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by alashley 13y ago
Working on it, but its a process.
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by alashley 13y ago
Close, very close.
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by alashley 13y ago
So I'm wondering, if you're in a place where they expect you to work overtime without paying you, They take away salary for "equity" that never comes, they constantly call and email you outside of normal business hours,
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by alashley 13y ago
I found the gratuitous use of the word 'fat' in this article kind of jarring.
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by alashley 13y ago
I've talked to other developers and what I've understood is that the best way to learn new stuff is to get paid to do so. I'm just wondering how you keep up with stuff if your job demands so much out of you that you can'
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by alashley 13y ago
The free version of your game does some funky things after a round of playing.
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by alashley 13y ago
Relevant: http://simpleprogrammer.com/2014/01/09/importance-finishing-...
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by alashley 13y ago
This looks great Taylor. You had offered me some feedback about getting into freelancing a while back, so I knew the username looked familiar. Great work!
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by alashley 13y ago
Fair enough. These apps do have their target market, I just feel like we (myself included) could be doing more to help people rather than just keeping them entertained.
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by alashley 13y ago
I work at a startup and when I started the job, my boss was concerned with the rate of progress. I'm the sole developer at the company and the only technical person besides the CTO. My boss said that normally when he asks someone to di
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by alashley 13y ago
I feel the same way. I often wonder with all the bright minds and current innovations in tech, why we still continually try to come up with novel ways to send cat pictures over the internet. Surely there are more interesting uses for the va
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by alashley 13y ago
I'm working on a mobile/web app that lets users track their medication intake. It will use nfc tags that you tap each time you take the medication, so there's no risk of taking it more than the recommended number of times dai
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by alashley 13y ago
Thanks, your feedback is much appreciated. A couple people have actually reached out, so I suppose luck was on my side. I will add to my github as you've suggested. Cheers!
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Ask HN: Does any one have a project they need built?
8 points by alashley 13y ago|2 comments
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by alashley 13y ago
Nothing yet, last time I posted I had a few people asking me to co tact them for ROR and JS work. They said their contact details were in their profile, so I can only guess that they had a twisted sense of humor?
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by alashley 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote | Victoria, BC, Canada I'm graduating college in a few weeks and looking for work. At the moment because of a few remaining school commitments, I'm hoping for something flexible in terms of when the work is done. My ho
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by alashley 13y ago
Great read. I think you're missing a link in there. "Spend at least 40 hours coding solutions to different types of problems. One of the best resources is TopCoder. Read this. Then try solving problems." Did you mean to link to the top code
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by alashley 13y ago
Well said. When people think poorly of themselves, they tend to sulk and wonder why others perceive them in a certain (likely unattractive) way.
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by alashley 13y ago
I have been in this position quite a few times. I think my family, as a whole, comprises some of the most risk-averse and fearful people I have ever met. Especially on my dad's side of the family. Whenever a contract would end, or I would l
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by alashley 13y ago
I don't see your email address either. Hmm. Mine is andre.lashley@gmail.com, feel free to contact me if you see this reply.
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by alashley 13y ago
Good catch, yes, I do anticipate that it will take me some time to find a job I'd like. Also I don't really just want to take on a job for the sake of having one, I want it to be a good fit on both sides. I am willing but not able to move t
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by alashley 13y ago
This is something I've thought of. I have an aging parent in Victoria (my mom) and I'm really the closest person to her at this point in her life, so it would be difficult for me to just up and leave this city. Apart from that I'd be all fo
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by alashley 13y ago
No worries :) Yes I am part of a Drupal meetup. There is also a Ruby on Rails meetup that might interest you. I was a part of it, but I don't want to put too much on my plate for the moment. You can find it on meetup.com
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by alashley 13y ago
I have played with .NET on my own in the past, and I had a class on C# and VB.NET and also ASP.NET at Camosun. The C# and VB.NET class focused on desktop applications, we built a few games (card games, memory game) and the .NET class had us
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by alashley 13y ago
Same place :)
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by alashley 13y ago
Would you be able to shoot me an email, Dustin? My email is in my profile. I didn't see your email on your profile :)
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by alashley 13y ago
Oh, I see. I'm in Canada so the market here is different, I'm assuming you're based in the U.S.? In my experience and research, there are Python (Django) and Ruby (mostly Rails) jobs out there. The corporate world tends to favor PHP, .NET,
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by alashley 13y ago
Thanks for your well-thought out advice. I'll put your points into action along with the other stuff I've received here. Concerning matchist, I'm out of luck as they only cater to developers in the US, and I'm in Canada (Victoria, BC).
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by alashley 13y ago
This is yet another great piece of advice. The community here is great! In line with what you are saying, I have been attending the local Drupal user's group for the past few months and I plan on presenting my capstone project at our next m
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by alashley 13y ago
In reality, probably not. But I frequent hacker news and I may be a sucker for wanting to stay up to date with the latest and greatest. One can never be too sure about tech, but if something like Node was to become even more popular in the

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