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Spencer is my hero, really.

I'm learning how to program, and I am doing so, so as to get into the business of starting a startup, and he started a startup, and coded to fit into it. Amazed.

Well, Spencer, if you ever get to read this, please answer a few questions for me:

When did you begin writing programs/web design? Like, when did you get from 0 to where you are now, programmably?

What did you use to learn? What documentation/videos/resources?

Where now? Now that you've designed this, do you feel a sense of accomplishment? Do you feel you have SO MUCH MORE to learn or did it fit the purpose you needed it for?

Thanks, congratulations, and good luck!@#


Thank you, muster!

Happy to answer your questions.

1. I've dabbled in web design for a longtime, although I did not design Uncover's marketing site. jakeprzespo.com did that. I did work with my partner Mike to design the internal pages of the site.

2. I started learning to program in February, 2012 and have gotten progressively better since then. I launched the original version of Uncover completely on my own at the end of last year.

3. I wrote a blog post on what I used to learn to program: http://spencerfry.com/programming-resources

4. Definitely feel a sense of accomplishment. I couldn't have done it without the other two folks I've been working on Uncover with: Mike and Jason. We've all worked very well together and done awesome work to get Uncover out in such a short period of time. None of us believe in waiting for that "perfect moment".


he forgot to mention two years of under graduate computer science courses


Well, to be perfectly honest... I don't remember a single bit from any of those classes. Also, they were in C++.


Shocking that no one has mentioned the grsecurity project.


Brilliance.


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