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by mattm 15y ago
Buy disability insurance. My insurance is professional so if I can't program anymore, it covers me.
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by mattm 15y ago
Here's a little tip. Safari Books actually has a 5-slot $9.99/month plan but you can only see it if you are already a member. So just sign up for the free trial and then change your membership over to it. I guess they offer it to people
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The Copycats at HackerNews(whattofix.com)
2 points by mattm 15y ago|2 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
Some charge very little and then make it up by billing a large amount of hours. Whether this is due to malice or simply incompetence, it is difficult to say sometimes.
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by mattm 15y ago
What? This is pretty much what every single retail store does.
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by mattm 15y ago
Wow, that is a great website for promotion.
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by mattm 15y ago
Read the book "Why We Buy." This guy has built his career on doing A/B testing in actual department stores.
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by mattm 15y ago
Looking forward to it.
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by mattm 15y ago
Not for programming per say but a different way of eduction - http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/
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Voluntary Slavery(wisebread.com)
5 points by mattm 15y ago|1 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
Cool idea. I had a similar idea this week about just creating a version I can run from my actual command line. I worked on it for a few hours and got Facebook and Twitter working. If you're interested you can see the code at https://git
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by mattm 15y ago
I'm in the top 50%
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by mattm 15y ago
Can you expand on that?
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by mattm 15y ago
Also, the upvote and downvote images are too close together. Sometimes I accidentally hit the wrong one - especially when browsing on my phone.
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by mattm 15y ago
Would you be available for specific questions concerning how you built up your network on LinkedIn? You don't have an email address in your profile.
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by mattm 15y ago
This is something I struggle with. Do you have any suggestions for how to do customer acquisition remotely?
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by mattm 15y ago
Nevermind. Found it. http://www.followup.cc
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Ask HN: What's that service...?
4 points by mattm 15y ago|3 comments
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The Serious Business of Fun(economist.com)
2 points by mattm 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
gig?
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by mattm 15y ago
At my first job, they brought in a well-known consultant company to update a huge legacy application. At one of the initial meetings, one of our co-workers who was working on the project gave us an overview of their process. Then he said
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by mattm 15y ago
He's in college so relocation is probably not an option for him at the moment.
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by mattm 15y ago
Other than networking, check out http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs and select the "Only telecommute jobs" option. Also try http://jobs.37signals.com and look for "Anywhere". You could also use http://www.dice.com or http://www.au
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Permission to Release(schemamag.ca)
1 points by mattm 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
> I just don't get the push to hire cheap people. Unfortunately, it's because you're a programmer that understands the actual cost of software development. Believe me, there are many "business" people that don't understand software and
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by mattm 15y ago
I'm the same. In fact, I track my hours but only productive hours. It usually comes out to about 4 hours per day. There are those great days when it could be as high as 6 or 7 but those are rare. In fact, I've found that if I try to pus
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by mattm 15y ago
SEEKING WORK - Nagoya, Japan or remote Several years web development experience - I can build a web app from the ground up or work on existing apps. My strong suits are with PHP, Zend Framework, J2EE but have also worked with django a littl
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by mattm 15y ago
I would be interested as well - mattmccor@gmail.com
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by mattm 15y ago
I'm only willing to work remotely at the moment and lately I've noticed more and more American companies only willing to deal with remote workers inside the US.
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by mattm 15y ago
No, it's not. You need to put it in the About field for it to be visible.

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