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you rule, thanks!

Killer, thank you! Appreciate the feedback. Do you work in copywriting by chance? We're mostly eng so could always use help in this arena :)

To answer your question, yes we are stripe for student loans. Automating every aspect of student loan repayment for fintechs and workplace benefits providers.

Great points and appreciate that feedback! Here's the home page where you'd get to docs from: https://payitoff.io/

Does that provide more clarity on the product / audience?

Loved being a part of this, the presentations were absolutely hilarious. We made Larry, a "lazy Siri" in webapp form: https://www.larri.rocks/

You could also apply these same skills within NLP (Natural Language Processing), replacing "Sports" with "Linguistics" and provide a lot more positive net impact on the world

This reminds me of when my wife and first started dating long distance - Skype screen sharing movies was our jam

Understanding the software of your domain will allow you to be more informed on how to improve it. A mastery of Midi to make better and new musical instruments...

The foundation for these abilities comes from habits this OP encourages you to avoid

I am drawn to this type of life, especially when my goal is learning a new skillset.

Only problem is, you end up feeling like just another 'productive asset', squeezing every inch of time to maximize output.

It sounds the author's routine is so closed, almost never leaving time for an open mind or time to reflect.

Just picked up the book, anyone else?

Wow, quite a story. I wish we saw more like it on HN. Honest and real

I'm curious his personal experience outside of what I could find via Google search

I know GoDaddy has a pretty terrible history, what have you seen specifically?

Thanks for sharing your story. If you need someone to chat with: http://www.startupsanonymo.us/

He is a patriot, and we are all responsible if he is wrongly persecuted

He is a patriot, we are all responsible if he is wrongly prosecuted.

How long until they start committing citizens Judge Dredd style?

You don't think a dialogue around work-life balance is relevant to entrepreneurs & startup employees?

Definitely a good point - I would argue to takes time to reach this balance. The lack of work-life balance is a common trap many first-time entrepreneurs fall into. It honestly takes a lot of practice and discipline to get it right

Nice! I'll check out Thinkful, I might need something a bit more advanced / focused on Rails tho

I'm a self-taught software engineer and I can say with confidence a product like this is 1000x more valuable for the student. Enforce the mentor's schedule and this could really take off, I will certainly be using / paying for it

thank you

You're right gommm - our reason for starting this was to build a resource for fellow entrepreneurs to talk about serious issues.

The only person who can help an entrepreneur out of the hole is one who has been there him/herself. NO ONE ELSE

We are all human after all

We've been building businesses in our society for years and years, how could 'startups' be considered an immature industry?

There are several sites for music discovery (Boss.dj, Earbits, Beastmode.fm, ex.fm, We Are Hunted to name a few)

Agreed there are a lot of holes in the music discovery experience, I've yet to see a solution that really nails it

Just finished these screencasts last week and enjoyed every second of them! Thanks for helping me get started with Rails, Michael

For sure, just sent the email

Hey Jared, enjoyed reading this. I'm in your target- Previous startup founder, just quit an agency gig to learn to code full-time.

Bloc was on my radar but the $3k price point just didn't make enough sense. I have a pretty strict burn rate (~2k month) for the summer. Using Bloc sounds amazing, but it takes a month and half out of that runway. I don't want to be worried about money, I only want to be worried about learning. Maybe you take a cut when I'm hired at a startup?

Sans Bloc, I squeeze every resource I can find online to learn (Zed, Hartl, Pine) and connect with people who can do casual office hours. Set a cirriculum for myself and bug dev friends / SO when I run into something I cannot get past. Tougher but I'm learning the whole time.

In my experience, the code review, office hours and peer-peer cohorts are super valuable for someone learning on their own. Good luck w/ Bloc and hope there's a good fit soon!

No one here has used the product, so how can you judge whether it was done right/wrong? Art is never black/white

Via the trailer: Incredible graphics and an intriguing storyline. Can't wait to try it out

What challenges have you faced trying to work with startups on the web dev level? Does it have to be remote?

It is exciting! I've also found it to be insanely great way to express creativity, like when you first learn piano.

I'm in LA but would love to hear how you would approach pairing up to work with a 'noob' like me. I'm bobby.matson [a] gmail

Good luck, I've been doing similar the past six months.

My thoughts: ship product fast and make a lot of mistakes

Language? If you are learning RoR: Zed Shaw's LCTHW and Hartl's Rails Tutorial are great. Learn to Program by Chris Pine is also a good starting point for syntax, but focus on pair programming (where the real learning happens)