jameshush

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by jameshush 4y ago
@Lionga how do you make $300k easy? Genuinely curious, not throwing shade. Even when I was managing a 20 person engineering team for a fast growing USA based startup I wasn't even seeing that much in salary + bonus. It was pre-IPO so t
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by jameshush 4y ago
Spend $2000 on all the FAANG interview prep courses/mock interviews you can, interview at 10 places, get 2 offers, take the offer that pays the most. Move to SF, live with 10 people in a 5 bedroom place (with bunk beds) for $800ish&#x2
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by jameshush 4y ago
Just pick one. Focus on that. It doesn't matter which one, it's the execution that causes most ideas to be successful. If that one idea doesn't work after a year of focused effort try something else.
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by jameshush 4y ago
If you want to optimize to make money: 1. Get good at coding or sales. 2. Get a job at a tech company doing coding or sales. You'll get even more money if you become excellent instead of good, and relocate to a major city like SF.
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by jameshush 4y ago
I read every blog post on Bingo Card Creator years ago, really opened my eyes to marketing at the time. Can't wait to see what you do next!
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by jameshush 4y ago
I lived in Los Angeles for 7ish years. Great place, but it was mind boggling to me how often people were late (as a first generation Canadian with British parents). To the point where I'd show up to _job interviews_ 10 minutes early an
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by jameshush 4y ago
I once worked for an adtech company that had profit sharing instead of RSUs. The early employees were compensated very well because it was unsurprisingly very profitable. I joined after they raised money so they switched to "phantom eq
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by jameshush 4y ago
You're right. I just assumed they worked in a tech or tech adjacent role. OP if you're working as a newspaper printing machine repair person disregard everything I said and get a new trade :P
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by jameshush 4y ago
They're not inherently "bad" or "good" it's just one layer of abstraction I personally don't need. I like dealing with just one big global money state variable for personal finance. What made me switch was
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by jameshush 4y ago
Take a deep breath. You have multiple years of savings. You have an in demand skill that won't go out of demand any time soon. You have enough fundamentals of that skill so if you had to switch from one language to another it wouldn&#x
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by jameshush 4y ago
I spent 7 years trying to get a green card in the USA. As a CANADIAN engineer. After two (non-FAANG) companies flubbed the paperwork, I gave up and moved to Asia. Best thing that ever happened to me. That “USA experience” I got working on l
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by jameshush 4y ago
Get a hobby outside of work. Mine is English standup comedy (I live in Taiwan). There’s only 10-15 people really doing it here but its easy to make friends naturally by showing up consistently every week. This goes for any hobby too. Perfor
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by jameshush 4y ago
I believe OP was being sarcastic but for got to add a `/s` or `</sarcasam>` :)
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by jameshush 4y ago
I've been fired a month before vesting. My ego was super bruised at the time (this was 10ish years ago), but I'm fine now. Knowing what I know now, and having been a manager who's had to fire people, I wouldn't have hire
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by jameshush 4y ago
I second this both as a manager and as someone who cold out reached to a careers page for my current remote gig. There’s not a shortage of engineers. There IS a shortage of engineers who care enough to spend an extra 15 minutes on a task to
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by jameshush 4y ago
As someone who plays bass in a metal band, performs standup comedy in the evening, and doesn't drink alcohol during the week, they absolutely nailed targeting to me. If I'm going to have to pay a premium for a beverage at an event
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by jameshush 4y ago
Learn to set boundaries with people. It was easy for me to think I was just being "nice" when in reality I was just bad at setting boundaries. I'm still not the best at setting boundaries, but at least now I recognize after t
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by jameshush 4y ago
Currently on my 2nd year living in Taiwan. I never became an English teacher but one day I came close! The book "From Paycheck to Purpose" helped me quite a bit. I did a pivot from software engineering manager to a sales engineer
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by jameshush 4y ago
Pro tip: you're not a generalist. A big chunk of specializing is how you package/market yourself. I consider myself a "full stack employee". I've done backend, frontend, hosted live events, some sales, marketing, a
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by jameshush 4y ago
I’ve been learning Chinese for four years. The first two years, I didn’t bother learning to write. I figured it was a waste of my time. Finally, one day I stopped giving myself excuses, and just sat down and grinded out writing characters f
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by jameshush 4y ago
This post is close to 20 years old but it's still how I handle errors: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/13/13/ From the article: People have asked why I don’t like programming with
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by jameshush 4y ago
I’m not familiar with Thailand, but how are you not paying taxes there? Are they giving you a tax break? I live in Taiwan and was contracting for a USA company. At the end of the year I walked over to the tax office, told them how much I ma
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by jameshush 4y ago
I made a move like this in the past through a recruiting agency. I was very specific about what I was looking for, and about 4 months later they sent me an oppertunity that looked like a fit, I interviewed then took the job. Doesn’t hurt to
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by jameshush 4y ago
Yup, it’s already happening. Getting rid of third party cookies was a big one. Downside is if you can’t advertise with banner ads, you need another way. Trend seems to be making content that’s just a big ad (e.g. anything that’s a top 10 li
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by jameshush 4y ago
I agree hahaha. That’s why I got out.
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by jameshush 4y ago
Pay was great, people were excellent, location was by the beach, just couldn’t handle spending 40 hours a week tricking old people into clicking on banner ads. I wish I could! Everything else was great. Now I’m a sales engineer and get to h
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by jameshush 4y ago
I enjoy writing and making videos so the “reward” is the work itself . I wouldn’t stress about it too much. Just turn the Notion page to a public site and ship it.
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by jameshush 4y ago
I spent 3ish years making these kinds of websites (specifically those click bait-y “Can you name these Canadian snack foods??” quiz sites). They generate _a lot_ more revenue. Like more than double. Digital publishing’s main business model
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by jameshush 4y ago
Honestly I don’t mind either way. I know how much FAANG pays, funded startups who have a clue pay the same salaries but have illiquid variable comp through stock. I’m OK doing startup stuff with my startup friends and working at a hyper gro
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by jameshush 4y ago
Using Anki for about four years on and off, 1.5 years consistently while learning Chinese, my advice is: 1. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Some months I review 10-20 new cards a day; this month, I was busier than usual, so I changed it to 1

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