There will some major differences between Paid consultancy and free afl. I am also a paid consultant. A paid consultant would not disclose a client's work to any third party or use it himself. It is part of the confidentiality agreement. In free afl consulting, I own the information I provide and I'm free to disclose or use it in any way I see fit. Secondly, I will only provide this service as time allows and will be more likely be slower in responding. There is no deadline and no promises. Thirdly, I might not implement the requirements in full if I already have a similar solution I have implemented before or if two customers have similar requirements. I might only implement the combined requirement. I hope it is a win win rather than completely altruistic. Firstly, I get to implement a wider range of requirements which would help my own skill while the receipiant get a freebie. Secondly, I hope that people who use the free service will some day use my professional service when the need arises because they like what I provide. I often get requests privately so I thought I'll throw it into the open to see if there are wider interests. Thanks for the endorsement Brian.
--- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <brian_z...@...> wrote: > > > I'm thinking about starting a free afl consulting service to bridge >the > > gap between simple questions and answers on this board and a >full blown > > professional paid consultancy. If you have a well defined >problem, and you > > dont want the full confidentiality of a >professional consulting service. > > You could consider this. > > That would be awesome .... incredibly altruistic.... people will be beating a > path to your door. In my experience <5% on the net are givers at any point in > time (most are too busy with jobs/family etc). > > You would put Graham out of business though! > > As an aside .... I am predicting that within a decade an open source > stockmarket program will be in the top 5 list ... I think I know which one it > will be too. > > You can't beat the power of open community effort ... the verdict is already > in. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Ho" <paul.tsho@> wrote: > > > > A few points to consider > > 1. Use the code wizard as your teacher when you're new > > 2. In our country, we spend 12 years of our lives in basic education, and > > yet in afl learning, we expect success in weeks. Give yourself time. > > 3. Ask specific questions, but be prepared to do most of the work. Think > > about the amount of work you want someone else to do for you in order to > > help, is that in proportion to the efforts you put in? If you ask earnest > > questions, you will get earnest answers. > > 4. I'm thinking about starting a free afl consulting service to bridge the > > gap between simple questions and answers on this board and a full blown > > professional paid consultancy. If you have a well defined problem, and you > > dont want the full confidentiality of a professional consulting service. > > You could consider this. > > Paul. > > --- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <brian_z111@> wrote: > > > > > > Louies88, > > > > > > We took the discussion a lot further than you required ... I hope we > > > didn't confuse you. > > > > > > I have been involved in ongoing discussions over training issues, in the > > > forum, and with Tomasz, ever since I joined the forum (others have been > > > involved since before my time). > > > > > > As you can see, some of us are a little passionate over the subject. > > > > > > Tomasz has introduced a lot of 'training' features over the last 3 years. > > > > > > A few important points we forgot to mention: > > > > > > - most of the people who are intent on becoming experts with AFL take the > > > posts from this board, as emails, and save them in a threaded emailer to > > > build up a referenced database ... many of them have years of categorized > > > threads. > > > > > > - re an AFL book ..... Tomasz has actually written an AFL book ... it > > > comprises everything under AmiBroker Formula Language in the help manual. > > > The fact that people like me are arguing with Tomsasz about the fine > > > print creates the impression that 'The Book' isn't good ... that isn't > > > true ... it is quite good and if you keep going back to it AND gradually > > > learn it, especially the functions, in detail, you will learn an awful > > > lot about programming in AFL i.e. the function reference forms the bulk > > > of 'The Book'. > > > > > > - everyone specializes ... no two traders agree on anything very often > > > ..... if and when you want to specialize there are experts in the forum > > > on a wide range of subjects (AFL, stats for traders, otpimization, data, > > > autotrading etc). > > > > > > - IMO you have to give yourself permission not to learn it all and don't > > > feel intimidated because you are not proficient in all of the fields that > > > a trader can specialize in. > > > > > > > > > No one is always right. > > > > > > After the discussion I haven't chnaged my position very much, if at all, > > > and Tomasz probably feels exactly the same way ... I did learn some more > > > about AFL though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "louies88" <Louies88@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think Amibroker is great, especially its AFL. Although I don't know > > > > enough about it to claim that it's superior than most other scripting > > > > languages out there, I know for a fact that this is one of the best. > > > > That also begs the question of how a person w/ virtually no programming > > > > background can get started w/ AFL. I followed this forum long enough to > > > > note that some of you in here are excellent coders. The codes that I > > > > often see are flawless and eloquent, which then makes me think how long > > > > does it take a coding newbie such as myself to attain that coding level. > > > > > > > > I look at it this way. Coding a computer language is pretty similar to > > > > learning a foreign language. I remember how my first English class > > > > went. I started out by learning a few basic vocabulary words, then use > > > > some of it in the form of a noun, then a verb, finally an object. > > > > Sentence structures, or in computer language better known as syntax, > > > > govern if a sentence is grammatically correct or if it's not. With that > > > > in mind, I also started out by looking at the AFL Library in Amibroker. > > > > I downloaded all of the functions in the hope of building myself an > > > > Amibroker vocabulary and started to put some of the basic vocabulary > > > > words together to make a "sentence." > > > > > > > > However, since there isn't any kind of document FORMALLY teaching the > > > > ABC of coding in Amibroker, I'm left w/ a question how does Amibroker > > > > syntax work? Some of the experienced coders here often compare AFL > > > > syntax to that of C++. But for a person w/ neither background in AFL or > > > > C++ or any other computer langugae, the question remains: How do I get > > > > start? Where's the square one? > > > > > > > > Anybody w/ such experience is highly appreciated if he/she's willing to > > > > shed a light on this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > >
