willstrimling

This isn't Uber source code. This is a project they sent potential hires home with to complete. I have a copy of this locally from when I completed this assignment.

Source: I interned there during the summer of 2012

I'd also like to see the curriculum!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7412992 based on this

Thanks for all the great tips! I have been talking with Daniel Bru and Teens In Tech closely (and I just attended their conference), and I am trying to scout out what I'll be able to get from them. Of course, I really found the blurp about trying to acquire someone as a mentor.

I do have a technical background, but If I aim to seek investment, I believe it to be far more beneficial to have at least one other person on board, even if I seek to hire personnel.

pssh.. who said anything about college? I'm in highschool. But yes, I see that our situations are similar. Let me know if you find anything that works for you.

Thanks!

Devil's advocate win. I think your right, nobody is going to fund a 15 year for a lot reasons. I'll just have to find a reason that beats all the odds against me. :)

Fully though, I understand, but I'm still going to try my best. Hey, the worst that happens is they say no.

I disagree, especially if its a range of talent. No one can be excellent at 3 different things, only one field.

Money would be for creating a team of more talented individuals than myself (specifically in Node.js + server admin and design) and of course for hardware and infrastructure costs.

I can't do this without a team though, and that sucks because I don't live in a place or age group where finding people who are down to commit to working on this project for a good portion of their time for only equity. The only way for me to make a team is to hire them, and without funding that is also impossible.

I'm not so much worried about getting my idea stolen as getting this into development.

I'd say yes, I have the 15" you are thinking about. The SSD I have is drastically better than my former HDD, and I don't think I could ever go back. I have an 128gb limit on the SSD, with the addition of an external firwire harddrive. If you're not looking to spend $500, maybe get a smaller, 128gb ssd for applications and OS, and then when a thunderbolt external/portable HDD comes out, you can store files on that. Hope that helps. If anything, I believe you cannot go wrong with any size SSD.

http://lifepath.me/will here's mine, if you want to see an example.

I have been :) I'll continue to keep my eyes open, but that is something i'm definitely trying to do.