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by brd 11y ago
I'd say take the in house contracts, keep them short, build up a client base that knows you, and then emphasize work with those that are comfortable with you being remote.
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by brd 11y ago
I typically talk to drivers. Conversations with people I'd otherwise not interact with sometimes lead to interesting stories, sometimes I'm able to give a helpful piece of advice, other times they lead to opportunities to gain ins
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by brd 11y ago
The short answer: Anything enterprise-y. SAP, Oracle, CRM solutions, Warehouse systems, Manufacturing systems, etc can all easily lend themselves to travelling the world working for fortune 500 companies Manufacturing and finance related gi
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by brd 11y ago
I stayed at one employer for 4 years. I was recognized for my ability/vision and I was shuffled within the company often so that I had interesting work and (at least in theory) a high impact on the culture. I left because ultimately th
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by brd 11y ago
Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if ABAP were to rival Ruby in popularity (by employment metrics) considering how widely adopted SAP is within the fortune 500. I don't disagree with the rest of your points, just pointing out that
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by brd 12y ago
No one is going to publicly solicit someone as young as you. If you really want to find work, you're going to have to hustle for it. Start tracking down emails and contacting people personally. Surely someone will appreciate your ambit
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by brd 12y ago
This obviously depends on what you were making before but 40-60k is the norm in Japan from what I understand. Certainly a huge difference compared to the US market.
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by brd 12y ago
Looks like an expansion of this work: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/save-soldie... Also, there's this trial going on to cool the body to increase the time surgeons have: http:/&#
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by brd 12y ago
I think the misphrasing of your question provides the answer you're looking for. You don't digest knowledge, you digest information. Knowledge is the internalization of that information. When you are able to convert information yo
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by brd 12y ago
I'd say you can apply the 80/20 rule to most occupations, executives are no exception.
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by brd 12y ago
Executive only needs to do a few things well but the reality is VERY few people can do those things well. A good executive turns people into tools. You offload your problems into the minds of others and then efficiently recoup the outputs.
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by brd 12y ago
I'm not knocking on your achievements, my point is more as a warning to many of the younger more impressionable readers of HN. They may read into this as an alternate path when in reality it will likely lead many astray. Following pass
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by brd 12y ago
That take away oozes with survivor bias. Being a successful coder because you have passion for it still requires a lucky break somewhere along the way to discover that passion and/or have someone else recognize that passion. In my opin
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by brd 12y ago
Is there any real take away here? Effectively it is "I floated through life and got a few lucky breaks which led me into a relatively comfortable career that I enjoy". I'm hard pressed to find something unique or interesting
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by brd 12y ago
It's unfortunately an all too common story. I was part of a small, young team that coalesced around an ambitious project. After being leveraged for a few large initiatives we were split up to "spread the culture", after a yea
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by brd 12y ago
After seeing his work in person Van Gogh immediately became my favorite artist. It's sad to read this news and makes me want to travel back to Amsterdam to spend another day soaking in his paintings. If you have any appreciation for ar
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by brd 12y ago
Don't kid yourself, that is aspirational. The enterprise, for better or worse, dictates how much of the world functions. Improving the efficiency of those companies, empowering their employees, and empowering their customers is likely
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by brd 12y ago
My biggest "regret" was deciding to stay in the ERP space. When I originally jumped in via an internship, I did so because I wanted to get a better understanding of the monolithic systems that ran most the world. I got pulled into
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by brd 12y ago
raincom is right, bigger clients are typically going to be your best bet for higher rates because they're already comfortable with the idea of investment large sums of money to complete work (not to mention their HR policies incentiviz
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by brd 12y ago
Be well fed, I'd maintain a routine of smaller meals light in carbs to avoid lethargy. Get some sort of exercise in (do a set of burpees or something). Be mindful of eye strain. If you're having trouble falling asleep immediately
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by brd 12y ago
My school offered a computer class that was effectively just a typing class in both middle school and high school. We also had available to us a Pascal course, a C++ course, and an AP Comp Sci (at the time it was still C++). The core curric
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by brd 12y ago
On writing my response I realized school was probably the one time where this sort of strategy would be appropriate for an individual. At the same time, school is a much higher risk proposition (in many cases) and involves much more time an
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by brd 12y ago
I disagree, in personal finances you aren't afforded the same kind of burn rates because there isn't an investor model for individuals. If my salary has increased 100% YoY for the last 3 years, I would be in a troubling amount of
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by brd 12y ago
From what I've seen, it's built with a similar philosophy to Dojo. Its an older approach to JS development. Unless you're in the SAP space, I'd likely recommend you not bother with it.
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by brd 12y ago
For me the most beautiful part about travel is the change in perspective. You get a chance to see how others live, you can hear what others think, you get to smell their air, taste their food, hear their stories. I think the ability to perc
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by brd 12y ago
I would imagine that UPS/FEDEX, like airline carriers, play with futures to stabilize their fuel costs. As such, they are likely not reaping much in the way of immediately benefits from the recent and unexpected price drop.
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by brd 12y ago
Having worked alongside recruiters in a firm that placed mostly IT roles for Wall St firms back in ~2005, the highest compensated made a little over 200k while the median was somewhere between 80 and 100k. I would think your typical recruit
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by brd 12y ago
"Use case" is an appropriate way to describe a solution. From the perspective of a Solution Architect, I'd say its mostly marketing fluff but the reason the term caught on is the distinction between delivering a system vs. de
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by brd 12y ago
> we should focus on teaching people how to model in general Classes on logic and/or learning theory can accomplish that goal without any tools whatsoever. In fact, I'd argue we should teach people visio instead of excel if the
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by brd 12y ago
In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the author talks about the importance of being able to carve up ideas in different ways to understand it more thoroughly. I'd say knowing how to code, as in going through the process of und

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