photoguy112

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by photoguy112 8y ago
so hard to read that text
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by photoguy112 8y ago
That was an Emperial ban when emperors had power. Pulling a similar stunt now would be impossible.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Late 80's into 90's.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I feel like his comments do not apply to all of the world. In Japan for example, meat consumption is so prominent that we hardly ever consider not having meat. Sure, there is a lot of hamburger here but for the most part people stick to mea
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Back when I was a kid, after a heavy downpour the roads would be crowded with earthworms. You really had to watch where you step to avoid stepping on one of those suckers. Fast forward today and I RARELY see a single worm out on the road af
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Most startups don't have an exit, I believe most fail. So you could be sitting at a failing startup and your options worthless.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
You really don't have to figure out anything, it's all been written about many times over and posted all over. The post is a good summary but lacks details. I am a UX consultant, not a developer, I figured it out on my own (althou
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Haha, I am not looking to find out but I'm sure it'll happen soon enough. Oh god.. just thinking about the exhaustion that comes with that, maybe I'll run off into the desert.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I am thinking of launching a course on how to become a UX consultant / designer if anyone here designs and wishes to go down that path. Let me know... You can expect 60-150k, work from home.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
It makes total sense. If your time is worth way more than theirs (in terms of pay), why not outsource as much of your daily boring, time-consuming work to someone else?
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by photoguy112 8y ago
We had a kid last year. My time went from some availability to NONE. Granted, we don't have a babysitter, both myself and wife stay at home (I work from home, she doesn't work). Despite both of us being available, just the daily c
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I'm in Japan. Last year I remitted $16k. My residence is paid for and I spent an additional $12k cash. In total, I live on 28k / year. Add in a residence if I had to rent, down where I am it's $500/mo for a 3 br "ho
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I can attest to this. Being on your own clock is still stressful in some ways, but compared to a standard work week - not even close.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Chase beats Citybank - they ask for a case sensitive password but dont care about case sensitivity when entering your password.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Can we get a list of Skype alternatives going? I feel like it's time to dump the corporate behemoth mess.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Youd be surprised. I have worked with some large multinational companies that do zero testing before making product changes.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Start your own business, hire people and treat them well. When people keep working for shitheads, the shitheads dictate their lives.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
If your company is acquired, it is reasonable to expect that you'll be laid off, no matter how talented. Acquisition = layoffs - general rule of thumb.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I am really curious what goes on in the minds of the people working at these companies in top positions. How do they sleep at night? Do they simply say to themselves "I'm just one person, I can't do anything about a global pr
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I think this is one of many approaches stated in this video: https://www.ted.com/talks/chad_frischmann_100_solutions_to_c...
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by photoguy112 8y ago
I think people are trying. It's an uphill battle, but better than doing absolutely nothing. We may sink the ship but we'll try to swim to shore. If people profiting off the environment do not feel bad for their kids, let it be on
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Any positive effort is good news to me. We need more of this, everywhere, along with the thousands of other moving parts that need to happen to change the world.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
If only every airline would stop flights into China... see how quickly they acknowledge Taiwan as a country.
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by photoguy112 8y ago
The reason I did weekly vs monthly pricing is simply because it breaks down to a "smaller" amount, visually ;) But yeah.. in essence you are just asking for a monthly retainer. Also, with weekly you don't need to worry about
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Thank you! This whole time I didn't realize Freshbooks allows you to create recurring invoices that let people save their cc details. Doh!
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by photoguy112 8y ago
For most freelancers "consistent demand" is the hard part. I found it easier to price a service once you can estimate the type of value it will provide. For development work this is probably hard to do, but with experience and eno
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by photoguy112 8y ago
What did you use to make a subscription invoice? Stripe? Or another platform integrated with Stripe? I am curious how you transitioned into a product. How did you validate your product?
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by photoguy112 8y ago
When I think of freelancers, I think of 3 tiers: 1: the bottom of the barrel. They will beg for anything you give them and will do it for $5, or even show you a free demo (by building out part of the project, or designing it) They will bid
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by photoguy112 8y ago
Transitioned simply by trying something different, until per project quotes succeeded. It was hard so I gave up and decided to try something else, seemed to have worked. My projects usually last a month or two, sometimes longer. Smaller bus
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by photoguy112 8y ago
My start in freelancing was forced. I was laid off as part of a merger for lack of face time (fully remote, while others showed up in office so naturally they were chosen over me). It was really tough. I lived in an expensive area all of a

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