Advice to an Undergraduate: Difference between revisions

back in May of this year, one of my favorite people in the world, Professor [https://vuduc.org/v2/ Richard Vuduc] of Georgia Tech's HPC Garage occupying the Craysian Chair of Badassery, asked me if i had any [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aia3b1AFcTU words of advice for young people], in this case a young man considering entering the consulting racket. in manners of advice, i'm probably the last person to ask: in the words of [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/637-i-hate-to-advocate-drugs-alcohol-violence-or-insanity-to The Doctor], i hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

mainly in the hope it might be enjoyed as a literary document, i've reproduced the three replies i sent that student here. editing has otherwise been minimal. the student's name has been redacted.

     AT/DC and the Spring Street incubation centers and the                                                                        

     Marietta Street maker spaces knows there's one person in                                                                      

     Georgia who'll take your poorly-specified pile of crap and                                                                    

     dewy-eyed fresh grads, disappear for two weeks, and come                                                                      

     back with the solid core of your business going forward.                                                                      

     Some Buckheadian comes up with an idea, they get some kids                                                                    

     in, pay them to mill around for a few weeks, then ask David                                                                    

     Cummings or CBQ or Paul Judge "does anyone in this town                                                                        

     really know Linux and low-level development?" And they're                                                                      

     told "nick black, but it'll cost you, but you'll have a MVP                                                                    

     that actually works, upon which you can build." They call;                                                                    

     you quote $50k for two weeks' work; they blanch; you point to                                                                  

     https://dsscaw.com/techreports/002-%c2%b5nandfs.pdf and                                                                        

     https://dsscaw.com/techreports/001-canbusre.pdf, and invite                                                                    

    them to look around and call back when they're serious.                                                                        

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXboO0zESxs                                                                              

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