Domain was an opportune buy off Flippa. It wasn't really being used for anything and the seller wanted to get rid of it.
> What are you using for the charts? 100k points on a scatter is pretty impressive with SVG.
Visx/SVG right now. You're right that 100k points gets slow on a scatter plot, for those charts in particular some sampling occurs. At some point I'd like to investigate other options, but this works for the MVP.
Are you familiar with the work of Mark43? I visited their office in NYC last summer and they seem to be doing some good work with LEOs across the country modernizing their tech (especially with respect to dispatch).
Fascinating. I've been interesting in going towards law school, but am not sure I'd actually like to practice law at the end. This uncertainty plus the cost of attending, has been discouraging.
I wonder how she was able to go through both since each comes with a steep cost
Law School: $34,300 (avg per year) * 4 = $137,200
Medical School: $32,889 (avg per year) * 4 = $131,556
137,200 + 131,556 = $268,756
One would need to make quite the pretty penny to recoup those investment costs
Especially if you are not going to practice at the end, consider going abroad to study (might be possible even with family, definitely possible without).
The costs in western europe are about 15%-20%. The costs in eastern europe are half that, and in some places in Asia it is cheaper still. If you want to practice in the US, you will have to take some local-law courses (law) and pass the bar/board exams - but it will still be infinitely cheaper than in the US.
Good advice for probably every field except law.
Law is so different in most European countries that it won't be of much use in the US. Also a lot in civil law hinges on subtleties in the respective language.
Possibly; I've met two Israeli lawyers and two British lawyers who moved to the US and were able to pass the bar exam within a year or so - I have no idea how hard they worked at it (and what preparations they did before moving to the US), but it was certainly cheaper then going to school in the US.
If you are a lawyer in one country and want to practice in another then take the exams in the country you want to practice for sure. Going to law school in another country to save money is a completely different thing.
Also: UK and US both have Common Law traditions whereas most of Europe does not. Israel is a more involved case.
I'm confident that most people on HN can pass the bar exam without law school. Law school really wasn't much of an advantage for the bar exam, just do the prep course and study hard full time for six weeks and you would be fine. Unfortunately I don't think any states still allow sitting the bar exam and being admitted without a law degree.
Depends where she was studying as well. I'm in the UK and my elec engineering masters was £4k. They've since hiked the fees for higher education and my medical degree is ~£36k. Still, that's 9 years of education for 1 years of dev salary, plus I work for a startup whilst studying. It's definitely doable!
Super refreshing to be able jump right in — it feels like every tool is behind a “talk to sales” CTA these days.
What are you using for the charts? 100k points on a scatter is pretty impressive with SVG.