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maxgaudin

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COO at Operation Spark
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maxgaudin··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
Follow the money at the local and state level. Every since followthemoney.org was absorbed by Open Secrets in 2024 we don't have a state level "follow the money" tool. BackerBase brings campaign finance data, public filings, donor networks, races, officials, and entity relationships into one source-backed workspace. Starting with Louisiana and adding more states now :)

https://backerbase.ai

maxgaudin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)
Operation Spark (https://operationspark.org) | Full-Time | Onsite (New Orleans, La, US)

Position: Instructor

Operation Spark a non-profit code school on a mission to help people get great jobs in software development. Through immersive programming bootcamps, we train people who lack well-paying job skills to enter into the high wage, high demand tech industry.

The Instructor works closely with a classroom of students across the length of the program, and is charged with both with the students' educational outcomes as well as the strength of the classroom community. When a student gets a job after the program, the instructor is the person they thank with the deepest emotion.

Duties

* Facilitate Lecture Q&A Sessions

* Individual instruction and tutoring

* Facilitate mock interviews

* Grading of self-assessments

* Review student progress across several indicators

Qualifications

* Deeply passionate about our mission

* Expert-level software engineer, especially in JavaScript

* Ability to model student progress and remove educational roadblocks

* Empathy and charisma

* Experience with Backbone, Angular, and/or Node

Job perks

* Competitive salary

* Great benefits

* Awesome, open-office location in downtown New Orleans

https://worknola.com/operation-spark/instructor

maxgaudin··on Show HN: Pinnin – A simple Pinboard client for iPhone
Personally I'm a big fan of Pinswift. I've tried several of these Pinboard apps and like it the most. http://pinswiftapp.com/
maxgaudin··on Ask HN: How do you get and stay in the "zone"?
Focus at Will helps me a lot https://www.focusatwill.com/
maxgaudin··on The inexplicable rise of open floor plans in tech companies
I like the cube idea better than just an open desk layout. Seems to work well for SpaceX.
maxgaudin··on Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk's industrial empire [video]
Elon is actually in Iron Man 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuG2AVFB-g0
maxgaudin··on Airpnp: Like Airbnb, but for toilets
Hi there. I'm a cofounder at Airpnp. If you're really interested I'd like to talk to you about getting your bathroom going for Queen's Day. Email me at max@airpnp.co
maxgaudin··on Berlin Startup Map
Here's the source from a similar project to make your own map https://github.com/abenzer/represent-map
maxgaudin··on Kids Were Terrified of Getting MRIs. Then One Man Figured Out a Better Way
The machine from the story is using a decal.
maxgaudin··on Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/heard?
Square for homeless people. You can never again say "No, I don't have any change."
maxgaudin··on Instacart: Crowdsourcing Your Grocery Shopping
That's a good point but I personally hate spending 45 mins plus in the grocery store and would love to have someone bring it to my door. I find it to be a huge waste of time. If the ripeness of your avocado is that important to you then you'll still be one of those taking the trip to the store.

One important advantage instacart has over the in-store experience is the filtering and sorting of goods. The amount of toilet paper or cereal to choose from is absurd.

EDIT: After looking at the web app there appears to be no sorting/filtering capabilities but only search. Bummer.

maxgaudin··on Show HN: 7min Workout with Rdio
This is great. love the concept.
maxgaudin··on Kuler without Flash
Yes this has been a long time coming
maxgaudin··on Ask HN: any restaurant tech startup people want to meetup in SF?
I leave Saturday morning
maxgaudin··on Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars
Not sure. I was going to post this same quote to comment on it. I can only imagine what it must feel like to want to be the first man on Mars and actually have the ability to do it.
maxgaudin··on GoToMeeting uses competitor’s name in search ads to trick people
Definitely evil and unethical but probably not illegal. This post shows some insight into the issue but not an answer http://www.sportsandentertainmentlawplaybook.com/intellectua...
maxgaudin··on The Most Successful E-mail I Ever Wrote
That email is epic in a world of robotic bland auto-responses. If a real person isn't going to write me an email at least make it interesting.
maxgaudin··on Show HN: We are the same, app for practicing compassion
Correct...you need to clearly identify what it does and why I want it. After having to scroll down to see "How it Works" I still don't get it. Change the wording on "Exercises are designed to induce practical experiences of various aspects of compassion." And give me some screenshots that I can actually see. Cool idea.
maxgaudin··on Show HN: okhired - a marketplace for small jobs
Well this is certainly a great idea as we've since with the launch of https://iamexec.com/ You should aggressively pursue the London market. Good luck.
maxgaudin··on Show HN: A free HN iPhone/iPad app I launched a few months ago
I've been using it for a while and love it. Thanks for the back button. Is it possible to integrate the Reader function of Safari in iOS or is that only possible within Safari? Also, I would pay for this especially given the other attempts at the same app.
maxgaudin··on Udacity and the future of online universities
Can't enroll with Chrome or Firefox. Their site is all kinds of broken right now.
maxgaudin··on The Noun Project: Icons for everything
very nice project. congrats on getting so much support from kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tnp/building-a-free-coll...