brewerhimself

I'm in Jacksonville, FL right now, but I'm very interested in moving to San Francisco.

The internship will absolutely haved to be payed, and payed fairly at that. My skills aren't the greatest, but I'm not willing to work for $10/hr.

I checked out the website, but I didn't see a jobs page. I'd be interested in chatting too, so feel free to drop me an email (my email can be found in my profile) or leave yours here.

Nest looks really cool and I like the idea of having a physical (as opposed to virtual) product. Are you interested in hiring any junior engineers? Feel free to drop me a line (my email is in my profile) or leave your email here, I'd love to chat.

I checked out the jobs page, but I got a 404 error. I'd love to talk though, so feel free to drop me a line (my email is in my profile) or leave your email here.

I found this funny enough to tell a co-worker about it.

> Don't be the no in your life.

I feel like this is from the movie Yes, Man! That aside, I take your advice to heart. I don't want to be the no in my life. :)

I've been considering getting a bike for some time now. It should be in the budget soon, so I'll bookmark your app and use it some time. Thanks!

This is pretty much my line of thought in a nutshell.

Just a note: I plan on replying to every comment here. I'm on the tail end of my lunch break right now and don't have the time, but I'll do it first thing when I get home.

Bitly has always interested me because it looks like it would be such a simple project, but there are obviously interesting scaling problems to be solved at Bitly.

Orvant looks really cool! Are you hiring, by chance?

Google is too large for me .. at least for now. :) I'm looking for a place where I can work on an entire (or at least a large portion) product.

SevOne's careers page says that a Bachelor's degree is a requirement. How strict is SevOne (or any other company, for that matter) on this requirement? Do you know of any software engineers that don't have a degree?

I've sent you an email. Thanks :)

Where did you hear about these companies?

I'm already over 25 watchers. Thanks though! I'll keep it in mind for future projects.

It's a minimalist blog written in Python called Logr. I posted it on HN, but there was almost no response. The code is hosted on GitHub at http://github.com/brewerhimself/Logr.

I hadn't considered that some posts may fall into multiple categories, but I'll give it some thought. In the mean time, just choose whichever category works better.

I'm very interested in hearing some feature requests or any issues you notice. Feel free to post here so others can comment on your comment.

I'll keep it in mind! Thanks!

I tend to schedule more time than I think I'll need to complete a task, rather than less. Any time left over goes to tasks that I didn't complete earlier in the day and, if none exist, I browse.

Thanks for taking the time to type that beast. I can see how most people never achieve steps 1 and 2. I find it difficult to come up with an idea that other people think is really cool or, if I do, it's a ridiculously difficult idea that I don't possess ever a fraction of the required skillset.

One project that I've considered before is some sort of auto-piloted arduino-based plane that would fly across the US from Jacksonville, FL (where I live now) to Mountain View, CA. I think this might be comparable to your T-Rex example in that, while it has no practical use, it's still pretty damn cool.

Thoughts?

Shoot me an email at james@brewerhimself.com sometime; I'd be interested to hear what you think about Udacity. I'm taking the Introduction to Statistics class right now myself.

I was thinking about working on a Reddit clone while making some open source contributions. How does that sound?

I would think that releasing before working out bugs is considered to be bad practice. Is this not the case?

Last night I read something about 16 ways to be productive or something like that. After some thought, I realized how much time I waste just mindlessly surfing the net every day.

One point the article made was that scheduling is key, especially is self-discipline isn't your strong point (and believe me, it isn't a strong point of mine). So I decided that, before going to bed, I would create a schedule for the following day (that is, today) and stick to it. There were a few bumps along the road that required moving some things around but now it's 7:00 PM and I've managed to complete everything on the list up until this point.

From now on, I will be explicitly scheduling free time (I actually have some coming up in about 30 minutes).

No offence, but I'm looking for something more proactive. :) I want to actively work towards my goal, not wait for something to come along.

This is interesting because, while I know it will take time, I don't want to wait. Right now I feel so far removed from the technical community because the city I live in doesn't offer a lot. I think that, given the opportunity, I would be very happy to work in QA while I learn.

What resources would you recommend for finding a QA or similar job? I've never held a job even remotely related.

Have you reached the MVP stage yet? I'm wondering whether it's viable to release before having a professionally made design.

Verizon offers a little device called a "Jetpack" that is essentially a battery-powered router that is eligible for 4G service from Verizon. You simply carry it with you and it acts as a hotspot for up to 5 devices, including laptops.

The only downside is that the largest data plan offers only 10gb of bandwith for $80/mn.