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It's really smooth, I checked to see if it was built in React given the speed.

On the same lines as the comment above, London and London Borough of Camden are listed separately too.

Edit: And you're printing some arrays into the browser console.

I agree there are a lot of crappy business books out there that fit that description. I read Sophia's after writing this list but it's good for all the reasons mentioned by IsaacL.

Here are a few I thought were interesting and in the tone 'this is my experience, apply it to your situation or don't' - https://medium.com/@KatAlexPas/an-hour-and-a-half-a-day-of-r...

I think you're talking about Metro bank? I know they're literally on the high street but they're meant to be a bit more innovative/useful when you actually go into a branch.

I normally use the phrase 'High Street bank' to mean those that have a branch on most high streets and range from unhelpful to really unhelpful. That's useful to know that Metro bank are living up to a different reputation.

That might depend on the city but in London I've found a black cab is normally a minimum 30% more than an uber. For longer journeys it can jump to double the price. Uber surge could equalise it.

It's interesting hearing Reid Hoffmann talking about the importance of your network, the way he references people and gets referrals etc.

He doesn't mention using Linkedin as a tool to do this. All email and phone. I wouldn't use Linkedin as a tool to do those things either but given that Linkedin position themselves as a network for exactly that and he's the founder I'm surprised at the lack of mention.

I've been using React for my last few projects (not by choice) and have found this a lot. Maybe because its newer, maybe because it doesn't play nice with other front-end things. SO rage indeed.

If you'll be managing a technical product and other developers I'd recommend reading 'Managing Humans' by Michael Lopp (aka rands) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-E...

Short chapters so you can read it in chunks, its entertaining and based on his experiences.

Included it in this list of start-up books I wrote ages ago but you've reminded me its worth re-reading - https://medium.com/@KatAlexPas/an-hour-and-a-half-a-day-of-r...

I would love to be able to name a company that's done well without the being evil component.

I think if users paid to use social networks then those networks wouldn't have to sell ad data to make revenue.

It makes sense that when Facebook, LinkedIn et. al were set up social networks were something new so people wouldn't understand the benefits enough to pay.

Right now, we've seen what social looks like when you don't pay for it. You become the product.

I would have happily paid for WhatsApp instead of letting them give all my numbers to fb.

I read that phrase as meaning the degrees of connection feature is a way to stop users receiving unsolicited messages, something which contributes to the reverse network effects the author talks about.

Having the paid, 'message indiscriminately' feature undermines that. So if the intention is to reduce unsolicited messages to reduce spam then it doesn't work.

I think the intention actually is to reduce spam from those who don't pay for it. So yes, working as intended.

This quote made me laugh -

"LinkedIn creates friction by preventing users from communicating with distant connections. This ensures that users do not receive unsolicited messages. This also allows LinkedIn to offer frictionless access (OpenMail) as a premium value proposition."

I'd say my inmail is 95% unsolicited messages from people who have bought access.

I'd recommend his book. Very short to read and the tone is the same - https://www.amazon.com/Anything-You-Want-Derek-Sivers/dp/193...

One of my favourite books about start-ups but here are a few more - https://medium.com/@KatAlexPas/an-hour-and-a-half-a-day-of-r...

That's interesting. I'm used to google knowing a lot of information about me (android phone and I primarily use google apps). You're right though, it's not public information. Even google docs, the sharing permissions are really well handled. None of their products are orientated toward outward sharing bar Google+.

I've always wondered why Google+ did so badly. I love google apps for everything but social. Seems like a missed opportunity to make something that moves away from Facebook as the norm.

At interviews people get asked the classic, what's your biggest weakness question. As well as asking them to describe a typical day I always ask an existing employee what the worst thing about their job is. People often try to give a company approved reply but the underlying tensions with the tech/management/process are very difficult to hide.

One of the original suggested referendum questions was "Do you think that the United Kingdom should be a member of the European Union?"

It was rejected in favour of "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of European Union" because "some participants in our research did not know that the United Kingdom is currently a member of the European Union."*

If that wasn't evidence the referendum was a bad idea...

*http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file...

Medium. I like that I don't have to think about styling and can focus on the content.

I haven't used it yet for technical blogs but it supports embedding gists. https://medium.com/@KatAlexPas

It would be interesting to see one from the other end of the scale to add some balance too.

I started out with Codecademy and gave up lots of times (over about 6 months) before I decided to commit to learning full time.

