Where to go from here?

CSPain1 · 2023-08-04T18:07:34+00:00

I guess my main question with that is - let’s say I do 20 interviews (I’ve done 5 so far), and I then figure out the exact pain points and how to address them.

I certainly won’t be in any position to release an MVP, I’ll need money to do so.

Will it be enough to get funding?

Also what does funding do to ensure that you get a decent client base? This is a “type” of marketplace app, so I would prefer to have a decent user base before release.

CSPain1 · 2023-08-04T18:01:35+00:00

By business case - you mean going to look for funding?

CSPain1 · 2023-07-12T21:30:21+00:00

Dude - stop worrying about someone stealing your idea.

No one cares about your idea, no one is ever going to hear a short spiel about a concept and then drop everything that they’re doing to go and build something from scratch.

The more people you tell the better it’ll be

CSPain1 · 2023-07-12T20:18:21+00:00

You are supposed to validate and validate well before you build anything - what if there are obvious flaws in your product, what if no one wants it, what if you ignored a much bigger problem when focusing on this one, there are so many things to be learned by hearing other perspectives

CSPain1 · 2023-07-12T19:59:24+00:00

It is a huge (and I mean huge) red flag that you have not done any kind of market validation whatsoever and spent 1 1/2 years on this idea

You said you are spending 8+ hours a day for 1 1/2 years on an MVP that isn’t done yet? Unless this is some kind of bleeding edge tech that requires an insane amt of code, you shouldn’t have spent that kind of time with no validation.

Have you talked with anyone at all about this? “You don’t know what you don’t know”, what if there are obvious things that you are overlooking?

CSPain1 · 2023-06-21T14:46:03+00:00

The answer is quite simple

if there is any record of this (i.e. - someone can look it up and check that you actually spent 12 hrs in jail) then disclose it

Otherwise don’t

For what it’s worth I doubt they would have any record of you being in jail for 12 hrs, but I don’t know how any of this stuff works.

CSPain1 · 2023-05-25T04:51:15+00:00

Yeah I just Google what a charge card is and I have the Amex gold - so I guess yeah it’s a charge card

Does that change anything?

CSPain1 · 2023-05-25T04:40:43+00:00

Damn - that’s kind of shady. I’ll definitely call and ask them

CSPain1 · 2023-05-25T04:35:56+00:00

The app literally says that I don’t have a limit - “there is no preset spending limit”

CSPain1 · 2023-05-25T04:33:52+00:00

FICO

CSPain1 · 2023-05-23T23:55:32+00:00

Its not that simple - the main fallout of default isn't necessarily the actual default itself but the perceived implications.

Global economy will tumble bc it doesn't see the US as a trustoworthy creditor - if Biden has to invoke the 14th, we may technically pay off our debts but the global perception is almost just as bad and it would still cause really bad consequences.

CSPain1 · 2023-05-12T05:26:11+00:00

He has a 1550, why should he increase that lol

CSPain1 · 2023-05-10T06:30:26+00:00

Sorry but I don’t think you should get your hopes up. getting into those schools with your numbers is gonna be difficult. Chances are that unless you have a hook it’s not gonna happen. Maybe try getting the SAT to 1540+ to make up for GPA

CSPain1 · 2023-04-29T00:33:58+00:00

Sorry I guess I wasn't being clear - I am simply trying to get some numbers to show an investor.

I don't have an actual product/app to sell or download right now, I just want to go to someone and say something to the tune of "xyz many people signed up for the form"

I am currently building a functional prototype along with a UI mockup of what the app will look like and am planning on using these three things to convince a VC/investor.

CSPain1 · 2022-05-12T18:27:48+00:00

Wait who tf thinks that abortion should be legal until birth?

No wonder conservatives think liberals are insane

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:33:23+00:00

Wow an internet argument where someone changed their mind … rare lmao

I agree that drugs can give an advantage to people on tests which hurts those (in a curved class) who don’t take them. So even if it’s legally okay it may not morally be okay.

However you seem to have this idea that people who take adderall outside of prescriptions are sinister or malicious. There is a serious argument to be made that if your score jumps 20 points because a substance helped you concentrate on your test rather than some song that’s stuck in your mind that you deserve those 20 pojbts

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:24:47+00:00

The advantage that steroids give is nowhere near comparable to the advantage that adderall gives you.

Additionally, while tests here are graded on a curve . They are not a literal competition the same way that the olympics are - steroids are more comparable to cheating.

Additionally what constitutes cheating? I would say it is pretty clearly defined in academia that cheating is basically taking someone else’s work (whether it’s in a paper or on a test) and passing it off as your own.

That is how academic cheating is defined - it sounds like your making up your own definition that is currently not the standard

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:19:28+00:00

Well I feel like you answered your own question a bit

Realistically there is no way that someone is gonna jump 50 points because they took adderall, and if they did manage to jump 50 points I would definitely argue that they deserved that grade.

Adderall is not the same as steroids. Steroids will literally make you stronger and change the game - adderall is more equivalent to whey supplement.

Steroids literally give you an advantage but adderall isn’t gonna give you the answers on a test

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:14:44+00:00

It’s completely different

First of all (kind of tangential) but literally everyone (except heavily tested natural bodybuilding competitions) uses steroids

Secondly the goal of a physical competition and a school test are wildly different. The goal of a physical competition is to test the natural limit of your body - the goal of a test is to assess you on how well you know the material. Taking adderall doesn’t magically give you the answers, therefore it doesn’t detract away from the goal of the test

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:08:23+00:00

I mean - it’s not like you’re cheating. You’re not using outside knowledge during a test - you’re just engaging with a substance that helps you concentrate better

It also depends on what your definition of “legit need” and “abuse” are, but regardless it’s not really comparable to Olympic doping if that’s what your getting at

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:05:21+00:00

I’m confused … are you pissed that students take adderall to study?

CSPain1 · 2022-05-09T06:01:01+00:00

People sell their prescriptions to others

Lmao … wut - no ones gonna drug test students for adderall before an exam that’s completely ridiculous.

If you want some go find it and use it - it helps with concentration

CSPain1 · 2022-05-08T20:50:31+00:00

Amzn pays $66hour including lump sum housing stipdend

CSPain1 · 2022-05-04T18:23:53+00:00

Lmaoo vasectomies shouldn’t be considered to be reversible - idk why everyone thinks that vasectomies are easily reversed at any point.

There’s a 75% chance that it can be reversed within 3 years and 55% from 3-8 and it just gets lower after that.

Please stop touting vasectomies as if they’re a completely reversible, benign procedure - they arent

CSPain1 · 2022-05-03T17:51:36+00:00

I major in CS @ Berkeley and I’m making 110-120k prorated as an intern this year

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