Slonlt's List: Career

• vWorker is the right place.
• Be good in what you like/do.
• t's true: there are lots of coders in those freelance sites, but lots of them only have the basic knowledge of a few topics. It means that they won't be able to work in a medium-difficult project (no matter if it is a small or a big project).
• Guru.com, and elance.com are two good options for finding online work.

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• Anybody can write code, few people have the skills to change the world through software.
• Save your money, go to a good state school, get great grades and good letters of rec and then take out loans to get a graduate degree from a famous place.
• You can always make more money, you can never get the time back you spend.
• The most common element I've seen of top programmers is not actually what college they went to, but whether they love programming. A lot of top programmers discovered their passion for programming early, often before even high school.

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• How to get rich:

    
   
  1. Stay out of debt
   
  2. Spend less than you earn
   
  3. Wisely invest the difference

• Here is my 3-step plan:

    
   
  1. Learn programming
   
  2. Become a good programmer
   
  3. Win the lottery
   
    

  Personally I think 1. and 2. have the most chance of success.

• Initial Rate = Your hourly rate * worst case estimate of number of hours you'd need to finish this project + Expenses

    

  Expenses = Power Cost + Money transaction costs (wire, western union etc) if applicable + Any hardware or software that you needed to purchase for your work + Internet Connection Costs

    

  Final Rate = (1 - 0.3 * Probability of repeat business) * Initial Rate
• price = desired hourly rate * (estimated number of hours to complete * 3) + expenses

• • Learn how to write before graduating.
   
  • Learn C before graduating.
   
  • Learn microeconomics before graduating.
   
  • Don't blow off non-CS classes just because they're boring.
   
  • Take programming-intensive courses.
   
  • Stop worrying about all the jobs going to India.
   
  • No matter what you do, get a good summer internship.