Comments on: Hey programmers, we need to talk.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:33:35 +0000

I am very impressed with the information presented here. I do believe that every developer/programmer should have side projects. It should not be about making them rich either! If you do something you love, it should not be a problem. Because the programmer is employed, there will be a need to hire a virtual assistant to assist with the administrative tasks of the side project. Some VAs are very knowledgeable in software and programming technology. One website that software developers can hire VAs is VAnow.net. It is one of best that I know has certified, skilled VAs.

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:58:19 +0000

Fantastic post. Thumbs up!

By: Paolo G. Giarrusso

Paolo G. Giarrusso — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:37:39 +0000

+1. I’m one of those too easily distracted programmers – I became a PhD student during the rise of social networks and the current reward system, though, so I’m not sure what’s more at fault.

Do you really think that commenting on a page is using up coding time?

For me, yes.

Followup question: how was Usenet different?

By: Vipul S. Chawathe

Vipul S. Chawathe — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:36:19 +0000

Reminds me that Android tablets are seen as pocket video games wherein many games may be loaded in the console. Only because tablet as originally conceived was chosen to run iOS, a Windows Mobile competitor, rather than MacOS. I hope tablets as PC form factor that boosts productivity takeover from Atom Chromebook.

By: Jon Hendry

Jon Hendry — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:06:02 +0000

I noticed that mac-programming blog activity (longer-form posts) kinda dried up after Twitter arrived. Which is a shame, because Twitter is a very ephemeral medium, so the useful knowledge that is posted there is largely lost.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:27:29 +0000

Are you familiar with gittip which aims to reward individuals with more than just internet points it enables others to pay people for their contributions to the world. Which seems like a definite step in the right direction.

By: qbolec

qbolec — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:36:37 +0000

How about Coderwall? https://coderwall.com/welcome This seems to give you carma points for commits to github etc. Also supports teams.

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By: William Riley

William Riley — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:40:54 +0000

I KNOW I’M BREAKING “THE RULES” HERE, but Geekli.st does a pretty righteous job of trying to incentivise us engineers with those sort of Karma Points. I’d like to see a coding system operate more and more like people with blogs commenting and guest posting on other blogs. I think that’d be powerful.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 05:44:42 +0000

Ego? There are numerous reasons people “contribute freely” online, and numerous reasons why they don’t. For me, unless it’s building a network I can cash in on later or get paid for it in the process why bother, but thats just my motivation (family to feed, bills to pay and I enjoy my leisure time). I see too many ego builders vs. altruistic contributions….just be honest about it with yourself so you don’t end up wasting your time! Times up…