Are You An Early Adopter And A Motivated Developer? If So, You May Just Be What The EOS Team is Looking For.

As I have mentioned, I'm not a savvy Applications Developer or a person who even likes the thought of writing code.

                                      

Insert lighting bolt to strike me down right here, if that opening statement makes you want to roll your eyes at the likes of me and yell next blog post please! "I can't tolerate the ignorance of this woman, who won't communicate in the language of code". 

(I used this marked for re-use photo from the internet. It can be found here: https://www.google.ca/search?q=lightning+bolt&tbm=isch&source=lnt&tbs=sur:fc&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLz-r5vazVAhVE7IMKHb-RAaUQpwUIHw&biw=1366&bih=629&dpr=1#imgrc=5XWo8xZxQFEapM:)

Zeros and Ones, They Haunt Me

For me, being able to write code is not something that ever interested me. I know that this dis-interest is due to an old trauma, left over from the early 80's, when I spent 3 full days entering binary code into my first TRS-80 computer. After sifting through line upon line of code to catch my keying errors involving thousands of  zer0s and ones, I was finally able to bring a heavily pixelated cartoon rabbit into action (which would be known as a very primitive "animated gif" today). This large, block-looking rabbit, could wave its arm for 2 seconds and a banner would flash across the screen that said: "Happy Easter". Although, very cool for its time, and my parents were proud and probably relieved that I had somehow figured out how to use (our new, and very expensive at the time, family computer to do something) the whole experience left me "under-served" emotionally and "coding scarred".  I never wrote any code, copied any code or did anything that remotely involved code again. (I know I need help. LOL!)

My Aversion To Learn How To Code, Doesn't Mean I'm Not Paying Attention

In fact, I am paying a lot of attention because I absolutely love the new blockchain that Dan Larimer is building with a team of talented folks, called EOS. I have written about why I love EOS, complete with its own token. (If you didn't catch that post, you can read it here: https://steemit.com/eos/@rebeccaryan/i-am-long-on-eos-and-am-prepared-to-hold )

90% of the code that Dan has written for EOS is brand new and he's doing something a little bit different with the roll-out and release of this new interface that he is engineering along with the EOS team. Their ultimate goal, (as far as I can tell) is to work as many bugs or glitches out of it as they can, in advance of taking it to mass market.

                                          

Dan has learned from his previous blockchain building experience. First with Bitshares, then with Steemit and he's now making every effort to use that experience to make EOS super efficient and a pleasure for its intended "end-users" to use. Dan used the analogy in an interview that he did with @jeffberwick on July 11, 2017, that he learned (from his Bitshares' experience) which was that it is much easier to work on, fix and fine tune the engine of a car, before it's speeding down the road. I think this strategy of not caving to the pressure of all the requests he is fielding to demonstrate a working model before its actually ready to, will serve EOS exceptionally well in the future. Hopefully, this decision is a prudent one (I think it is) and will lead to the need for less hardforks, in EOS's operating future.   

I Think This IS Why He Is Putting Out A Call For Early Adopters To Ultimately Test EOS.

Please read Dan Larimer's latest blog post on the subject, which can be accessed here: https://steemit.com/eosdev/@dan/eos-development-sneak-peek-for-very-early-developers

If you are a developer and are itching to try your hand at taking EOS for a test drive, please take Dan up on his offer to let you give this new platform a whirl. It's another golden opportunity, that he has created and giving to people for free. Please show him your stuff and in the process your contribution will allow testing and improvement of the system to occur. Be part of EOS's history because who knows where that experience might take you in the future.

If you are a new developer, I see this as an opportunity for you to write your own ticket in life.

I think that the opportunity is so monumentally, I've put everything else on hold to blog about this topic. I admit that I am not well verse in it and basically feel like I am putting my own reputation on the line because I want you to have every opportunity in your life. I think this starts with knowing that an opportunity even exists and then attempting to understand the significance of what it will mean for you in the future.

Maybe, You're Like Me And You Aren't A Developer or Coder

If you are a person who isn't a developer but know someone who is, please think of them and share the information from Dan Larimer's post with them.

I do see it as a "life changing" opportunity and anyone who is into coding and designing applications will know what they need they need to do, to participate in the testing of EOS, once they read Dan's post. Do your utmost to get the info, in front of their eyes, as soon as possible. We all know that the crypto-world doesn't sleep and the timing on this is critical. It's not going to wait, for any person.

If you are interested in buying some EOS tokens (to add to your crypto-coin portfolio) it's currently available on 6 exchanges right now. You can find it trading on the following: Bitfinex, Biter, Kraken, Liqui, Tidex and HitBTC. It appears like the later two exchanges (Tidex and HitBTC) have just been added.

I welcome your comments and I invite you to follow me on my journey. 

(Even if that means that I have to check myself into "coding" therapy. LOL)

~ Rebecca Ryan