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by andy_adams 8y ago
It has always surprised me how many developers are OK with just going radio silent when things aren't going well on a project. It's a bridge burnt, plus they often don't get to collect their last payment. It's a lose-los
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Everything I know about freelancing(andyadams.org)
8 points by andy_adams 8y ago|2 comments
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by andy_adams 8y ago
I don't know much about aviation, but I know there's a plane that was faster than the SR-71: The X-15 [1]. I know because my great uncle died flying the X-15 on an experimental flight [2], so it's always been an interesting s
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by andy_adams 8y ago
Depends - I started freelancing with 2 kiddos and little savings, so I had to do the side-gig transition until I was sure it'd make ends meet. You definitely need a "fire" keeping you moving, though - if you have savings &amp
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by andy_adams 8y ago
Some personal experience, some anecdotes, some assumption. Nearly every time I've read a job posting using similar language, when I've been able to actually talk to the developers there I find out that yep: it's long hours ex
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by andy_adams 8y ago
Thank you for your detailed answer! I'd say if you're going to put "passion" and "grit" in your job description, you should also specify 40 hour workweeks. Maybe I'm jaded, but those are just codewords to
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by andy_adams 8y ago
> Absolute garbage if you actually try to use it for any serious work from a PC. I beg to differ - I have 2 hotspots from Verizon (15GB each -> 30GB total/month) and they support my full-time work as a remote developer. I have to
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by andy_adams 8y ago
I'm trying to get at the underlying expectations - "get your work done" can mean a lot of things. At a prior job, it meant that you wrote a TODO list at the start of the week, which was approved by the boss. If you finished i
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Ask HN: How many hours/week are you expected to work in SV/NY/other tech hubs?
35 points by andy_adams 8y ago|35 comments
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by andy_adams 8y ago
I mean outside of your network - people you wouldn't normally get referrals for. LinkedIn in a starting point, then researching an individual (Github profile, Twitter, personal website, etc) to learn more. This will obviously only work
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by andy_adams 8y ago
When I look for a job, I spend time investigating companies who align with my experience, goals, etc - regardless of whether or not they're actively hiring. Consider doing the inverse: Contact developers who may not be looking, but who
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It’s OK to Chase the Money(andyadams.org)
1 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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It’s OK to Chase the Money, Programmers(andyadams.org)
2 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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by andy_adams 8y ago
For my mother-in-law who can't keep her single, reused-everywhere password straight, magic links approximate a miracle. I wish Skype used them so we could save 15 minutes every time we want to video call.
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by andy_adams 8y ago
It cuts both ways. As the author says, if you allow yourself to worry about every minute not working, you'll be mentally drained in no time. On the flip side: Having my time tied to an hourly (actually daily) rate has saved me countles
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by andy_adams 8y ago
As I understand it, even though LED output is yellow, the primary light range emitted is blue. No idea if this study [1] is good, but the abstract explains it a bit. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM
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by andy_adams 8y ago
You can try https://logomakr.com/ - they have an upsell, but you can get the basic version of the logo for free.
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by andy_adams 8y ago
For many use cases, whether it's technically AI or not isn't really relevant. I'm at the point where I don't have a budget for a designer, but don't have the design talent to make a good logo myself. It's eithe
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by andy_adams 8y ago
I had a difficult time with the "keywords" portion - I'm assuming they're tying keywords to an icon library. It'd probably be more useful to have a list of words to select from, rather than guessing which ones will
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MyBrandNewLogo – A 3-step Logo Generator(mybrandnewlogo.com)
365 points by andy_adams 8y ago|104 comments
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I wrote, designed and sold a book with WordPress and it went pretty well(andyadams.org)
2 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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by andy_adams 8y ago
Sometimes a fundamental idea is simple, but it takes repeated hammering into your mind before you adopt it. 95% of a book might seem like fluff, but when you read the 1 example, the 1 anecdote, or the 1 "way of saying it" that res
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by andy_adams 8y ago
For anyone interested in the difficulty in maintaining huge OSS projects, I found this episode of ShopTalkShow with Henry Zhu (maintainer of Babel.js) fascinating: https://shoptalkshow.com/episodes/344/ One guy ma
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by andy_adams 8y ago
I'm on rural (satellite) internet sometimes, with decent bandwidth but terrible ping times (500+ ms). Certain JS-heavy pages just don't load! It's like the dev set a timeout on AJAX of 400ms, and when it doesn't return,
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I wrote, designed and sold a book with WordPress and it went pretty well(andyadams.org)
4 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Successful WordPress freelancing, an ebook(andyadams.org)
3 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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by andy_adams 8y ago
As a pessimist for the first 30 years of my life, I've finally realized just how little utility there is in being negative. On the flip side, being positive: 1. Helps you get more done 2. Helps other people get more done 3. Makes you m
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Strategies, tactics, and tips on how to launch a product in 2019(blog.close.io)
1 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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10 lessons from a miserable software business failure(andyadams.org)
1 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments
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My Brand New Logo – A 3-step logo generator(mybrandnewlogo.com)
2 points by andy_adams 8y ago|0 comments

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