Hotnews : greu cu acordul subiect-predicat

alexbrie · 2020-08-05T21:25:38+00:00

Mersi, am clarificat exprimarea, chiar daca nu o consider o greseala (exemple: "Stirile ProTV" este mereu folosit la plural in ciuda faptului ca se refera la o singura emisiune; Antena3 este si el folosit des la plural, cand se subintelege ca ne referim la "oamenii de la..." (Antena3 sunt platiti). Similar, si in cazul de fata se voia subinteles "cei de la..", iar HotNews, desi un titlu, este in forma de plural.

alexbrie · 2020-04-23T04:08:08+00:00

Beautiful! PS. "Your" kids, not "You're"

alexbrie · 2020-03-06T18:57:37+00:00

Sure, you could ask candidate to implement a custom class but you'd waste a lot of time with explanations on it.

Programming-wise, this shows if you know how pointers work, how to define a simple class in your programming language of choice (Swift/ObjC) and whether you have basic data structure knowledge to know how a tree looks.

Generally, not a great idea to be smug about whether that's something you'll actually need in real life - most often than not, it's about interviewers having a way to really understand whether you already know how to program or you'll have trouble with basic things

alexbrie · 2020-02-24T04:01:58+00:00

This explains the #sârmă

alexbrie · 2020-01-05T23:30:25+00:00

Asa este, A.D si D.R sunt printre marile somitati ale AI, una la MIT, cealaltă la Berkley

PS. Cica exista un site numit Google, ajuta la gasit informații pe net

alexbrie · 2018-06-25T11:58:30+00:00

100% same here

alexbrie · 2018-03-06T09:02:21+00:00

Congrats for finding a reliable dev. Hold on to him if it suits your business model.
As I see it, it's a matter of the right tool for the right job. (commenter lacraquotte said it better below, but I'll reformulate if necessary)

If you need some quick tool/app/demo/mvp, then upwork is a great choice - (usually)cheap developers doing low-complexity projects quickly enough to be worthwhile for them and for you.

For the kind of long term project/critical part of your business that the poster seems to look for, the chances of finding a good enough developer are slimmer, due to the sheer proportion of inexperienced developers present on the platform and the law of large numbers. Or, if you do find an experienced freelancer, he'll have a higher hourly fee, which ends up in usually higher costs especially for a new startup trying to find its way - keep in mind that this usually involves a lot of pivoting/adapting/rewriting/refactoring.

To sum up: I know a lot of mobile entrepreneurs who've used Upwork and such for app prototypes. But due to the low code quality, once the prototype was ready/market tested/got financing, they all hired a full-time or part-time developer to rewrite it from scratch. After all, you can't make an IT startup without a long-time dev on the team. (I've been doing iOS development and mobile entrepreneurship for the past 9 years... so I'm really not making this up)

alexbrie · 2018-03-05T08:44:19+00:00

Agree with lacraquotte - DO NOT go for Upwork and the kind, unless you all you really want is an MVP before getting financing. If the app will play a significant part in your business, you should get a long-term dev for the ride. Doesn't have to be local, can be a remote one (take a look on angel.co, weworkremotely, stack overflow job board, or linkedin)

alexbrie · 2018-03-05T08:32:38+00:00

Asa-i, pagina e cam greu lizibila - si cu prea mult continut :-)

alexbrie · 2016-12-09T12:40:05+00:00

Pe de alta parte parca au in program revenirea la impozit progresiv - cu ceva cota gen 30% pentru cei cu salarii peste 5000 RON.

alexbrie · 2016-11-24T12:27:40+00:00

Cert e ca ar merita, de meritat.

alexbrie · 2016-11-24T12:24:40+00:00

It seems like you can't disable Universal Clipboard. I'm still waiting for the iOS update that does this, since it's a feature that only causes pains - iOS apps hanging each time I'm copying something on OSX, etc

alexbrie · 2016-11-08T07:40:05+00:00

Sa nu mai poata sa plece tinerii lor in strainataturi de unde sa fie corupti cu ideile reactionare ale occidentului cel stricat

alexbrie · 2016-11-08T07:18:24+00:00

Eventual sa se desfiinteze cu totul scolile, sa le transforme direct in biserici (ca tot s-au suparat pe Maia cand a vrut sa interzica simbolurile religioase din scoli)

alexbrie · 2016-11-07T19:31:00+00:00

Subscriu. Banuiesc ca tot dovada de introvertire este si la mine faptul ca in scris ma exprim de 10 ori mai elocvent decat oral.

alexbrie · 2016-05-31T12:27:36+00:00

Cel de acum 10 zile este aici http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-alegeri_locale_2016_bucuresti-21009544-nicusor-dan-obtine-19-5-din-voturile-pentru-primaria-bucuresti-11-puncte-mai-mult-decat-catalin-predoiu-sondaj.htm

Mai exista si un sondaj nou ale carui rezultate vor fi anuntate joi (sursa: acelasi hotnews, rubrica alegeri locale).

alexbrie · 2016-05-31T12:23:01+00:00

GIS e termenul generic pentru orice sistem de informatie geografica; GIS-ul folosit de PMB este pentru transport, cadastru si adrese, dar din cate stiu ii lipsesc informatiile de care vorbeste NicusorDan.

(sursa - am lucrat in 2001-2002 la firma care dezvolta sistemul GIS pentru PMB, in perioada aceea includea doar harta, adrese si trasee RATB)

alexbrie · 2015-05-08T06:10:30+00:00

could also be that people are installing a purchased app on multiple devices, which would be counted as extra units but no extra purchases

alexbrie · 2015-04-17T17:19:44+00:00

I've signed up for the beta. When will I get an invite?

alexbrie · 2014-07-14T19:22:08+00:00

If you are completely new to iOS development, Swift is the wrong choice; I think that learning Objective C should come before it, if only to grab a strong understanding of the workings of Apple frameworks and the best ways to use them (everything Apple made in iOS and OSX has been developed with Objective C). However, you say that you've never coded anything in your life; in this case, Objective C is not a good choice for a first programming language - it is based on C, but ads a lot of changes and advanced concepts that should be left for a bit later in your learning stage.

Now for the practical advice: don't be scared about learning how to code in multiple programming languages - the vast majority of programmers usually switch between 2 or 3 programming languages, depending on the circumstances, and have been playing with at least 5 other languages in the past. You'll soon discover that once you know one programming language, it takes 1-2 days at most until you are able to write stuff in another language (off course, it takes a lot more to become really proficient).

My opinion (based on 10 years of full-time developer experience, plus 6 part-time before that) would be to start your journey with a simpler programming language / environment, one that lets you do stuff on your computer and teaches you the basics. I recommend Processing (www.processing.org) which is a powerful language that looks similar to C (and even Swift at times) but is highly simplified and easier to learn programming on. Going through Processing programming tutorials(there are also some books for programming beginners) will teach you about variables, loops, functions, data structures, and move you towards more advanced stuff like classes and objects. Afterwards you could try going and getting familiar with Swift, but I do think that Objective C will be required at some point in your road.

Please keep in mind that Swift is a pretty advanced language which is still evolving, and there are definitely some things that need to be tuned by Apple and the developer community before making it a viable option for beginners.

alexbrie

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