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by kayman 10y ago
HL7 has matured even more now. The linear evolution from HL7 v2 to HL7 v3 did not win the day. Most are now moving to https://www.hl7.org/fhir/ Main issue is with HL7 is not technical. From a business point of view, t
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by kayman 10y ago
What language or framework do you know well right now? Use that.
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by kayman 10y ago
I find the tone of the article a bit confronting, but I agree with the points. Most of the time, raises in your company do not outpace the market pay. Also moving early and often keeps you sharp, learning new skills and focus on delivering
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by kayman 10y ago
I had the same issue and here's what worked for me: Stop trying to force yourself to code at home. Look at it like music creation, spend your time trying to find inspiration, problems to solve. Don't follow major development rules
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by kayman 10y ago
I haven't gotten over my fear of shipping. My first product I posted on Hackernews, I got ripped to pieces. (password emailed to user in plain text, no terms and conditions). It was harsh. But it wasn't the end of the world. Mana
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by kayman 10y ago
Get a client willing to pay you. Forget everything else. Contracts and all that you'll learn as you go along. Don't be afraid to mess up.
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by kayman 10y ago
Examples of past work. Passion. Can they build things themselves or did they ride the coattails of a large team. Regardless, hold your developers accountable to results. Manage by output not man hours. If within 6 months you don't feel
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by kayman 10y ago
I echo the sentiment expressed here: Learn the building blocks not frameworks. It's the long way but the investment will pay off. New frameworks come along, you'll pick them easier because you'll already know which building b
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by kayman 10y ago
Block out your calendar to learn a specific task. Don't overthink. Just do it. And after a few months of trying and reading the process will get better automatically. Key is to just start and be regular.
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by kayman 10y ago
I had the same confusion when I watched this video: https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_zak_trust_morality_and_oxytoc...
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by kayman 10y ago
It's key to differentiate between watching the news and being informed. I haven't watched the news in over a decade (except for when I'm over at someone's house being polite) and my life has been better because of it. In
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by kayman 10y ago
Proximity is always valued over remote. There is something human about being able to see the person who is doing some work for you. To be able to say hello without agenda. Ask how it's going. Yes you can do it with Slack and Skype but
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by kayman 10y ago
Moved out to college after highschool, never lived home since. Not everyone who lives at home with their parents are the same and in some cases it does make sense, but from my observations of people who live at home: - No skills on managing
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by kayman 10y ago
I also love IDEs. Java without IDE - forget it. But let me point you to the classic article by Steve Yeggie who inspired my commitment to emacs. https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/effective-emacs
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by kayman 10y ago
Respond to requests right away. A lot of the time, when a client has a request, they are thinking out loud in the moment. Even if I can't pick up the phone, I'll send a short email straight away to let them know that 1. I got the
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by kayman 10y ago
I really like this analogy. I'll use it. When people find I'm a software engineer during casual chats in social situations, they immediately tell me their billion dollar idea. When they ask me about costs, I can now respond with a
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by kayman 10y ago
To clarify: Did you put that you were looking for work? And someone contacted you off it?
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by kayman 10y ago
1. Ignore the critics. Unless they have something useful to say, don't listen to them. We live in an age of critiquing. Only listen to critics who are also producers themselves. Consumers - either they consume your product or not
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by kayman 10y ago
I'm interested to find out if anyone has actually gotten work through HN's posts of "freelancer? Seeking Freelancer?" I see a lot of "I'm looking for work" in these type of posts.
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by kayman 10y ago
What not to do: - Hang a shingle and wait for them to come to you. What to do: - Approach potential clients - Reach out to people, start getting used to it. Even if it doesn't go anywhere, get in the habit. - Reach out to old colleag
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by kayman 10y ago
Any stack. Pick one and build something. Ship it. Remember, real artists ship.
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by kayman 10y ago
When I came out of college, some real life examples of people who do not seem to care at all which shocked me: - CTO of a company I worked for (brother in law of the company director) typed with 2 fingers. No Joke - Senior Software develope
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by kayman 10y ago
Very good points. Liability is an issue that has not been played out yet in any meaningful way. I think driving cars will happen soon simple because the ROI is too great to ignore. It doesn't have to happen on a grand scale. It could s
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by kayman 10y ago
As your project matures, you'll notice Django has more things out of the box to use than most other existing python frameworks.
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by kayman 10y ago
If you're using Python and don't use Django (I've tried it as an exercise for one of my pet projects), you have 2 options. Create your own framework - writing http headers etc from scratch which will take you forever or Use a
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by kayman 10y ago
Python was one of the first languages I've tried I actually enjoyed programming in. I hope to continue leveraging my investment in learning python by using it for a long time. So far I haven't been forced to use Python 3. I'v
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by kayman 10y ago
I suggest leveraging the meditative process driving has on the brain. I went through a process where I was trying to be extremely productive every minute of every day. That meant filling every minute with productive tasks including commute
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by kayman 10y ago
This is the basis of CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy). Rewrite the negative loops of thought with constructive ones.
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by kayman 10y ago
It'd be great to hear more on how PG built the community from scratch. Hacker news is definitely a daily read for me.
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by kayman 10y ago
I know it's not a secret site, but my reading consists of paid subscriptions: - NY Times - Wall Street Journal - Hacker News for tech related news A lot of people are against paying for news - they feel it is free elsewhere or they can

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