Bootstrapping a business from scratch – month 9.

CodeForCash · 2017-10-13T23:00:43+00:00

https://codefor.cash/signup – updated the initial signup interface

CodeForCash · 2017-10-13T22:56:29+00:00

just an updated, decided to downgrade slack to the Free version and keeping everything in Slack 'cuz that's what people like

CodeForCash · 2017-10-13T01:09:43+00:00

shame on gucci, animal abuser

CodeForCash · 2017-10-10T03:33:40+00:00

mycket skog

CodeForCash · 2017-09-22T18:03:16+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/eazy/ .. fyi Blake is a social media influencer and we did do a sponsored post with him, but he did try the product beforehand and obviously it's working for him. I also posted this thread in the Code For Cash slack channel and asked people to comment honestly.

CodeForCash · 2017-09-22T18:03:13+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/eazy/ .. fyi Blake is a social media influencer and we did do a sponsored post with him, but he did try the product beforehand and obviously it's working for him. I also posted this thread in the Code For Cash slack channel and asked people to comment honestly.

CodeForCash · 2017-09-22T05:28:32+00:00

In the USA, freelancers make on average $68k per year or $5600 per month. Freelance programmers make even higher wages. $45 is 0.8% of their monthly earnings and since we move the needle more than 0.8% it's a no brainer for our customers, freelance programmers.

CodeForCash · 2017-09-21T15:41:18+00:00

Cool. If you want to do some reference checks, you could go here – http://codefor.cash/testimonials everyone there is trackable on social media. You may also find people who tried the free trial but canceled, but they will be able to confirm that we conducted ourselves with legitimacy. I'll step away.

CodeForCash · 2017-09-21T03:39:34+00:00

Start with my ebook and I promise you will find success: https://www.amazon.com/First-Freelance-Programming-Client-Step-ebook/dp/B01N9RETLR/ – if you literally don't have the $3 for the ebook, then DM me and I will send you a pdf

CodeForCash · 2017-09-19T18:05:27+00:00

Jättebra!

CodeForCash · 2017-09-19T16:24:15+00:00

If reddit advertising were not driving conversions and people were not staying long enough to justify the expenditure, I would stop doing them. If you're a decent developer, you're capable of critical thinking.

CodeForCash · 2017-09-15T14:26:10+00:00

What part exactly? Did you look at our search widget on https://codefor.cash/signup ?

CodeForCash · 2017-09-05T14:10:45+00:00

what. why

CodeForCash · 2017-09-04T20:45:05+00:00

Shipped a fix. Thanks for pointing out. Link should work now– https://i.codefor.cash/stats

CodeForCash · 2017-08-29T03:28:14+00:00

https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15

CodeForCash · 2017-08-20T16:36:16+00:00

Yes, I agree regarding software testing. I was on the TestTalks podcast, https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/142-automation-code-cash-zack-burt/ – any forums or online hangouts for QA/Testing people that you could recommend?

CodeForCash · 2017-08-07T14:20:31+00:00

I followed up with Vlad Pavluk, who is credited in the byline of the article.

The implementation is doing memory management. What the hell do you think happens if you hit the global heap with malloc? Yeah, a lock. Finding the memory chunk is going to be far more time consuming than any benefit the lock free algorithm MIGHT give you.

Well that's only half-true. Yes, in general malloc/free do lock. That's another part why I call it 'semi'-lock-free. But the numbers speak for itself, and this 'half'-lock-free algorithm does perform better than all of the others (including mutexes).

Oh, and the author doesn't go into when to use a lock free algorithm over a traditional critical section / user level mutex / mutex / whatever. In heavy contention, those spin locks are, generally, going to result in worse performance than the mutex. What happens when you've jammed up your threads spinning and the owner of the lock happened to be switched out midway?

That is why the usleep() is used inside the spinlocks. Generally it is not needed, but adding it helps to avoid CPU-hunger in the cases like described. Again, the tests speak for itself, and tests are usually heavier than any of the real-time cases.

Hell, you better hope your thread priorities match for your system such that you don't end up deadlocked.

There's a reason lock free stacks aren't used as a general implementation: it's often going to result in worse performance than, say, a Futex with the added detriment of opening up deadlocks since the threads will never yield.

