Several projects to get 100+ unemployed IT people a job in Pretoria

[skeptic_SA]

think I should use it as my signature like a lot of the MYBB lifers?

Super Grand Idea

 

[Alwyn Botha]

Nomination for best second post ever XD

thank you the grove

I am new here; I just googled xd = An internet expression that will hopefully replace LOL as the laughing symbol ?

thanks for your .... positive ... nomination

I am approaching aging with trepidation ... the 3 letter abbrev. did not mean or imply BADNESS on my side; only BALDness :-(

I will not abbrev. using own invented terms; since I now see that is SUPER dangerous; sorry :-(

The whole rest of the tone of my previous reply was ... positive

 

[Alwyn Botha]

Hi

I am here; I just spent time away to swipe the floor of the shop space where I will have the event on friday; sorry.

 

[skeptic_SA]

I love this thread.

 

[Alwyn Botha]

But its pulsating in his cranial dome!!!@#!eleven

Sorry no bad stuff meant; gamers enjoy playing games; probably feeling good vibes in the cranial head.

Surely you felt good doing good difficult work; that feeling is in the head; not anywhere else.

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I am VERY !!!!!!!! worried that my post will now degenerate into disgusting nothingness because of these types of comments;

when all I have in mind is the most pure intents for 100s of IT people in south africa.

 

[MrGray]

Most IT persons and companies will want to link into at least some of the MANY data APIs we are going to expose.

Okay then. What are some of these data APIs?

What exactly is it that you see these 1000+ IT people working on that will make them all R30k per month? I think you have to give a little more information before people trek out to Hartbeespoort.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Sorry no bad stuff meant; gamers enjoy playing games; probably feeling good vibes in the cranial head.

Surely you felt good doing good difficult work; that feeling is in the head; not anywhere else.

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I am VERY !!!!!!!! worried that my post will now degenerate into disgusting nothingness because of these types of comments;

when all I have in mind is the most pure intents for 100s of IT people in south africa.

fair enough, I still positive, but quite skeptical nonetheless.
why haven't you approached the big boys with your idea? amazon,google, ect?

if your idea is as great as you belive, then surely you should have no problems getting funding.
especially if its enough to change the world! as you put it......

looking to hear back from you Alwyn....
(if your brave enough to put your real name on the internet!).....

 

[Alwyn Botha]

Hi

thanks for your well wishing sentence.

>>>>Maybe you need some people skills if you're going to involve other you know, people?

Yes, I know I am seriously !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lacking people skills.

Please do not attack me. I said in post I need and want other people to help.

>>>event at some vague date/time a few days in advance won't cut it

I gave 2 specific dates and 3 specific times - to be NICE - so that people can vote email me - to let me know when the event will suit THEM.

It was not vague; sorry.

>>> this undetermined as of yet time.

now that I got some interaction going at this forum, I can post the voted time here - when its available; sorry

 

[Alwyn Botha]

Sorry

that sentence is not specific enough :

>>>Most IT persons and companies will want to link into at least some of the MANY data APIs we are GOING TO EXPOSE.

That should have been ... going to develop and going to expose.

My whole post sketches a future dream wherein I invite ALL IT people near PTA/JHB to attend

I will reveal new insights stating EXACTLY one projects' details and reasons for doing it. Discussing this project is too awkward online - I invite people to attend - and have your many - and many negative views addressed - so we can move forward.

 

[Alwyn Botha]

fair enough, I still positive, but quite skeptical nonetheless.
why haven't you approached the big boys with your idea? amazon,google, ect?

if your idea is as great as you belive, then surely you should have no problems getting funding.
especially if its enough to change the world! as you put it......

looking to hear back from you Alwyn....
(if your brave enough to put your real name on the internet!).....

My interrelated sets of projects will get 1000s of unemployed IT people the pleasant benefit of being productively and financially involved in creating the

.... most awesome benefits multiplying state of technological implementation on earth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really

This sounds so lame while text replying to you; please send people to attend - and videotape the whole thing.

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I can assure you something truly world changing awesome is brewing in me

I am so excited when typing this reply; I am shaking uncontrollably and every word I type has 3-7 spell errors

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I have been dreaming in death silence all alone for months ... being a technical strategic generalist visionary architect leader.

Its feels super !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awesome

I want to help enable others to share those feelings - and thoughts - and LETS GET STARTED implementing all the ideas coming from that.


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I wrote

>>>So we have 30 000 people that could earn R 33 000 per month; that is nearly ONE BILLION RAND per month skilled productivity lost.

What a waste; lets get together and do something supercool



I have ideas; others as well; lets start merging and aligning those

1000s of multidimensionally aligned trajectories by 1000s of unemployed IT people = intellectual heaven with multiplying benefits exponentially reinforcing each other ...

yes ... vague concepts .... PLEASE come attend and hear SPECIFICS of how that applies IN detail to ONE project.

 

[The_Librarian]

Dear Alwyn

All of the best with your projects! Will you start a blog or something so that we can follow?

Cheers!

