proud n00b

I’m headed to LAUNCH!

…as a developer (got a free Dev ticket), but I’m going none-the-less!

Thanks again guys for your help!

Housefed is getting stronger by the day, so I promise to not let you down.

How Housefed.com Will Get into LAUNCH

Tomorrow will be the 7 month anniversary since I quit my job to learn how to code. Every day since, I’ve been learning Python, CSS, JS, and HTML- building little projects along the way, but learning none the less. The culmination of all this work is my new site which I’m super stoked about - Housefed. But you are wondering, how will I get into LAUNCH?

It started back on July 16. I had no clue what a class or method was. I couldn’t have told you what a clearfix was or that IE is a CSS demon. Each day since was spent reading, asking “stupid” questions, and learning the hard way. 7 months without a paycheck - but knowing I’m not going back into sales.

Sure there were days I got stuck. Check my Stackoverflow profile for all the questions I asked. But you fight on. As each day passed, I learned little bits here and there - eventually the pieces begin to make sense. This takes determination, passion, and time.

The one thing I’ve never lacked is an imagination & ideas. A few weeks ago I had the idea for an Airbnb for food. I’m a huge fan of Anthony Bourdain, and the idea of traveling around the world, meeting new people, and eating new foods would be the dream. The problem - I don’t have fixers to connect me with a local family. What if you could find a local host just like an Airbnb room?

Housefed was born.

For the last few weeks, I have worked everyday on the new site. Testing a prototype with friends, taking a few detours, and ultimately relaunching the site yesterday for further testing. By coincidence, a friend tweeted yesterday about LAUNCH, and I knew I had to get Housefed into the conference - which is a week away.

I’m not going to miss this opportunity. I’ve worked too hard to not give it a fight.

As Maximus in the Gladiator said,

“Imagine where you will be, and it will be so.”

If you think after 7 months of determination & the passion to build a great website warrant a spot at LAUNCH- 

 RT this @ Jason .

That is how I WILL get Housefed into LAUNCH.