Hey, all. My weekend project was to make an experimentally viral web application, similar to threewords.me. If anyone has tips on making it more "viral" or better in general, I'd be open to suggestions!
Perhaps this question is too general, but when should someone start a start-up? When you see a need? Or have a "million-dollar idea"? When you're young/old? Before/during/after college? When you're poor/rich? Etc.
It's one of my dreams to make something which makes someone who I don't know say, "Wow! That's cool!" Either that or build a community. Or both! However, I'm unsure how to do that. I think that I'd like it to be something web-based because of the wide audience which the medium offers. Can anyone give me some advice on how to accomplish this goal?
I'm a 19-year-old, self-taught programmer (C/C++, Ruby/Rails and PHP, mostly). I'm in the middle of a transitional year between high school and college and I know that I'd like to pursue a career as a web programmer. I've gotten a few programming jobs here and there, but nothing really substantial. If I could find a full-time job, I'd consider postponing college, but I haven't had much luck so far. Regardless, I'd really like to pay my way through college (opposed to parents/loans). Does anyone have some advice for finding regular web programming work?
