Code is a boring thing, but it is also an art, an art that is close to mathematics.
For example, a certain function on the program is a mathematical problem. Different technicians have different ways of solving the problem. Not everyone can solve the problem, and not everyone has the most labor-saving solution. Therefore, programmers see better code, just like mathematicians see better ways to solve problems, and they can immediately see the other person's level.
Zhang Yiming only read a few pages of code and felt that Shi Nan's web programming ability was even higher than his own. If he were asked to write the code according to the same requirements, even if he could write it out, it would probably be twice as long!
The length of the code not only represents the programmer's mastery of technology, but also represents the programmer's logical ability. For developers, the most important thing is logic.
The simpler, more direct, and clearer the logic of the code, the more it represents the other party's strength, even talent and attainments.
"Excuse me, where did you learn programming? Your level is far above mine. In my opinion, it is like CET-6, which is the same as the English level of beautiful Chinese people. The gap is too big."
"It's not that outrageous." Shi Nan waved his hand: "The most important thing about code is not writing, but thinking before writing. It's like translating. If I ask you to translate 'How are you?', how will you translate it?"
"How-are-you." Zhang Yiming blurted out.
Shinan opened a document on the computer and said, "Type it out."
Zhang Yiming immediately typed the nine letters "How-are-you" on the document.
Shi Nan smiled and pulled the computer to his side, typing as he spoke: "If it were me, I would write like this. You can take a look."
After speaking, Shinan handed what he wrote to Zhang Yiming.
Zhang Yiming took one look and was shocked. What Shi Nan wrote was: "How-r-u"
There are only five letters.
"This..." Zhang Yiming was a little confused.
Heather smiled and said: "The pronunciation of r is the same as are, and the pronunciation of u is the same as you, so this is enough for the other party to understand."
Only then did Zhang Yiming realize that this was the case! Computer language actually has a lot in common with human language. A programmer is a translator, translating human language into computer language and letting the computer understand it. People who are proficient in language and can think will use the simplest and most direct way to make the other party understand. This is the essence of programming.
Zhang Yiming was even more impressed by Shinan. He vaguely felt that Shinan must have had overseas study experience or studied with overseas programming masters. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have such a deep understanding of programming.
Shi Nan's metaphor also bypassed Zhang Yiming's previous questions. He told Zhang Yiming his general plan for building Linggou.com. After finishing speaking, he said with confidence: "The era of online shopping has not really arrived yet. The era of online payment has not yet arrived. If we do a good job in this business now, we will have the opportunity to become the authority in China's online shopping field in the future."
Although Zhang Yiming doesn't know when online payment will become popular, he agrees with Shi Nan's point of view that online shopping is a convenient service provided by the Internet to netizens, and more and more people will definitely have needs in this regard in the future. By establishing a foothold in this field early now, you can be prepared to meet the big wave of demand.
After Shinan was reborn, it was rare to meet a practitioner like Zhang Yiming who had a sufficient understanding of the Internet and was extremely optimistic about its prospects.
After a chat, Shi Nan was still very optimistic about Zhang Yiming. Needless to say, Zhang Yiming was shocked by Shi Nan. Shi Nan had such a profound understanding of the Internet that even the smallest bit of information revealed unintentionally was enough for him. He felt incomprehensible.
For example, Shi Nan said that Linggou wanted to try to provide basic cloud services, but he did not understand what cloud services were.
But for Heather, the cloud concept has long been something that later generations of the Internet have failed to play with. No matter how fancy it is, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than transferring data that should be stored locally to cloud server storage; it should be solved locally. The matter is handled by the cloud server.
The simplest cloud service is, to put it bluntly, a shopping cart list.
In the future, the backend of the website will store the user's customized shopping cart list for each registered user. In the future, no matter how the user changes the terminal, as long as they log in, they will be able to open their own shopping cart.
Ten years from now, any website that does not have this function will be scolded, but for now, this kind of service is not available except for online games and instant messaging software, because developers have not popularized it to serve users. the concept of.
After chatting for an hour, Zhang Yiming also talked about his real estate search engine. After seeing the huge traffic gathered in the real estate vertical field, he felt the business opportunities contained in it, so he created a real estate search engine called "Babafang". search engine. But now there is a problem. The technology of real estate websites is simple and the server requirements are not high. However, promotion is a big problem.
He has been working on it for half a year, and now the daily UV is less than 1,000, which can be said to be pitiful.