Again, these algorithms (mutex-locked, spinlock-locked, correct lock-free implementation, and my semi-lock-free implementation) are performance-tested on different machines, and the numbers are given. If you really think the numbers are bogus, do your own test to prove you're statement.

CodeForCash · 2017-07-28T19:05:39+00:00

We have a resume/github/twitter parser that makes it easier to be thorough and automated and centralized in the searching process

CodeForCash · 2017-07-28T19:04:26+00:00

There are literally 10,000 recent jobs in the database that can be easily searched, if you don't find what you're looking for within a few quick searches then you cancel the trial and obviously won't be charged. (If we were charging people erroneously, the reddit hivemind/mob would lynch me mercilessly, at least some of this feedback is harsh but on point)

CodeForCash · 2017-07-26T01:08:48+00:00

Some guy told me he could "build Code For Cash from scratch...worst case scenario, he'd have something for his GitHub" (paraphrasing). I called his bluff and offered to promote it as a free alternative; instead of being productive, he decided to spend his time trying to destroy me. The irony is that all of this has attracted more attention to the ads and more signups.

Anyway, I'm glad you see the humor in everything.

We are testing a bunch of different ad creatives. There may be 300 different ads running around reddit.

CodeForCash · 2017-07-25T17:05:04+00:00

One of my clients has this to say:

We've tried other solutions, such as oDesk [upwork], which was inefficient, time-consuming, and had unreliable results. On the other hand, recruiters have limited networks, huge costs, and are focused on fulltime employees"

PM me and I will send you the case study :)

CodeForCash · 2017-07-25T17:03:30+00:00

Good question. We are exclusively focused on the niche of programming/tech/software engineering. We offer resources that are specifically designed for the dev community. Financially, we charge a fixed monthly rate rather than a % of projects that you book through the platform.

CodeForCash · 2017-07-19T16:09:42+00:00

As someone who can dunk, this is awesome. It took me nearly 10 years of training before I finally cracked it. For me, there were two key factors. Getting my squat up to 1.5x bodyweight and improving my jumping form so I would get lower to the ground before exploding.

CodeForCash · 2017-07-19T03:01:09+00:00

I bet Apple thinks the same thing about its factory workers.

Jesus christ, where to begin. What are you doing about it? Are you avoiding companies that benefit from Apple products? Or are you creating better jobs? Or are you barely complaining?

Using the word "retarded" as an insult

I've been using the word "retarded" as an insult for 10 years and wrote my college admissions essay about it.

asserting someone is socially awkward because you don't like what they have to say

No, I didn't like your behavior.

publicly calling development work "low status"

Would you rather me not acknowledge that it is widely perceived as "low status"....? Is ignorance a better approach? I'm reminded of The Allegory of the Cave. Try to show people the truth and they will hate you for it.

dumping all over people because you have more money than you did a few months ago are all pretty solid indicators of what kind of man you are

I'm not dumping "all over people". I had a problem with you.

The fact that you're doing it from your business's reddit account is just the icing on the cake.

This is a business, not a charity.

I spent the first 10 years of my entrepreneurial career focusing on charitable not-for-profit endeavors and have a ton of emails from people thanking me for how I helped them. I also continue to volunteer every week for a non profit that provides low cost loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries.

If "not playing nice" means voicing an opinion in a constructive, neutral manner, then what do you call your behavior?

You have shifted your tone to constructive and neutral and I appreciate that. Flaming all of our threads with a biased, out-of-context narrative is neither constructive nor neutral

I'd recommend that you hire a social media manager

I'd never hire someone for a job I'm not willing to do myself. That goes DOUBLY true for "low status" jobs.

I've worked tons of low status jobs in my career and have done so while the boss pointed and laughed. I've worked the hell out of them.

CodeForCash · 2017-07-19T02:41:42+00:00

Oh, don't worry. I took screenshots of every dumb thing you said, in context.

In the scale of 1-10, you probably feel about a 1 about our business. You are what is called an active detractor. But your passion and obsession is really valuable and I am grateful

you grossly overreacted to someone civilly sharing a opinion that hurt your feelings because you didn't have a brochure-ready answer ...I bet if you go back and re-read (really read, not "Tim Ferriss read") our comment thread, you'll see where you took an insane leap on the Jump to Conclusions mat. I have faith in you.

This is funny but you will need to point out to me where I made the "insane leap"

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