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by leros 2y ago
To make money, you have to solve a problem for somebody. The problem you solve has to be higher value than what you charge. Given the plethora of existing form solutions out there, is there niche where you meet that criteria?
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by leros 2y ago
SaaS products are just businesses. This like asking "Is retail dead? Every retail store seems to already exist." There are always business opportunities to be had. You could probably open a business selling gravel and be wildly su
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by leros 2y ago
Medical school and law school are professional programs you take after your bachelors degree. I've seen some discussion about making engineering programs something you do after a pre-engineering bachelor degree, simply because you can&
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by leros 2y ago
I don't disagree with any of this. I'm just explaining that universities are not trade schools, even though we often treat them like they are. The theory is that somebody with a background in computer science is going be more like
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by leros 2y ago
I don't pragmatically disagree with you, but this is a debatable point. Technically going to college is to learn knowledge about a topic. For computer science, that would be learning the theory of computing. What you're talking ab
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by leros 2y ago
Computer Science is about computing theory, algorithms and such, not practical software engineering. You can actually learn computer science without programming. Game Design should probably be an art school discipline.
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by leros 2y ago
I quit playing most first person video games due to motion sickness. The first game I remember being unplayable was Half Life 2 and that was even after changing things like FOV.
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by leros 2y ago
I've done some work for a startup that uses Java as well as some other Java related technologies you might consider outdated. Their founder is an older guy and wrote the MVP himself. But hey - it all works and does the job quite well.
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by leros 2y ago
X links are near useless if you don't have an account or are logged out since you can't view threads.
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by leros 2y ago
I really wish there was an easy way to backup Google Photos. I like it but I don't relying on them for backup.
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by leros 2y ago
Find something where the .com is for sale, use .ai or .io for now, then spend the money to buy the .com once your business is generating revenue.
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by leros 2y ago
I don't see a need for a tool like that.
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by leros 2y ago
Did you find UpWork worth pursuing? I looked at it briefly and it seemed like a race to the bottom on compensation. What type of blogging are you doing? I'm curious how companies would find that and decide to hire you.
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by leros 2y ago
That's something I'd be fine to do. I'm generally looking for some time flexibility that can't be had in a traditional full time job.
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by leros 2y ago
Check out Google Cloud. They have a much better developer experience than AWS. Cloud Run is pretty easy to setup.
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by leros 2y ago
That sounds exactly like what I'm trying to do. I have no experience with the agency world and most of my contacts are in giant corporations. Do you think it would help to do some work in the agency world?
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Ask HN: How do you find part time work?
315 points by leros 2y ago|146 comments
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by leros 2y ago
Windows would also have let you target business people with specific niche business problems. You could be the best search for legal documents, invoices, etc.
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by leros 2y ago
I'm in a similar position. I think one of the challenges is that you can get a guaranteed high salary working full-time in tech. A great success in entrepreneurship might mean acquiring your previous salary after several years of worki
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by leros 2y ago
I don't use a single cookie in my landing pages or product, but I still have the cookie banner because so many of the marketing tools track through cookies.
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NPM Outage?
5 points by leros 2y ago|7 comments
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by leros 2y ago
I paid for two premium calculator apps. One that has more features and one that does fractions.
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by leros 2y ago
Can you easily consume the takeout data?
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by leros 2y ago
I use Sleep as Android and Tasker. When I go to sleep, I set my alarm with Sleep as Android. Tasker uses that event as a trigger and makes an http request to my home automation hub. That http request is pushing a virtual button. That button
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by leros 2y ago
The act of distribution is what is illegal. You could feel morally good about it, but it would still be illegal. While probably also not legal, what might be easier is to rip the bluray locally instead of downloading it.
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by leros 2y ago
Many recruiters don't use jobs the way you expect. They're posting jobs as lead generation to fill up their ATS with candidates. They don't even necessarily care what job you applied to. However, they also primarily want acti
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by leros 2y ago
There is a pretty active subreddit for woodworking. There are also several old school forums like LumberJocks and Sawmill Creek.
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by leros 2y ago
How are you finding part time positions?
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by leros 2y ago
How are you getting your contracts? What do you mean by up to 80%?
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by leros 2y ago
I've been wondering if he's having some sort of mental health crisis. Some of his behavior has been rather erratic.

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