212 (oreilly.com)
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I'm sure you didn't delete those. You only hid them from the timeline. There's a huge difference.

I have hid many the old stuff too, but sometimes, especially with timeline transition, few old items kept popping up and wouldn't hide until fifth or so times clicking the hide button.
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Just to add onto this, you could also set up shop in the outer boroughs. There are quite a few good startups and design shops out in Brooklyn that are doing good work. Additionally, rent is generally cheaper and apartments are somewhat more accessible in Brooklyn and Queens than it is in Manhattan. I'd take a look in Greenpoint or other places along the west coast of Brooklyn. There's also a pretty strong Irish expat community in Woodside and Sunnyside in Queens along the 7 line, if that matters.
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