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mfryeon Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (June 2011)

Washington DC Metro Area and Northern VA - Full Time Exciting new startup in Visual Computing looking for C#/C++ developers including experience with but not limited to: multi-threaded, socket-level network, kernel or Windows driver programming experience, OpenCV, OpenCL, DSP, XMPP, audio, and video. Contact mike [at] mikefrye [dot] com

mfryeon Ask HN: Share Your Linkedin Profiles

http://linkedin.com/in/michaelfryedeveloper

mfryeon Announce Day - YC S11 Applicants Chat on Wompt

Sombody pwned the chat with a scrolling bug.

mfryeon Ask HN: Life advice - failure with college? Aspiring CS Maj.

I'm under 25 and I have a similar story.

I quit college three times, I have 0 credits. You will freak out my parents and friends a few times but it's well worth it.

Learn programming on your own, but find a good hacker to pair up with. Work for free for him so you can get up to speed.

College majors don't mean a thing. One of the smartest programmers I know is an English major.

Where are you located?

mfryeon How to teach a new (remote) developer your application?

What's your budget? Smart and experienced developers can pick up these things very quickly.

I have ran into the same issue before when I opted for the $20/hr on an overseas developer thinking he should be experienced. He knew how to program and can write textbook perfect code, but I spent over a week hand-holding before I gave up on him and made no progress.

Round two, I spent over $60/hr for an overseas developer. I never looked back, hands free.

mfryeon Is there startup focus on mobile health?

http://zocdoc.com https://drchrono.com

mfryeon Ask HN: Help with 401k & Savings

Here's 3 simple goals:

401k @ 6%

Max Roth IRA until $5k

Max 401k until $16500. (Employee contributions don't count against the max)

mfryeon Ask HN: Who Is Hiring (For Freelance/Part Time Remote Work) February 2011.

I am looking for a part-time freelancer that's great at C# + LINQ and database design.

mfryeon Ask HN: What kind of personal financial investment do you do?

* Trading 'high risk - high reward' in a taxable account with margin (ex: put in 10k and they give me $30k extra). About 15-20 trades per month, 30% day trades and the rest 5-10 day hold periods. I use stop losses to minimize risk. I have no losses YTD. I use Twitter to find stocks in play and trade based on technicals.

* Max Roth IRA in long term trades.

* 401k up to employer match

* No mortgage, no car, no kids, paying under 10k school loan off

* I rent in the city, walk to work (no public transit costs) and each year I can upgrade or downgrade my monthly rent based on my income changes.

I'm thinking about buying a detached property (minor HOA fees) in Miami or Las Vegas in cash to move and dedicate full time working on my startup and trading.