Ook

 

[CamiKaze]

Lol all this randomness.
/subscribed

 

[Alwyn Botha]

Hi librarian

thanks for well wishing.

When the projects start there will be a blog.

 

[The_Librarian]

Cool, thanks.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

wow alwyn, you really passionate about your ideas,

as I specifically mentioned, I cant attend that day you set out,

but I will read and view the video when you make it available.....

call me skeptic, but I curious at least to take a look at your little idea, if it can stand up to the harsh light of day,

as even myself I get 10-20 great ideas each month, just the logistics and finance are the issues.....

 

[Alwyn Botha]

Okay then. What are some of these data APIs?

What exactly is it that you see these 1000+ IT people working on that will make them all R30k per month? I think you have to give a little more information before people trek out to Hartbeespoort.

I think I only ever mentioned the 30k will be for full time people working on the projects.

I do not think I implied the apis will enable 30k; sorry

If people are not intrigued enough based on my post with me making some VERY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bold ( sorry - but VAGUE ) claims then I cannot entice them more to come listen.

Details will be revealed on speech day - if you cannot team up with 3 other interested IT people and spend R 25 each on petrol; then I guess what I want to share FOR FREE is too expensive for you :-(

 

[MrGray]

Alwyn, I don't mean to put a damper on your enthusiasm, but firstly, you sound a bit demented, and secondly, any developer that's been around a while has been exposed to so many "great ideas" that I doubt you will find any that are going to drive out to Hartbeesport on your say so.

Part of the reason for this (and I urge you to find his talks) is as Gary Vaynerchuk put's it so eloquently, "Ideas are sh**, execution is the game". There was nothing original in the ideas that Facebook, Uber and even Google had. All of these companies had literally thousands of predecessors before they hit it big. What those companies did achieve, though, was brilliance in their execution. When Facebook hit the market there were an estimated 70000 social networking startups. The only reason they made it big was that they captured and leveraged the university market (they were initially just a glorified online contact list for Harvard university called Facemash). Google was by no means the first search engine, they were just the fastest, simplest and easiest to use. As for Uber, summoning transport online was hardly a new idea, they just did it so much better.

So the sad truth is that even if you have a brilliant original idea, if you cannot execute it very well and very quickly, you'll be wiped out by those that can in no time at all.

I can get around your frenetic approach - as you say you have people skill issues and that isn't entirely abnormal among IT people. But you really need to give some indication that you have a plan.

If you really have something amazing, give us a high level outline of how you plan to put these 1000+ IT people to work and what the chances are of this creating any kind of revenue stream.

 

[Alwyn Botha]

thanks

I think we finished text chatting here.

I cannot keep up replying to everyone beleaguering me here

Fortunately their worries are mostly because I do not provide enough info - sorry - my post's intent was just to get people TO COME SEE and then ask me many pointed and serious questions.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Alwyn, I don't mean to put a damper on your enthusiasm, but firstly, you sound a bit demented, and secondly, any developer that's been around a while has been exposed to so many "great ideas" that I doubt you will find any that are going to drive out to Hartbeesport on your say so.

Part of the reason for this (and I urge you to find his talks) is as Gary Vaynerchuk put's it so eloquently, "Ideas are sh**, execution is the game". There was nothing original in the ideas that Facebook, Uber and even Google had. All of these companies had literally thousands of predecessors before they hit it big. What those companies did achieve, though, was brilliance in their execution. When Facebook hit the market there were an estimated 70000 social networking startups. The only reason they made it big was that they captured and leveraged the university market (they were initially just a glorified online contact list for Harvard university called Facemash). Google was by no means the first search engine, they were just the fastest, simplest and easiest to use. As for Uber, summoning transport online was hardly a new idea, they just did it so much better.

So the sad truth is that even if you have a brilliant original idea, if you cannot execute it very well and very quickly, you'll be wiped out by those that can in no time at all.

I can get around your frenetic approach - as you say you have people skill issues and that isn't entirely abnormal among IT people. But you really need to give some indication that you have a plan.

If you really have something amazing, give us a high level outline of how you plan to put these 1000+ IT people to work and what the chances are of this creating any kind of revenue stream.

+10000, thats what Ive been trying to say to this guy.....
nice idea, but we all have those great ideas,

sorry to rain on your parade buddy, but what is your main selling point?
we all quite skeptical on this forum, and there is no such thing as a free lunch!
whats your angle?

as I mentioned quite a few people will download your video and read your notes and decide for themselves,

 

[skimread]

You say "I am an introverted, super loner hermit" but you are only willing to speak to at least a group of 50 people at at time. Am I the only person who sees the contradiction?

Everyone want to build a great startup where at large scale you can get very rich.
The problem is reaching that scale of 1 million users + who give you money. It's all good and well you get R1 per month per user, but if your hosting, salary cost and other expenses exceed that then you make a LOSS.

By the way you are selling your idea, it sounds like the IT people would have to some sales in order to scale so quickly.
If so state that requirement before people travel all the way to Harties as some people aren't good at sales at all.

Your enthusiasm reminds me of a brilliant idea I have been sitting on as well that I haven't acted on. You got that going for you at the very least.