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by jf22 12y ago
Tech is tech. Code is code. I'm sure if we have people on Mars they'll be talking about the same news/tips/advice/discussions we are.
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by jf22 12y ago
I used ODesk, paid somebody $20 an hour for C# work. Went ok. Guy was good enough. Saves a lot of time for myself and was worth the $20 an hour. I asked what your favorite C# language feature was and your favorite nuget package to screen c
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by jf22 12y ago
New Filter->From: recruiter@gmail.com->Send to Trash, Mark as Read Problem solved.
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by jf22 12y ago
How much of the company do you own or can take with you when you leave?
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by jf22 12y ago
>They make their returns only on big exits. Don't they make returns anytime their money invested is less than the money gained from the sale?
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by jf22 12y ago
Why not just go to the bank and fill out a withdraw slip?
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by jf22 12y ago
Same experience here. We all grossly over estimate how important a single individual is.
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by jf22 12y ago
>Remember: Rails caught on like wild-fire because of it's mantra convention over configuration. And Ember didn't... well, not compared to Angular anyways. ;)
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by jf22 12y ago
Not yet.
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by jf22 12y ago
I used to be the same way. Then I started trying to create my own software product and somehow everything is far more interesting and fulfilling now. I have a ssdd day job now and I don't even care about all annoyances I used to. It&#x
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by jf22 12y ago
Don't. The 10,000 hour "rule" is a complete myth.
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by jf22 12y ago
I think there may be a problem if counting your working hours is one of two benefits to the company you've shared with us.
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by jf22 12y ago
I think you vastly underestimate the current demand for the skills you have.
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This seems like an awesome and career defining movement to overcome a worse case scenario challenge.
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by jf22 12y ago
>crazy API churn Can you go into this a bit? I just upgraded a MVC2 site to MVC5 and didn't have to change much. I know the DI bits changed from MVC2-3 but all the existing extensibility methods worked.
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by jf22 12y ago
>barely leaves me any time to do so How many hours are you working?
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by jf22 12y ago
Startup Weekend is designed to spark someones interest in entrepreneurship. You aren't expected to walk away with much else besides the experience. They got me interested in entrepreneurship. I won one, made a very very small amount o
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by jf22 12y ago
Body glide is the most amazing substance on the earth if any of your bits rub together. Apply generously. Buy a couple and test them out. Everybody always likes a different kind because of texture/smell reasons.
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by jf22 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation
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I like front end work and find it satisfying and easy. I remember not having javascript debuggers, hand rolling html/css myself and dealing with NN 4.0 and IE 5 back in 1999.
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by jf22 12y ago
I wish people would stop propagating the "sides of the brain myth"
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>that's a sign your talents are best employed somewhere else. Or your recommendations aren't presented well or your recommendations are presented well but there are higher priorities for the business.
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by jf22 12y ago
Hope your friend never worked on the project during work...
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Well lets be clear unit testing temporarily slows immediate progress down while potentially increasing future productivity. Sometimes its beneficial to get a feature out the door sooner so sometimes unit testing isn't best for the busi
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by jf22 12y ago
I have, seeking freelancer, one job so far but we still talk from time to time. jfarrellism.com is the same "resume site" I used back then.
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by jf22 12y ago
This is exactly why I left my last company. Two other co-founders where obsessed with doing this type of shit.
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by jf22 12y ago
I did what I wanted, was lazy, did too many drugs, danced to too much music and didn't care about the future. Life got messy at some points and I was almost homeless a couple of times. My career growth was stunted by I ended up about
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by jf22 12y ago
My employer has no place asking me to do anything on my personal social media. I'd have a huge problem with this. Personally I try to never cross the line between work and play with my social media accounts. I also know people who wou
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by jf22 12y ago
Why can't you lay off any employees? I know thats a shitty thing to do but it seems like your best choice.
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by jf22 12y ago
How do you know it won't work? Have you launched startups before?

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