mattm

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by mattm 15y ago
I remember reading some good advice once. Anytime you see someone using Excel for something spreadsheets were not designed to do, there is a business opportunity.
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by mattm 15y ago
Feel free to contact me as well if you get the ok on remote.
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by mattm 15y ago
A good talk but from the title I was hoping there would be more about how they grew their sales. The talk was more about growing the company and evolving from a startup to a large company but with little mention of how they actually did th
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by mattm 15y ago
Also agreed. If an employer is hindering you from working for X amount of time, they should be paying you for that time.
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by mattm 15y ago
You completely missed one of the points of the story: By doing this I’ve actually discovered that I can be more productive when I get away from the code for a while I wish more people in IT would realise that software isn't like digging d
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Are you passing up opportunities?(mattmccormick.ca)
1 points by mattm 15y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
> We aim, though, to only deliver features that have exceptional value to everyone, and drop everything else. Personally I think this aim is where they're going wrong. It's unreasonable to think that all your features are going to be u
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by mattm 15y ago
The link from the Wikipedia page to a leaked receipt from Harry Potter shows an example of this. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100708/02510310122.shtml Geez, a $57 million dollar loss in interest. How is that even possible?
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by mattm 15y ago
While I mostly agree with you there are plenty of times where it's worth it to be in the top 10% (or upper quadrant) but not the top 1%. These are things that are important to be good at but not worth the time to be excellent at. To say i
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by mattm 15y ago
I was recently in the same position. I was bored and not doing what I really wanted to do. I was suppressing my dreams and taking the safe (and boring) path.
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by mattm 15y ago
Yes, we've talked to some people and believe they would be interested when it's ready. Obviously it's not a sure thing but I'm fairly confident this idea is something that is needed. It's a B2B app. PS. I like your equity calc.
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by mattm 15y ago
On some of my freelance work I've worked with people who used Dreamweaver and, how can I put this, I wouldn't consider their code to be very professional. Dreamweaver might be alright for developing simple, static websites but for anything
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by mattm 15y ago
I'm at a similar point. I have about one years worth of savings in the bank and could probably stretch it to two years if I sell some stocks. I'm also young so if I blow through that money I will recover. A friend of mine had a great idea
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by mattm 15y ago
10000 hours are needed to become a master or expert at something. An expert or master is in the top 1% of people who know that skill. But with learning something, anyone could reach the top 10% within 6 months. Dedicate to learning someth
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by mattm 15y ago
I applied recently to Server Density (but was rejected). What attracted me was their job description offering "unlimited" vacation. But you actually get a bonus if you take more than 5 weeks. I thought that was a good way to make sure
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by mattm 15y ago
I'm also late here but I wish there were more "older" people on the internet that had advice. Sometimes it seems that everyone on the Internet is 25. One investment forum I used to visit had many people in their 50s and 60s and there were
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by mattm 15y ago
The Power of Full Engagement is great. I recently read it and it would probably do me good to read it again at least a few more times.
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by mattm 15y ago
I maintain a book list that I developed for my personal use but you could just as easily use goodreads.com or Amazon's wish list. Everytime I see or hear a book recommendation I add it to the list. My list now has over 1200 books that I'd
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by mattm 15y ago
I debated over getting the Kindle for a while but since getting it about 6 weeks ago it is by far my favourite device. I'm reading so much more now (and spending much more on books). I just wish I got it sooner.
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by mattm 15y ago
You can read here about Henry Ford and the 40 hour work week - http://www.worklessparty.org/timework/ford.htm For knowledge work though, the studies I've come across seem to suggest that a work week of 30 hours would be ideal. You can re
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by mattm 15y ago
Why don't you put it in your HN profile?
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Ask HN: Remote Recruiters?
5 points by mattm 15y ago|1 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
I don't know about that. I've been approached a number of times by people who tried to outsource cheaply to India or China and then realised half-way through the project it was a mess and now they needed someone to try and salvage it. It d
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by mattm 15y ago
Anecdotal but I was recently contracting for a place that was developing web software for the first time. Even though I had pretty much wrote all the code on their system with them having hired and gone through 5 other programmers, the com
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by mattm 15y ago
I don't agree that Japanese don't want sex. How else do you explain love hotels being found everywhere?
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by mattm 15y ago
I'd like to agree but do you honestly believe someone like, say, Paris Hilton could become a good programmer? Because unless I'm mistaken, it seems you are arguing for that. I believe sometimes, some people, just aren't suited for a partic
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by mattm 15y ago
Two words - salsa dancing
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Ask HN: Career Change to something without computers
32 points by mattm 15y ago|43 comments
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by mattm 15y ago
Lol, not everything in life can be hacked. Many people, including me, believe that humans are naturally bi-phasic sleepers requiring a short nap in the afternoon around 2pm. To me, this is like asking to figure out the variables of why we
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by mattm 15y ago
That's the first I've heard of that site but I can see how it makes money. It's product-crazy. I have no doubt that some people make a lot of money but probably a lot just get by. My teacher also has mentioned how it took her many years

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