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721.
by itamarst 9y ago
Being able to work independently. You're not being closely supervised, so you want to make sure your resume, and interview, convey your ability to work on your own.
722.
by itamarst 9y ago
That's why I said "if you are hired as an employee". Choices are contractor or local employee, you're never a US employee.
723.
by itamarst 9y ago
My impression is that if you are an employee, you are typically hired by local company in country you live. This local company will be structured as a subsidiary of the US corporation. So US taxes are irrelevant.
724.
by itamarst 9y ago
Some other options: 1. Apply to jobs you're not qualified for, explaining you have some skills that transfer, and you're excited to learn. Some companies are willing to train people, and you can e.g. pitch your front-end visualiza
725.
by itamarst 9y ago
Reach out to former coworkers/managers/employers, see if they need any consulting work. If that fails talk to one of the agencies that will get you consulting work (e.g. https://www.gun.io/ ). Reduce your living ex
726.
by itamarst 9y ago
If the only way you define yourself is "CEO" or "founder" you are limiting your identity to your job. But you also have friends, and family, and a society you live in. You have a body that has needs ("should founder
727.
by itamarst 9y ago
Personally I find that the best way to learning programming languages is on the job, rather than at home on random projects. I've tried one of the "do this exercise in a new language" sites, I forget which, and it's just
728.
by itamarst 9y ago
I tend to undervalue time management when it comes to productivity. The fundamental premise is that you can get more out of limited amount of time, which is true, but there's limit to how much extra productivity you can get that way. 3
729.
by itamarst 9y ago
Some options: 1. Learn to take a broader view of programming. As others have said (comments from greenyoda, taylodl), and you intuit, the job isn't really about coding most of the time, let alone coding algorithms. It's hard to ma
730.
The Programmer's Guide to a Sane Workweek(codewithoutrules.com)
1 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
731.
by itamarst 9y ago
You are really limiting your hiring pool, yes. And for that matter discriminating against parents with small children.
732.
by itamarst 9y ago
Re point B, I'd say it's the other way around: the cutting edge technology often originates within those companies, created on the job during work hours.
733.
by itamarst 9y ago
Definitely want to do some research up front to rule out places where it will never fly. But- negotiating shorter workweek is different than negotiating salary (in most countries, anyway). My experience, as well as others I've heard fr
734.
by itamarst 9y ago
Common counter-argument is "but how will you learn the skills you need", but actually it's perfectly possible to learn everything you need on the job. Julia Evans has nice list of how people learn at work: https://
735.
by itamarst 9y ago
My experience is mostly tied to programmers, but this isn't necessarily that different. 1. I have heard rumors that in Germany you can pretty much force your existing employer to to give you part time job: https://www.reddit
736.
by itamarst 9y ago
I suggest you do this startup for free without getting paid, so you can improve your reputation and experience.
737.
by itamarst 9y ago
Unpaid positions are illegal, just FYI: violation of minimum wage laws. It will give you some experience, yes, but someplace that's not even willing to pay you a little isn't necessarily going to put much effort into teaching you,
738.
by itamarst 9y ago
The idea seems to be "spend a bunch of money and then launch will succeed". But, what if it doesn't succeed? What then? Better approach is "how can we reach potential customers repeatedly". Because that way if first
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by itamarst 9y ago
Part of the problems you may be suffering from is a system that is overcomplicated for no good reason. 1. Unless you have a truly massive number of users, or a very interactive UI, chances are you don't need Angular.js at all. Just nod
740.
by itamarst 9y ago
I used to work at ClusterHQ, left in April 2016. Some background- Last day at my job the co-founders were ousted by the board and CEO (the CEO who eventually wrote that post about Clusterfucked), and all the employees in the UK were laid of
741.
by itamarst 9y ago
Well-executed marketing in the service of helping people lose their savings.
742.
by itamarst 9y ago
Trains got bootstrapped with speculation... but they were clearly useful before the speculation. Same for the Internet. As you admit yourself, cryptocurrencies are a solution looking for a problem. They do nothing, they provide nothing, t
743.
by itamarst 9y ago
There are no cryptocurrency investors, because cryptocurrencies are not an investment, they are speculation. You have started a company to help people lose money. In the future, kindly use your enthusiasm and skills for something more usefu
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I took a sick day today, and that’s OK(codewithoutrules.com)
2 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
745.
by itamarst 9y ago
Most companies say they need the best people. In practice: 1. Most companies deliberately choose not to pay at the top of industry pay range, instead aiming for 70th percentile or 50th percentile or whatever. 2. Majority of programmers ar
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by itamarst 9y ago
1. People skills are programming skills. E.g. debugging often requires you to understand what someone else (or you in the past) were thinking. 2. CS degree really doesn't matter. 3. In general, you can get better at any skill you cho
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The futile comfort of working long hours(codewithoutrules.com)
16 points by itamarst 9y ago|1 comments
748.
by itamarst 9y ago
In between consulting/freelancing, where you do small projects, and full time employment, there is the idea of longer term contracting, yes. Repeated 3-6 month contracts. There are specific job boards for this kind of thing, e.g. http
749.
by itamarst 9y ago
https://hashnode.com/ claims to be that. Not sure how friendly they are in practice, but worth checking out.
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by itamarst 9y ago
http://datafordemocracy.org/ has a bunch of datascience projects, but also they need general software engineering help.

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