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by granshaw 4y ago
I agree with everything except the staff Aug part. Anecdotal I know but I myself found a subcontract(!) as my first solo gig that easily beat my previous fulltime jobs pay, which weren’t peanuts either. And this was just Rails web dev. My i
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by granshaw 4y ago
I’m going to learn how to make peace with the fact that I won’t be achieving my dreams, at least not anytime soon :’(
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by granshaw 4y ago
Depends what kind of business Making yourself a one man consultancy or contractor is also a business and has a decent success rate if you’re actually good A Saas business, startup, or similar? Yeah much lower probability But even in the lat
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by granshaw 4y ago
Shame that Jimmy.gq isn’t being used - if you get it you get it :)
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by granshaw 4y ago
You can try to start a solo services business where you create MVPs just like that for startups. Am considering it myself
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by granshaw 4y ago
…then proceeded to lose it all on GME options - can’t make this stuff up
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by granshaw 4y ago
But I bet the wealthy kids have far less anxiety too?
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by granshaw 4y ago
If there is one thing I’m ever more sure of as I get older, is that too much choice really is bad most of the time. And it doesn’t take much to count as “too much” here either. Along with this, ignorance really IS bliss.
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by granshaw 4y ago
I find this pretty interesting - does it go hand in hand with younger generations seeing no hope for their future, whether it be climate change, being financially stable, having a fulfilling life, finding a partner?
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by granshaw 4y ago
Isn’t that abit chicken and egg tho? Static typing is what really makes a language amenable to powerful IDE functionality…
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by granshaw 4y ago
They are def doing some shady things to juice revenue - ie I had a chargeback which I worked out with the customer and saw proof that the bank dropped it more than a month ago, but Stripe just only marked it as resolved. Was probably purpos
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by granshaw 4y ago
I’ve read alot of anecdotes from ADHDs saying that they can’t stay on task at home given that, you know, they’re at home and no one’s watching But I wouldn’t know what the breakdown would be between the two
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by granshaw 4y ago
Companies will just have to accept more of one of the other depending on their policies. Alternatively they could become such an attractive place to work via other factors that they can attract employees whether remote or not
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by granshaw 4y ago
I think the picture is pretty clear at this point and further discussion is pretty pointless as it just results in the same points keep being brought up: Junior/single/ADHD/work-is-social-circle: REMOTE BAD Senior/marrie
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by granshaw 4y ago
OP is a really good writer / articulator and I found this to be a great piece - with that in mind the fact that he took a full year to find something tells me he must’ve had red flags elsewhere, or was just really fussy or had a high b
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by granshaw 4y ago
What’s unique about entrepreneurship is that, once you earn enough from it, it can fully replace your work. “Hobbies”, relationships, family, etc don’t do that. If you can’t find fulfillment in your 9-5 you’re still stuck grinding through i
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by granshaw 4y ago
For VIEWING. This is like blatantly taking your gpl licensed code and using it for commercial purposes
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by granshaw 4y ago
Same sometimes I dream of working remotely and taking my USD savings and enjoying the luxe life back in SE Asia
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by granshaw 4y ago
Chicagos great so long as you don’t live on the ground floor and don’t have to shovel snow :)
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by granshaw 4y ago
Their bootcamp should have added the caveat: at a FAANG
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by granshaw 4y ago
> IMHO, the West is better if you manage to succeed and build you own fullfilling social network, but if you fail, you're doomed to love a miserable lonely life. The East is a good default option for most people but it holds back pe
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by granshaw 4y ago
Interesting, good to know
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by granshaw 4y ago
I’m not sure if there’s data/studies on this, but I feel that bullying is a bigger problem in the US than in eg Europe and Asia. If so, would like to see more discussion on why that is and how we could improve things by comparing
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by granshaw 4y ago
As someone who moved from SE Asia awhile ago, agree 100%: - Parents can't wait to kick their kids out once they're college age - A societal sense of embarressment if you're *still* living with your parents - No night-
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by granshaw 4y ago
Its no excuse, since kids in other countries seem to be better at this, but... "kids will be mean"
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by granshaw 4y ago
Thanks for sharing, and super interesting! I’ve done an about 1 year stint contracting, all with a single client pretty much staff aug web dev, then went back to fulltime. I’d love to find engagements where you’re not tied to their 9-5 hour
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by granshaw 4y ago
Amazons assumed appreciation scheme is blasphemy IMO - are there even any other companies that do that? Recently lots of companies have moved to quarterly vesting which is very employee friendly I’m guessing you’re a startup meaning illiqui
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by granshaw 4y ago
We will see, but I think there’s a real chance the former FAANG “market rate” due to their high flying RSUs might be gone for good for Engineering ICs, unless you’re well known in your area
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by granshaw 4y ago
Curious if you don’t mind sharing, did this candidate have crazy comp due to Twitter RSUs before the implosion? And if so, are you all roughly matching that, or they’re settling for less?
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by granshaw 4y ago
Curious what do you specialize in? Sounds like your engagements are usually like 3mos max?

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