Readit Newsisaacaderogba commented on Launch HN: CodeCrafters (YC S22) – Practice writing complex software codecrafters.io... · Posted by u/rohitpaulk
We're targeting engineers with access to company-provided learning / professional-development budgets. From speaking with customers, we're seeing companies offer employees between $500-$5000 in annual allowances.
Which course intrigues you most? :)
Are there pricing options for developers that aren't in this position? The platform looks great, but $80/month on a personal subscription feels really steep.
isaacaderogba commented on Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project? · Posted by u/as89
https://hostjupyter.com - a simple tool for publishing and sharing Jupyter notebooks.
Great thing is that I built it for myself as a way of sharing my data science portfolio (https://nbs.isaacaderogba.com/spacy-entities-model)! I decided to make it a general tool in case others wanted to use (and pay) for it. There's comfort in knowing that there'll always be at least one user.
isaacaderogba commented on Lambda School is the biggest mistake I made this year reddit.com/r/LambdaSchool... · Posted by u/barry-cotter
Awh man, this is a bummer.
I attended Lambda School from April-November 2019. I was in the Web Dev unit for 4 months and a Team Lead for the remainder. I got a job early so didn't get to do Labs or Computer Science, though I've heard they weren't great experiences. I'm not 100% looped in what's happening with Lambda anymore (they removed the Alumni from the student Slack channels), but I hope they're able to turn things around.
For what it's worth, I did enjoy my time there. It helped me get over anxiety around tackling projects, and it gave me a taste of what fast-paced learning looks like. Was also able to use what I learned for Pioneer and YC. That said, it does feel weird to be on the hook for €27,500 - for what was effectively 4 months of instruction in my case.
isaacaderogba commented on Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses? · Posted by u/dalleh
As an alternative to getting a textbook, I would strongly recommend Krista King's maths courses. They're available through Udemy or her personal website [1][2].
Each section has a 1) written explanation, 2) video explanation with an exercise walkthrough and a 3) set of exercises. Each exercise also has a well-written walkthrough in case you can't solve them.
I've been working through them part-time for 4 months now, and it's honestly the first time that maths has clicked for me (I've found that most books tend to skip concepts which leave me lost).
[1] https://www.udemy.com/user/kristaking/ [2] https://www.kristakingmath.com/
isaacaderogba commented on Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator techcrunch.com/2020/02/19... · Posted by u/vo2maxer
> The accelerator won’t give them cash but will help founders incorporate their startups, give them guidance via a network of experts, and toss some other substantial perks like $100K worth of cloud credits and a roundtrip ticket to San Francisco to inject a bit of face-to-face time into the process.
Question to those of you who are in the program: what Pioneer perk is most valuable to you? Is it access to the Pioneer social network? Or the status signal for being part of a startup accelerator? Surely it's not the help with incorporation or the round-trip ticket to SFO.
I'm not sure the perks are what encouraged me to apply in the first place. They always sort of felt like a nice add-on. Rather, it was for validation that what I was building seemed valuable. Perhaps this ties in to your status signalling point.
Also, it was refreshing to be able to compete on weekly progress as opposed to writing some lengthy business application.
isaacaderogba commented on Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator techcrunch.com/2020/02/19... · Posted by u/vo2maxer
Pioneer and Entrepreneur First are probably the most compelling attempts of rethinking the accelerator.
Haven't contributed to the Pioneer community too much (also backed), but it's clear that things are picking up internally with frequent talks, office hours and "remote dinners" - the first of which is tomorrow.
Really excited to see what other companies spin out of Pioneer
isaacaderogba commented on Show HN: Conduit – Product management for self-managed teams getconduit.co... · Posted by u/isaacaderogba
An app I've been building over the last 8 weeks.
Very much still in beta, but any feedback is welcome - particularly interested on how to make this more appealing to self-managed engineering teams.
Haven't tried it myself but it seems like a more modern/gamified version of Anki.
I wish there was a market place for spaced repetition decks on different topics/fields. It does seem like the closest thing we have to downloading a "topic" into our brain.