This isn't Uber source code. This is a project they sent potential hires home with to complete. I have a copy of this locally from when I completed this assignment.
Source: I interned there during the summer of 2012
Thanks for all the great tips! I have been talking with Daniel Bru and Teens In Tech closely (and I just attended their conference), and I am trying to scout out what I'll be able to get from them. Of course, I really found the blurp about trying to acquire someone as a mentor.
I do have a technical background, but If I aim to seek investment, I believe it to be far more beneficial to have at least one other person on board, even if I seek to hire personnel.
pssh.. who said anything about college? I'm in highschool. But yes, I see that our situations are similar. Let me know if you find anything that works for you.
Devil's advocate win. I think your right, nobody is going
to fund a 15 year for a lot reasons. I'll just have to find a reason that beats all the odds against me. :)
Fully though, I understand, but I'm still going to try my best. Hey, the worst that happens is they say no.
Absolutely - I'm the last person to say you can't do something. What I will do is suggest that you find a different route that allows you a higher chance of success. You're a few years away from being realistically fundable. Put your effort into getting there. Don't jump ahead - this is a LONG road.
You do have advantages - food, shelter, free time, support, enthusiasm, a lack of experience to cloud your thoughts. Use them.
A common mistake you'll see over and over again in business that people tend to focus on what isn't working. Don't do that. Focus your efforts where you are strong, not where you are weak. And right now, your fundability is very, very weak.
Money would be for creating a team of more talented individuals than myself (specifically in Node.js + server admin and design) and of course for hardware and infrastructure costs.
I can't do this without a team though, and that sucks because I don't live in a place or age group where finding people who are down to commit to working on this project for a good portion of their time for only equity. The only way for me to make a team is to hire them, and without funding that is also impossible.
I'm not so much worried about getting my idea stolen as getting this into development.
I'd say yes, I have the 15" you are thinking about. The SSD I have is drastically better than my former HDD, and I don't think I could ever go back. I have an 128gb limit on the SSD, with the addition of an external firwire harddrive. If you're not looking to spend $500, maybe get a smaller, 128gb ssd for applications and OS, and then when a thunderbolt external/portable HDD comes out, you can store files on that. Hope that helps. If anything, I believe you cannot go wrong with any size SSD.
Have you experienced the "lock-up/freeze under load" issue that some have had with these models? I'm getting ready to buy a new MBP, but that scared me a bit. Some said the latest software update fixed it, but many others are still having problems.
I'm looking at the SSD kits from MacSales/OWC, but I don't want to give up the optical drive. And I know very little about SSDs...
Will, you haven't accomplished much in life other than speak your first sentence, hit puberty and apparently make comments on Hacker News. I'm hopeful now that I see you have the rest of your life planned out for you though. About that heart attack, there is plenty of time for us to find a cure for that. You might want to add that to your timeline.
Source: I interned there during the summer of 2012