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I was contacted by Packt yesterday to write a book on KnockoutJS. I am an expert in the subject matter, however, I'm currently working a full time dev job, a pa

by judah 13y ago

I was contacted by Packt yesterday to write a book on KnockoutJS. I am an expert in the subject matter, however, I'm currently working a full time dev job, a part time dev job at nights, and my startup on the weekends. So, I declined. Now that I see some of the comments here about quantity over quality, I'm feeling better about my decision to turn it down.

thauck 13y ago
I've authored a Packt book - it isn't of high quality. It was a good experience, but they don't provide the resources needed (help and monetarily) for doing good work.
- judah 13y ago
  Yeah. I figured I wouldn't do it for the money, since authoring tech books brings in pennies for the author. I'd like to do it for career sake. "Hey, I love JS so much, I wrote a book on a popular JS framework."
sown 13y ago
"...I'm currently working a full time dev job, a part time dev job at nights, and my startup on the weekends." That sounds neat. How did you get a part-time dev job?
- vinceguidry 13y ago
  I imagine the company that hired him would have preferred a full-time dev, but settled on letting him work part-time for lack of better options. Which is a great option for developers who are getting tired of the 9-5 and want a more flexible schedule. Wait until you're crazy busy then turn in your two weeks. The same company that told you they can't do remote work and the like when they hired you will suddenly get a lot more flexible when reminded of how much they need you.
- judah 13y ago
  My had done training in Israel for RavenDB, the big NoSQL database for .NET. Earlier this year we reached an agreement where I'd work on RavenDB as a part-time dev job. In particular, I'm porting the RavenDB Management Studio from Silverlight to HTML5, see http://debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/ravendb-studio-3-0-and-why-we-moved-from-silverlight-to-html5/ http://debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/ravendb-stu...
welly 13y ago
You must love your work!
- judah 13y ago
  I do love software dev. Building things is a superpower. :-) http://judahhimango.com/presentations/startup/#2 http://judahhimango.com/presentations/startup/#2

by judah 13y ago

thauck 13y ago

I've authored a Packt book - it isn't of high quality. It was a good experience, but they don't provide the resources needed (help and monetarily) for doing good work.

judah 13y ago
Yeah. I figured I wouldn't do it for the money, since authoring tech books brings in pennies for the author. I'd like to do it for career sake. "Hey, I love JS so much, I wrote a book on a popular JS framework."

sown 13y ago

"...I'm currently working a full time dev job, a part time dev job at nights, and my startup on the weekends." That sounds neat. How did you get a part-time dev job?

vinceguidry 13y ago
I imagine the company that hired him would have preferred a full-time dev, but settled on letting him work part-time for lack of better options. Which is a great option for developers who are getting tired of the 9-5 and want a more flexible schedule. Wait until you're crazy busy then turn in your two weeks. The same company that told you they can't do remote work and the like when they hired you will suddenly get a lot more flexible when reminded of how much they need you.
judah 13y ago
My had done training in Israel for RavenDB, the big NoSQL database for .NET. Earlier this year we reached an agreement where I'd work on RavenDB as a part-time dev job. In particular, I'm porting the RavenDB Management Studio from Silverlight to HTML5, see http://debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/ravendb-studio-3-0-and-why-we-moved-from-silverlight-to-html5/ http://debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/ravendb-stu...

welly 13y ago

You must love your work!

judah 13y ago
I do love software dev. Building things is a superpower. :-) http://judahhimango.com/presentations/startup/#2 http://judahhimango.com/presentations/startup/#2