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by bsvalley 9y ago
collaborate with other experienced dev folks. You learn a lot from reading people's code in a professional environment. Or, use high level libraries. If you still manipulate semaphores in 2017, you are wasting a lot of time since there
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Short answer - yes you can. Though, it's a serious hassle since you need to have someone running the company from A to Z for you. You can only be a passive owner/investor. That's it.
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Is it easy to land a $2mil loan for an investment property? Even if I come up with 400k down seems like banks would require me to earn a lot per year to qualify. I'd be curious to know more about how to qualify for such a large loan.
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Ask HN: How would you invest $500k in real estate today?
21 points by bsvalley 9y ago|31 comments
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Adding a standing desk helped me getting things done right after lunch. I'd usually turn into a vegetable sitting at my desk from 1 to 2pm. That's where I see the benefits of having a standing desk. It helps digesting food... I al
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Ask HN: What is the most impressive career switch you've ever witnessed?
9 points by bsvalley 9y ago|11 comments
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Simple answer to your problem. Everything you mentioned about "being awesome" in your current life, aren't things that make you happy. That's it! Switch things up a little bit and I'm sure you're smart enough t
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If you're targeting companies like google, facebook, etc. They're looking for excellent algorithm solvers. Ideally, people who can right a complex function on a whiteboard in a very short amount of time (under 15 minutes). That&#x
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I hear terms like "developers", "coders", "resources" and all these kind of stuff when companies talk about us. So I don't think any company has brillant "engineers" per se. They maybe have excel
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In that case, that makes total sense.
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Living to work vs working to live. In your scenario I can see how you've dedicated 8 years of your life to your employer. Would we really value "time" in this case? 8 years is a lot of time living to work, getting all these p
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Ask HN: What is your solution to Micheal Seibel's thought?
7 points by bsvalley 9y ago|4 comments
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Do you guys own the rooms or are you renting them out, then subleasing them to people at a higher cost per head? There might be some legal issues in this case?
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what are you selling exactly? a company? a condo? developers? apps? how do you make 90k/year? what's your business model? Not sure your message was clear enough.
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App freelancing (in the US) has been killed by cheap hourly rates thanks to globalization. As a client, why would I pay $100/h for a local Dev versus $10/h for a dev located in India or anywhere else where the cost of living is mu
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Look at the rush hours it'll give you a clear understanding of how wide the range is in the Bay Area. Traffic starts at 5am and ends at 10:30am on the morning, then starts at 2:30pm and ends at 7pm. This is for the big rush. Some peopl
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My answer is very practical but it's close to reality. Time won't be your main concern... money will force you to go back to work to get a 9-5 stable job. If you chose the entrepreneurial route and you haven't even started ye
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Moderators?
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Ask HN: Why are we (developers) way overpaid for what we do?
19 points by bsvalley 9y ago|25 comments
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Touch screens introduced a lot of new gestures. It's not about mouse clicks anymore but people's fingers. You have to think about your user interaction in a whole different way. Slower animations, smoother movements, more feedback
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Interviewing requires a lot of experience and you have to be extremely humble. You may fail at capturing excellent candidates in only 30 minutes based off your own judgement. The more curious and patient you are, the better. In the scenario
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Read this article. It'll show you the gaps between a Lead Engineer and a Manager. Focus on these gaps for your interview. Some people here seem to mix the difference between the two roles, you don't "manage" anyone as a
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Ask HN: Are there any dropbox experts here?
1 points by bsvalley 9y ago|0 comments
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Good communication skills and positiveness. Technology alone doesn't do anything.
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Symptoms >> Doctor appointment Doctor >> Diagnosis Diagnosis >> Treatment Treatment >> Positive results (if negative, Doctor will explore a different solution)
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Ask HN: What is the HN for Product Managers?
2 points by bsvalley 9y ago|0 comments
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For a feature for example. Agile with 2-week cycles 1- sprint planning 2- user story definition 3- coding (gathering UX if UI involved, design for backend, then implementation) 4- testing 5- demo
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Ask HN: Who is hiring Product Managers with Engineering background 2017?
1 points by bsvalley 9y ago|0 comments
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Dropbox is like twitter. An over-engineered solution for a very narrowed use case. Don't get me wrong, the product works very well. I actually use it everyday, but from an investor/growth perspective, I fall back into what Jobs sa
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Self taught programmer WITH a CS degree, worked at 2 of the companies you mentioned. I got a master's degree in CS a while ago. I still call myself a self taught programmer because I started learning as soon as I started practicing CS

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