My plan was to lock myself in a room for 3 months and teach myself Python, I ended up doing an in person course in Javascript (one of the rare free ones). Learning with peers and some support made the whole thing a lot less gruelling. Before that I would get stuck on very simple things for hours and hours not knowing what to google to find the way out of it.

I wrote about this in article a little while ago if you're interested in the full process I went through. Note (I didn't choose the title for this) - http://www.gadgette.com/2016/02/19/how-i-learnt-to-code-in-a...

So my use of the word hipster (and the title of the post) is a reference to this quote which I think is the original source.

"At SXSW, Rei Inamoto, the chief creative officer for AKQA, shared a nugget of wisdom that I’ve observed to be true: “To run an efficient team, you only need three people: a Hipster, a Hacker, and a Hustler.” - http://www.forbes.com/sites/andyellwood/2012/08/22/the-dream...

It was a colloquial way to get across the point that I couldn't code or design at the point I was looking for a role at a start-up.

To clarify, I didn't get a role as a dev at the start-up in the post on HN, it was in the investment team.

Then after I left I spent 2 weeks solidly trying to hit the course requirements, then 3 months on the coding course. There was also time before that learning syntax on coding academy in my evenings.

Since finishing the course (in December 2015) I've been freelancing with some mentorship at Founders & Coders. It's only now that I feel I could apply for a role as junior dev. So really it's been 7 months, and a lot of hours, getting to that standard.

I wrote the post, as some people have picked up in the comments, the one year is a reference to the minimum time I wanted to spend working for someone at a start-up. I used the word build as when you're an early employee that's the dynamic.

My plan wasn't to leave after the year, just to re-evaluate if I was learning what I wanted to be in the role. As it turned out, I did leave as I wanted to develop my technical skills instead of carrying along the VC/Biz-dev career path.

I agree that if you're starting your own thing then 7-10 years is a good minimum time frame.

Find a company that you want to work for and then go on the site and read through the company blog. Hopefully those posts will be authored by someone and not just the 'company'. Then find that person on social media (twitter/google/linkedin) and use that to reach out to them via email or twitter (not everyone reads their linkedin because of the spam) referencing something interesting they've been working on. That's an effective way to get an 'in' if you don't have a network there already.

Also find out if they're hosting any events or speaking at any and attend. The process is a lot easier once you've actually met someone who works there.

Though I'm a developer now I got my last job in Sales/VC when I went to see the founder speak at an event, he intro'd me to the hiring manager who rejected me initially as I didn't have a start-up network (the job was finding start-ups deal-flow for funding). I got that job as I said I could create a network in 3 days and proved it.

https://medium.com/tech-london/not-a-hacker-or-a-hipster-how...

I agree with you about the spam. I've been gradually disabling my Linkedin as a result.

Developers will see value in a product if they use it or see it being used and realise it could improve their work. Less about 'perception' of value.

More, is this something that will help me enough that it's worth the time of integrating it into my work flow.

As mentioned in another comment, it also depends who's money it is as to how that value tradeoff looks. The company they work for or their own.

What are you trying to teach them? I went through a coding school called Founders & Coders, one of our one week projects was to make a stack overflow clone. We really enjoyed it.

A16z have just released a podcast on this exactly >https://overcast.fm/+BlzEI52II

The best thing I've ever read on coming up with a sales commission structure is this article by Lars Dalgaard > http://a16z.com/2015/07/23/sales-compensation-beware-you-get...

Interesting, can you give an example?

"The problem for some people who haven't found it useful is most recruiters only target the young developers who look like they will be easy placements."

This would explain why I seem to get more add requests/inmails than nearly anyone else I speak to. Thanks for the clarity.

I hate using it. I’m a Junior Dev and I get about 10x the amount of recruiter and random adds than I did at my last job finding start-up dealflow for an investment platform.

The issue is they built a revenue model that rewards quantity over quality for content and that prioritises recruiter and sales lead generation over individuals using it to keep in touch with their professional network. I’ve never used it to find or move jobs.

I was trying to think about how they might be able to reverse the spam factory it’s become and I don’t think it’s possible without a different revenue model.

I’d be interested to see if they start to move towards the ‘Linkedin Qualifications’ platform idea - if you use Linkedin for e-learning it would give you a reason to use the site every day, you would be tied in as you not only display your existing qualifications there but they also award them and it would let them generate revenue from users (charging for the courses) without the reliance on the premium ‘here you can spam people’ accounts.

This opinion piece on Tech Crunch nails why this happens is pretty accurate too > http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/23/linkedin-problems-run-deepe...