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I view it just like many other educational certificates. It is a positive that you have earned it. What's most important is what have you done with it and what can you do with it.

Bootcamps don't change people, they just provide tools for their students to continue learning.

I'd carefully weigh any advice received with the experience of the source. Not to say that anyone that has not been in a similar situation had no value. But rather people who have had similar experience will be of more value.

That being said these are the considerations that were in my mind when I was in a similar position.

1. Just like an investor or even more so, how much do I believe in the founder. 2. How confident are you in your abilities. Are you able to cope with stress/uncertainty and preserver in the face of daunting tasks. 3. How much do you believe that there is a business somewhere in there?

If you are enthusiastic about all 3 the risk is worth it. Feat and doubt are poor reasons to not do something. Fear is a good sign to pause and evaluate the situation. There is only one way to find out if you have what it takes. Also if you think taking a low income (or no income) is a big issue now. It only gets harder as you get older. Wife, kids, mortgage and general lifestyle inflation.

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Currently using http://www.freshbooks.com

Definitely not the best in terms of user experience but it has enough features I didn't know I need, that it keeps me happy.

Things like multiple auto-reminders for late payments and reoccurring invoices saved me alot of time. I didn't need them when I was looking around at invoicing software but now I do.

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This is my whole problem with Bitcoin. Too many people see it through an "investment lens". Bitcoin is supposed to be a currency not an investment at it's heart:

"Used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, currency is the basis for trade."

People's perception coupled with the deflationary nature of Bitcoin makes me not want to participate.

I used to work at Microsoft so i can alpreciate how that shapes the lense of how you view the world.

I think the statement that Rails might of gotten further on the windows platform is a ridiculous statement. Ruby as far back as remember is a language that prefered environment was Linux. There was a point where there was no windows version. I remember when even on OSX the installation of ruby was an endevour. OpenSsl incompatabilities, gems with c extensions that never worked right (rMagick which is a Linux first lib). So the underlying language that backs Rails is not windows friendly. There is no doubt in my mind that Windows would have been a hindrance not a positive.

Macs are only popular because for the most part they are similar enough to Linux that you can develop on a Mac and deploy to Linux. I don't know of one Rails shop that chooses to deploy on Windows.

The Bush era tax cuts were also never meant to be permanent. That is why calling it a tax hike is disingenuous at best.

IMHO the better solution would not to store marshalled objects in the session cookie. Especially ones that you don't have direct control over. There can't be any reasonable regression-test or upgrade test that could test for this.

I think that entrepreneurship shouldn't necessarily be an end, but rather a means to an end. For some it is th end goal but I'd wage that this isn't the norm ( outside hn of course ).

Figure out where you want to be in the long term and find the best way to get there for _you_. Entrepreneurship might just not be th best way to get there. And I think that's alright as long as you get where you wants be.

Author makes some good points but comes to an incorrect conclusion. It is very important to live within your means (income + some delta > expenses). I don't think anyone would disagree with that statement. There is some debate how big that delta should but that isn't the root of the issue.

But then concluding being frutal will provide opportunities is false. All frugality enables is the ability for one to take advantage of opportunities that someone that is in a lesser financial situation could not.

This graphic only tells part of the story and the easiest part of the story. What the rental/some of the economic fundamentals are right now. When deciding to purchase for investment and to a lesser degree a personal residence, the decision to purchase or not should be driven by the future not the present.

I am more then willing to invest in any city on that chart if I know some or better, all of these: - population is increasing - employment is increasing - income is increasing - the neighbourhoods I'm buying show pride of ownership - public transit improvements (highway, LRT, subway) - supportive government (proactive business development office)

Though this infographic is very cool/informative, buyers should concentrate more on the future then the present. Just because it's cheap isn't sufficient reason to purchase. And if you want to live in an area with a negative outlook renting IMO is best.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

I also only invest in a city with outstanding economic fundamentals. I could invest in more depressed areas and have higher cash flow but the risk is not worth it to me.

Yup the renters are paying down the mortgage as we speak. The beautiful thing is as you accumulate more/larger rentals the income just keeps on building on itself.

0 < monthly income < $1000

That is from rental properties I own.

There are longer then 3-5 year mortgage terms in Canada. I believe up to 15 years is commonly offered.

Amortization length of a mortgage can be up to 35 years for residential mortgages. 35 year amortizations were only eliminated for CMHC/insured mortgages.

I would contend that the system is more stable when borrowers are forced to consider the consequences of future interest rate increases.

Nothing more then the same old talking points, hashed and rehashed again. Save you self some time and don't read this sensationalist rabble.

I bought in Edmonton, Alberta. It's not easy to find cash flowing properties. But if you are slow and methodical there are opportunities. Find a system that works for others and try to model yours after theirs. Why reinvent the wheel when you can borrow one!

Pretty much all the properties I have were a little ugly to start. Nothing major just some lipstick and rouge.

Use it to schedule "near time" jobs that are not suitable to do inline during a web request.

Disclaimer I am a Canuck I have chosen to invest most my saving in income generating Real Estate. This is counter to what a lot my peers in my generation are doing.

I invest in residential properties either suited bungalows or condo townhouses. Even with the economic downturn they have been doing quite well for me.

I plan to grow this portfolio as a side project of sorts while I hack on software during the day. Over time it should be a solid source of "passive income"(investing in real estate is rarely ever truly passive).

Some of it's true some of it's not. It doesn't really matter one way or another because this site is useless. Spend more time hacking in a framework that you do enjoy instead of bitching about the ones you don't.

Is it just me or is ignoring the interview process in favour of the firing process as poor as the opposite? The best method is to weight them about equal.

Have a rigorous interview process where you try to hire only the best fit. If the new employee is a failure, have the ability to admit you made a mistake a correct it. Best of both worlds.

Firing a new hire is not a cheap process and it does affect your reputation/company morale.

Correct me if I am reading too much into their response. But it sounds like they were at the tail end of closing a round of financing. The investors didn't like some of the startups in the current cohort so they made it a requirement that Bootup cut them from the program before the new round closed.

So instead of honoring their word they choose to take the money. Very poor business practice IMO.

The -a switch for the commit command will only add changes from all files listed in the index. "git add ." will add changed files that are in the index and those that are not. So they are not redundant commands.

Just wanted to point out the fact that most of the advice here will be biased (not negatively). Most if not everyone here has one financial goal in mind asset growth.

You on the other hand, shouldn't have that as your only goal. You have a huge sum of money and you should be thinking about capital conservation. What happens if hyper-inflation kicks in? What happens if the American economy spirals into depression?

People with high networth have to plan for these things. That is where a financial advisor is actually useful. They might not be able to make you alot of money (because if they could they would be already rich by doing it with their own money) but they can help you preserve the wealth you already have.

I would recommend that is a line of questioning that you should definitely go over with anyone that is going to advise you on your new found wealth. It would be best that they bring it up with you without you having to mention it.

Has anyone been having trouble with mixpanel?

Since yesterday I've been trying to investigate it for analytics for a new app I'm building. I follow their _dead_ simple examples and I never get any data logged. I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing or if the service is having trouble.

The site seems to store your password in plain text or 2 way hash. I'd recomend against creating an account there with a password you use anywhere else.