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by devs1010 15y ago
"He said "Great thanks, when are you available to start?" I told him, the interview was over, and I never heard back." Is there something I'm missing? I don't quite get how him asking that question led to you turning down the job so abruptl
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by devs1010 15y ago
In some places its lower, some places higher, I presume, but I've never heard as high as 23%, I think people here wouldn't stand for that, I presume there are much better social services in Ireland, which would be the benefit of higher taxa
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by devs1010 15y ago
At those rates, income tax would also be higher than in the U.S., at least for most people
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree, its simply not possible to do this effectively in many situations, you can't just plug in a bunch of people for 2 days a week and expect to get the same output as the equivalent number of hours worked from a team of full-timers. I
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by devs1010 15y ago
we are taxed at consumption as well, I'm assuming you mean you want even higher sales tax than we currently have but no income tax? I have felt that the current sales tax of up to 10% in some places is already fairly high as is
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by devs1010 15y ago
Work on some open source projects, start your own, etc. They can be small, it doesn't really matter, but these are great for explaining gaps. I actually got a job where I spent a lot of time talking about an open source project I was workin
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by devs1010 15y ago
I don't think I've ever done this, I've only been coding a few years so I think modern monitors have been good enough.. One thing I have noticed is I find a lot of devs leave their font at the default size, for a while now I've been making
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by devs1010 15y ago
Do you have any coworkers that you got along with at your previous jobs? If so, go on LinkedIn, look them up, ask them to connect, leave a positive review for them, ask them to do the same for you. If this process is completed successfully,
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by devs1010 15y ago
Seriously.. I used to live in Phoenix, recently, and commuted probably 60 miles a day (roundtrip) and spent about that per week. Granted, SF to Palo Alto may be a bit further and gas is more expensive here but no way is it that much more to
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by devs1010 15y ago
I kind of agree, but, lets see, my current rental in the Bay Area is about $60 per day if you calculate it based on the monthly rent. I just checked and a room at a motel 6 can be had for $55.99 a night this weekend in Sunnyvale, CA (Palo A
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by devs1010 15y ago
During some of my crazier and younger moments I've been on some trips where I would sleep in the car one night and stay in a motel others, it seems saving money is the issue, so maybe he'd be better off "cycling" and sleeping the car a few
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by devs1010 15y ago
He seems to want to relocate to "silicon valley" (the Bay Area) and make it work long-term, from what I can tell, so while its a bit radical, it could work out for him, its hard to know when to make the jump. I think the case of a founder,
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by devs1010 15y ago
Palo Alto stays pretty cool most of the year, certainly it is cool enough now to not cook in the car
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by devs1010 15y ago
bring a rain jacket :) its been raining non-stop all week, having lived off and on in northern California for much of my life honestly I would recommend waiting another 2-3 weeks as thats usually when the "dry season" starts for sure so you
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by devs1010 15y ago
At first I thought "why JavaScript" (and not any of the other web programming languages) but I realized this does make some sense as nearly all web apps nowadays use JavaScript whereas the other backend languages are more fractured. Of cour
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yeah, I have noticed this too, this is one reason why I think its important to get out in nature from time to time, whether its going hiking, camping or snowboarding, etc. Basically, our modern lives are usually fairly mundane. We commute,
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by devs1010 15y ago
I lost my brother a year ago tomorrow, he's also named steve so I found this a bit eerie.. In his case it was self inflicted after a long struggle with bipolar disorder. Thanks for sharing, its good sometimes to hear from others who have go
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by devs1010 15y ago
Just to clarify, you say its where they are... Is this also where you are, or would you be working remotely? You may need to consult a lawyer as I'm not 100% sure on this but my understanding is its based on where the employee lives, so if
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by devs1010 15y ago
The problem with things like this is who is going to pay for it? Its a rather small market (software developers).. I'm not sure its a viable business model but more of an idea for an open source project
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree, some recruiters are borderline scam artists so you can't just take it at face value that they have a job to offer and are interested in you, there can be more to it than that
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by devs1010 15y ago
ugh, yeah the jobspringpartners one I saw in there.. I actually met with them at their office once as I was in town from out of state for another interview so figured why not (I didn't know much about them and figured I should squeeze an ex
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by devs1010 15y ago
If your company is that small then I agree you need to be more careful but you also need to find someone who basically wants to work at a startup, any company with just 2 dev's isn't a "normal job", even if its not technically considered a
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by devs1010 15y ago
I just took a job in Calfornia and their noncomplete agreement specifically mentions that its not enforceable in California so I don't think they would have put this in there unless they basically had to
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by devs1010 15y ago
I hope you realize that you are exaggerating. Out of all of those, the only one that an employer has ever had any interest in was my GitHub account and I have gotten software dev jobs before I even had one
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree with the author, people at my old job would have this setup and I found it odd, I do have an Android tablet but I use it very differently from my laptop, I use it for browsing, watching movies, etc and video skyping, if I ever have
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by devs1010 15y ago
lol at "change focus" :) I think the problem was I had no focus for too long, I was just kind of taking classes since 'its what you're supposed to do', it seems I was just taking the most general ones possible.. thanks for the advice on thi
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by devs1010 15y ago
Thanks for the advice, well, I wouldn't be taking any time off work, I would have to continue as a part-time student as I currently work full-time. I think that it may be best to just get a general bachelor's so I can "check the box" on app
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Non-CS Bachelor's Degree now vs waiting longer to finish CS-related degree?
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by devs1010 15y ago
Its a convention vs configuration issue, some people seem to prefer configuration where they tinker around with every detail, this seems to be prevalent with Java as it has a background of "configuration over convention", it seems. Sure, it
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree, the companies that highly value degrees may not be the kind you want to work for, you can make it without a degree but long term it's best to pick one up along the way even if it's just from doing part time classes while working

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