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by percept 17y ago
Maybe EveryBlock (considering the source)? http://code.google.com/p/ebcode/
692.
by percept 17y ago
Could it be because salary history is used to determine starting pay (in later jobs)? Another possibility is that lower salaries indicate lower starting positions.
693.
by percept 17y ago
I recommend experimenting to figure out what works best for you. My personal experience matches: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-241-285--12386... IMO the studies cited there mirror the results with the mice, so the best bet
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by percept 17y ago
Yeah, I read the thread about these guys and it reminded me of this other post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=881224 So there's a wave out there, it's just a matter of figuring out how to catch it (even if it's "free and open," as i
695.
by percept 17y ago
Laurie Ave (gotta love Street view): http://bit.ly/6fTEo
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by percept 17y ago
I thought I read something on Reddit about this. It might have been one of these (in keeping with today's theme): http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9bxhw/i_developed_a_re... http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9lla6/i_am_a_successf
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by percept 17y ago
Anybody know when upvoting ability kicks in on HN? I tried to upvote this but seem to be shooting blanks.
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by percept 17y ago
Don't most industries work with prototypes? As long as no lying is involved it seems okay. Besides, most of the projects I've worked on don't actually begin until after the first delivery (when the customer finally looks at the software and
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Ask HN: Product sprint/peer group via HN?
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by percept 17y ago
Huh, I guess you're right--I'm surprised they don't let you specify a length. I guess it's like outsourcing since they're a startup. I don't know if they still do, but Lands' End used to let you specify a length even down to the 1/4 in. (th
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by percept 17y ago
Whenever I start forking around too much, spending too much time reading HN and the like, I go and read job ads. Once I've read a few of those, and remember what it's like to work in a corporate environment, I'm sufficiently motivated to ge
702.
by percept 17y ago
I think the post may appear general and commonsensical at first glance, but IMO it has excellent advice for someone starting their own business.
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by percept 17y ago
Thanks for the info. How stable is Kohana? I'm building a project with PHP/CI right now, because I need something boring and stable that's cross-platform and easily installed by enterprise users (when I'm hosting I'd rather use RuPy). Edit:
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by percept 17y ago
For a SaaS tool maybe a free "lite" version for one user, and paid plans that unlock additional features for two or more users. Does anybody do that now? I see Lighthouse allows 3 projects and 10 members free; I don't know if they hide any
705.
by percept 17y ago
Another consideration may be failure on one's own terms, versus being fired on a whim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_economics
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by percept 17y ago
Funny, I was just looking at that one too and wondering why Weebly isn't tailoring their app for vertical markets. Almost paradoxically, I think sites in particular sectors need to add more generally available features to stand out in their
707.
by percept 17y ago
Do you guys already know about this? http://www.infamous-adventures.com/index.php?page=projects Still not QFG, I know, just an FYI.
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by percept 17y ago
That seems like the smart way to go, like a content empire. I think it's possible to jump back and forth between self-publishing and other-people's publishing (OPP?), like I was hinting at above. Note to self: then do something, stupid!
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by percept 17y ago
Made sense to me. I got that "previously" was implied. You meant those who weren't first-time authors.
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by percept 17y ago
It's been a while but for some reason the numbers 10, 12, and 15 came to mind. Checking Peter's post I see 10% so I guess some things never change, including the advances (come on publishers, inflation here?). IIRC authors with a track reco
711.
by percept 17y ago
IIRC most of the authors used to view the advance as the only real money. Any royalties that might appear were like manna from heaven. I hope everybody doesn't mind me brain-dumping in this thread--it's the only place this stuff can go.
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by percept 17y ago
When I was still involved with writing, published technical authors were able to negotiate better royalty rates for subsequent deals, particularly if they had representation (but not exclusively--as always it depends on your negotiating ski
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by percept 17y ago
Well I was going to call you a "media mogul." [I'm a regular Ruby Inside reader.] I forgot to mention that I too was a technical reviewer for one book prior to getting the first writing gig. So that's another "in." It's been a while but I t
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by percept 17y ago
Would a now-published author with an established Web presence have a better platform for successful self-publishing? ;)
715.
by percept 17y ago
The best way to use a book is to promote some other product or service, because for the most part when you calculate the time spent writing, rewriting, and re-rewriting you realize you're working for less than minimum wage. This probably wo
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by percept 17y ago
I think the idea behind "hyper-local" as espoused by the EveryBlock guys (who also received a Knight Foundation grant) was that local news lost much of its focus as it increasingly focused on the "big" story. IIRC hyper-local news would inc
717.
by percept 17y ago
Well, I upvoted your comment, because it was useless but informative as advertised. ;)
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by percept 17y ago
FWIW, I've read several accounts of companies switching from Rails to PHP because they couldn't find enough developers (or didn't like negotiating with the few available ones). Of course good PHPers are probably busy too.
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by percept 17y ago
Interested parties may also like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Trees
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by percept 17y ago
If it isn't a long-term commitment then I think it could be a helpful learning experience even if you never (hopefully?) use the technology again. In 2004 I had to build a data collection app using MS Access to help a law firm client prepar

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