Yes, I understand. But I thought I'd put my 2cents on the difference between what I did if I didn't have a green card. And how it differs with a corporation/big donors/super PACs or a foreign gov't giving assistance to a campaign.
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Needless to say I am a zombie. Hullo.
So for me, the map was a practice exercise, which is essentially like a more convoluted Hello World. The value was perceived by others, and the campaign. The value for me was, "Ok, there's cluttered events all around the wild, I'd like to make sense of it and help out while I practice D3 and Leaflet."
The value as perceived by others was beyond me, and I was really just happy that it had bigger value that I originally intended.
This is different with foreign governments contributing online assets or money to the campaign, because the intent is different, and the worth is different. The intent is influence/leverage, and worth is tools/dollars. And as you have predicated below as well, corporate money is very different if you look deeper, compared to an individual who's just practicing.
Im planning on quitting soon, and doing independent research while creating non-startup apps. Posts like this (and the link above) really motivate me. :)
Best of luck to ya!
I would love to see a site whose part of the user experience is actually experiencing the site first hand on one's own, like the smart people that they are. (or is it a user-filtering system)
I think BAs and PMs are for the management side of the industry. Currently with big payout, however plateaued.
While programmers are on the innovation path, who will eventually (co-)create a really great startup. In the longrun, a really huge payout.
Though most programmers I know tend to jump from one company to the next, they target small tech-companies as the churning is acceptably high without the usual non-compete clause, and ask for higher salaries in each company. It is, apparently, a very good strategy, albeit opportunistic(?).
Also, his coder is fun. :D Taco!!!