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by itamarst 9y ago
Presuming this is long-term contract (3-6 months), you basically are going through same process as employee - need to interview the company first, need to read the contract, and not sign it if it's not acceptable. If they're askin
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by itamarst 9y ago
I have never heard this term. Could you explain a bit what you're talking about?
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by itamarst 9y ago
I have lots and lots of failures, so I write an email every week with one of them ( https://softwareclown.com/ ). Biggest one... negotiate for your salary? Start looking for job after first round of layoffs? Don't deploy
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by itamarst 9y ago
Do you really want to compete on price? Better to figure out why your product isn't compelling enough. Maybe your marketing could be better, maybe your product could be better. https://stackingthebricks.com/guides/
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You may want to look into https://stripe.com/atlas
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by itamarst 9y ago
This is a better articulation of where you feel stuck, so that's helpful. A lot of design decisions come down to pattern matching: you learn how to recognize certain patterns and that helps you decide (I recommend reading some of Gary
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by itamarst 9y ago
Junior/Middle/Senior is vague terminology, but I'll take it to mean "does what is told", "can work a little independently", "can work completely independently". Being a senior engineer is often n
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It's helpful for certain end-to-end testing setups, at a minimum.
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https://medium.freecodecamp.org/unlearning-toxic-behaviors-i... has a whole bunch of useful advice.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Working as part of senior management of VC-funded startup will not allow you to work a reasonable work week. VCs loooooove long working hours, however unproductive and stupid they may be: https://uncrunched.com/2011/11&
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by itamarst 9y ago
Same as for any software: it depends on your goals and situation. Goal is learning new technology: probably not worth it. Goal is something people will pay for: do you have evidence anyone will pay for it? If not, probably best not to start
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by itamarst 9y ago
There are many examples of products that are much worse due to lack of diversity. For example, every website with tiny font and low contrast text (like this one!). Older people tend to have much worse eyesight, and so suffer much more from
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I would suggest not working in the evenings for a while. You'll do much better if you take a break and go do something completely different. When I didn't have a kid I took liberal arts classes at Harvard's adult education sc
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You can study on the job. It's, in fact, the best way to study. Even if you're using technologies you already know, there's almost always something you can learn on the job. If not, switch to a job where you're not learn
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1. There are programs to help scientists become data scientists:, e.g. https://www.insightdatascience.com/ 2. You don't feel like you're a good bet. But companies may disagree, if you present yourself with confi
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I definitely feel that way - I'm much happier when I'm working less than 40 hours a week, these days. It is possible to start with what you want and eventually negotiate or find a work situation that meets your needs. Some options
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You plausibly could get an entry level programming job, or entry level data scientist job. You won't know until you try - what kind of jobs would you like to do?
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by itamarst 9y ago
I am happy to answer questions about developer career paths (itamar@codewithourules.com). More broadly, you can find lists like https://ishansharma.github.io/twitter-mentors/ where people might have skills that are rel
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by itamarst 9y ago
You already said it: monorepos happen in organizations with lots of tooling. Outside those organizations, all the tooling assumes one application per repo. As a result, monorepos don't work well outside those large organizations.
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You should hire https://compassionatecoding.com/ . Basically, there shouldn't be conflict . There should be polite disagreement, with people listening to each other, understanding where the other side is coming from, a
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by itamarst 9y ago
1. Asking for help too soon - you don't learn enough. Asking for help too late - you've wasted time. To avoid, set a timebox: https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/12/07/asking-for-help/ 2. Thinkin
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It's good, yeah.
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You are not your tools: programmers are more than the technologies they use(codewithoutrules.com)
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You are not your tools(codewithoutrules.com)
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A good resume won't get you consulting clients. You need marketing - see e.g. https://doubleyourfreelancing.com/ which has lots of free content. You are also not likely to get a remote job without some relevant work ex
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by itamarst 9y ago
Don't charge by the day! Your costs have nothing to do with how much it's worth to a customer. Talk to companies that might be target market. Figure out how much it would save them. 1. Nothing. But maybe you can use feedback to im
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To add to what patio11 said: Even if as an employee you don't get paid a lot directly for fixing it, there is still some benefits: 1. You can use this as argument for getting a raise or promotion. 2. When you look for next job, you can
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by itamarst 9y ago
Try asking on lobste.rs, more people there who like this sort of thing.
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Yes, it's possible. Many people just work 9-5. I've done interesting work at multiple companies since 2004, never worked more than 40 hours (past few years I've worked less than 40 hours). How to get such a job: 1. You may al
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1. If a company is doing voluntary layoffs they're probably not doing well. Usually the people who are more likely to find a new job, or otherwise more motivated, are more likely to take the package, so company loses best people. So ju

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