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Too bad you have to be in the bay area. My son and I have been working on a system that captures, stores, filters water and the whole thing is powered by solar. Already did a small working prototype and are now working on a bigger one. Can&
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Good to hear. I am looking forwarding to diving into it.
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Wow Go has really gained traction. Coming from a Python, PHP, JavaScript background I have been contemplating learning Go or Elixir this year. I am drawn to Elixir because of the functional approach which is different than what I am used to
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I am sorry for your loss. I can totally relate to this. I lost my mom to cancer when I was 19. Long, slow, painful death that myself and my 7 other siblings had to witness. It took years to get over the trauma and I am certain some of my yo
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Don't get me wrong, I think IndieHackers is cool and enjoy reading these stories but I also think people who are running very profitable SaaS businesses may be hesitant on doing an IndieHackers interview. We don't think of our pro
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Problem is they want senior developers but only want to pay junior developer wages. There is a flood of junior developers out there that can't get jobs. These companies don't want them though. They want senior developers who don&#
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by 20years 10y ago
Those hipster rubyist make more money so maybe some of those hackers went that route. Can't blame them.
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There is no talent shortage but there is a willing to pay decent wages shortage. This entire article stinks of exactly that.
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That stood out to me too. Not great at this stage but if they can continue to grow it, I suppose the pay will increase too. They started 2 years ago though. 17k in 2 years for 6 people is pretty low imo unless they are very part time.
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I feel the same way. We bought an echo for the kids a month ago. It wore off within a week. They now really only use it occasionally for music. I could be partly to blame for that though because I don't like that fact that every thing
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I experienced this too with my daughter. She had colic so we got very little sleep for 3 months straight. I thought I was going crazy due to hallucinations and paranoia. All that went away when I was able to get at least 6 hours straight sl
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This is really honest and I commend you for saying it. I think too many people don't think about all of the things that are involved before jumping into starting a company. I sure didn't. It is not as sexy as the tech blogs, gurus
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This is really good advice. A lot of Agency hire freelancers when they get an overflow of projects. It is easier for them vs. having to hire captive employees and then potentially have to let them go if the projects don't last long-ter
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I too don't understand the appeal of working for Google and the likes but I am not sure I would consider this guy sad. It feels like he may partly be doing this as confirmation to himself of his worth. The fact that he has started 2 su
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by 20years 10y ago
Exactly! The article starts off trying to sell you on $12/hr. You can make $12/hr at much easier, less demanding jobs. They try and hold that carrot over your head of eventually making $70k, but even that isn't all that great
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I will reach out to you at the beginning of the new year. Honestly though if you are interested, I would put you mostly on advertising related stuff. Coding is the easy part, advertising and acquiring users is the hard part. Learning how to
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I haven't but am considering selling one of the products next year. I plan to go through a Broker. I had a soft offer in the $3 mil range from a big company for that real estate product I mentioned. They reached out to me. I pretty muc
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Yes, it is absolutely possible. I have been doing this for years focusing on niche SaaS products that are too small for VC funded or big companies to go after. I am currently bringing in $20k/mo from my SaaS stuff (3 different niche pr
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by 20years 10y ago
This is not Amazon's fault. This instead is the choice of the worker. He is choosing to work for Amazon and is choosing to sleep in a tent because he does not want to make the long commute back to his house. All his choices, not Amazon
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I think you may only be seeing things from your own point of view. The % of people that click and complete purchases from these re-marketing ads when they are done correctly is huge. Oftentimes in the 80% range when done correctly. When som
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I think good marketing automation is very specific to the phase the user is in and doesn't even always involve email. For example, if a user signed up to your SaaS and started the process but didn't finish, an email guiding them h
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by 20years 10y ago
Glad that SDES internally are upset but the damage has already been done. Amazon is becoming a place where serious tech talent will not work. No senior or serious talent in their right mind would go through this, so you are going to end up
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by 20years 10y ago
I agree with this sentiment. Nothing motivates me more knowing there is potential to make money on it. Then again there are those side projects you do just for fun but those are ones I also don't invest tons of time on.
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I think part of the problem is junior developers think they need to use these frameworks for every project, which results in frustration and running around in circles. They then blame the framework or developers because the framework wasn&#
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by 20years 10y ago
Realtors who feel threatened by Zillow love to complain about Zestimates. Zillow has made it clear time and time again that they are not 100% accurate and even allow homeowners to edit them. Zestimates are a tool that homeowners like to use
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Ha! This is pretty funny. Aren't coders these days though kind of seen as rock stars? ;) As a Mama here and as someone who has worked in this industry for over 15 years, I would not be bummed if he chose another path. I however won&#x2
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Totally agree with you.
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Haha! He has been programming since the age of 8. Started off hacking away at Minecraft Mods then moved into a little JavaScript and more recently Python for the Raspberry Pi. I have tried encouraging other areas too of course but this stuf
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Exactly this! All 3 points are true for our case. We have such a large support system with the program we are in. Much larger than what we got with public school. It really was a nice surprise as a newcomer to see how supportive the communi
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With the resources available now, a student can get that top-quality education. There are tons of hybrid homeschool programs and in CA we have the k12 program (k12.com). It isn't totally left up to the parent like it was back in the 70

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