On 3/27/06, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 3/27/06, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Perhaps watching someone write a book is not as interesting as I
> > thought it would be. But at the very least, you would get some idea
> > of how much work is involved and what a daily routine might look like
> > for writing a book -- at least for that author. It's also a way for
> > the writer to promote the book before it is even finished.
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> ...at considerable risk of spoiling the surprises.
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Perhaps for fiction, but it might be ok for technical books. The live
feedback you get while writing would probably be quite helpful.
People already post early versions of technical books on the web.
This takes it a step further.
> > BTW, if you are a university student trying to impress potential
> > employers over a long period of time before graduating, would you not
> > want to work live?
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> The way most students actually work, probably not!
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So this might provide a way for stronger students to stand out.
> > And wouldn't companies have an incentive to watch these broadcasts to
> > identify talented people? For example, software companies would
> > probably get a better picture of how a programmer will work on a daily
> > basis by watching them code on an open source project for long periods
> > of time.
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> To see what they produce is certainly useful. To watch code actually being
> written is probably incredibly boring and not something anybody has time to
> watch live.
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If you are a small startup with only enough VC funding to hire one or
two developers, then your choice of developers is absolutely critical
to the success of the startup. It will be worth your while to know
what you are getting -- even it means observing people code for weeks.
Amir
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> Deirdré Straughan
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