Shi Nan is not optimistic about the prospects of this kind of real estate search engine website. After the advent of smart phones, this kind of thing seems to be rampant. The cost of this kind of thing is too low, and the threshold is too low. Although there is currently a lot of traffic, it does not have real user stickiness, let alone the possibility of converting users into income. The largest source of income in the future is sales. Just advertising.
Besides, who is doing too much on search engine websites in China?
However, the concept of online shopping is much more meaningful than search engine websites.
Shi Nan knows that there have been countless huge acquisitions and mergers in the Internet field in later generations. They all have one characteristic: the investor mostly acquires or merges in its own blank areas, or areas that are not strong enough. The purpose of the acquisition is also to complete its own ecosystem. , not giving competitors a chance.
For example, Penguin invested in Didi Taxi and Ali invested in Kuaid Taxi, and then both parties burned money and triggered a series of subsidy wars. In fact, the real purpose behind the wars was to strengthen their market share in the field of mobile payment;
For example, after Ali entered the entertainment industry, in order to fill the gap in online videos, he acquired Youkusdou;
For example, in order to make up for its shortcomings in the field of mobile phone wireless, Du Niang acquired 99 Assistant;
In the above acquisition cases, the transaction prices are all in "100 million", and they are all in US dollars.
As the demand for online shopping increases sharply in the future, giants will definitely keep an eye on this market. If Linggou becomes the leader in this field at that time, then this will be of great significance, and the valuation will naturally not be Low.
Shinan did not deny Zhang Yiming's own website, but reached an agreement with him. On the basis that it would not affect the progress of the Linggou project, Zhang Yiming could continue to operate his own project and even make appropriate use of Linggou's future team. Strength, if Zhang Yiming wants to sell his website one day, Heather will give priority to the acquisition.
As for Zhang Yiming's salary, it was initially set at an annual salary of 150,000 yuan, but there was a two-month probation period, which was included in the annual salary. After the probation period was passed, Shi Nan would ask Ren Xiumin to pay for his social security.
Zhang Yiming knew that Shi Nan wanted to enter university and the company was in its infancy, so he had no objection to this. The salary given by Shi Nan was already much higher than the salary of technical directors in the same industry, so Zhang Yiming was very satisfied with this salary. .
After the two of them finalized the decision, Shinan asked him to have lunch with him, and then asked him to interview other people with him in the afternoon. These people were all brought by Ren Xiumin from Penguin.
Shinan needs Zhang Yiming to be a leader. In the future, he can only control Linggou in the general direction, but he needs Zhang Yiming to implement the specific details for him.
In the afternoon, the two of them interviewed another web developer. The other person was a young man in his mid-twenties. He joined Penguin after graduating from university. Through conversation and some professional knowledge assessments, both Shi Nan and Zhang Yiming felt that this young man was somewhat incompetent. High-minded but low-handed.
The technical basics of the server are fine, but the artist is a girl who graduated from Qingbei University. She has no work experience, but she seems very practical and has a certain understanding of the Internet.
Shi Nan and Zhang Yiming discussed it and decided to recruit server technology and artists first. As for web development, Zhang Yiming and Ren Xiumin were asked to recruit slowly. Shi Nan had no time to continue working on the company.
The specific needs for the next development of Linggou were left to Zhang Yiming. Even the purchase of office computers and other facilities that would be needed in the workplace in the future was left to him.
I really don't have the time or experience, so I can only make the best use of people, which makes Zhang Yiming worry a lot. As for whether he can be trusted, Shi Nan doesn't care. It's rare to talk about speculation, so just use people without suspicion!
As for the finances, Shi Nan directly handed over the issue to Ren Xiumin.
Ren Xiumin was also very capable. She directly hired an accountant and then asked her to be responsible for helping Shinan handle the entire workplace expense problem. The accountant is responsible for reviewing and disbursing the wages of Zhang Yiming and other employees, as well as daily purchases and reimbursements. If Zhang Yiming needs to purchase office equipment, all he needs to do is say hello.
As for the maintenance funds required for the entire project, Heather Company remitted 10 million to the public account and put all the money from Lu Wei into it. I only have the two million yuan I earned recently from the sharing station.
As of today, Heather has paid out more than 15 million, which is not a small amount, but it is nothing to Heather. These funds are enough for Linggou to start. As for the subsequent expenses, selling elixirs is still the most important, followed by the shared station. It will not be a problem at all to support Linggou.
After doing this, it has been more than 20 days since Shinan came to Yanjing. It's time to return to Miancheng to see her family, and then she will start her college life.
