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pieterhg
5y ago
$3M/y now with ~ 1/3 being investments. I don't know how much FAANG avg is but if it's $300k/y that's 10x
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I think doing the same might not work because the problem is pretty solved now. I recommend trying new niches like for ex crypto and web3 jobs or whatever trend is next. I started Remote OK in 2015 when remote work was still HEAVILY frowned
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pieterhg
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Yes 100% SQLite on all my sites, no other db.
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None. I don't contact prospects, I don't look for customers. My "team" is just me doing almost everything from coding the site to making the database to the design to the logo to the marketing and PR. Most of my traffic
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Remote OK Founder Pieter here, thanks for submitting this and I hope everyone enjoys seeing it. All of this is possible because I've been a HN reader since 2010 and was inspired by all of you and especially @patio11 on here to bootstra
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pieterhg
5y ago
I'm Pieter and that's simply not true. I have after sale customer support for both Nomad List and Remote OK. What I don't have is support for people that aren't customers, because I don't have the resources to manag
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5y ago
https://www.blipbillboards.com/
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Show HN: I made a fake VS Code so you can browse remote jobs in your office
(remoteok.io)
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remoteok.txt
(remoteok.io)
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Intresnatching
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pieterhg
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I love Sublime Text and use it for everything from code to notes and todos. Thanks for all the hard work!
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Google penalizes you for using Google Analytics
(blog.simpleanalytics.com)
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6y ago
Nomad List is not hacked: I'm testing different products and different pricing, see this tweet: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1383609211553083394?s=20 I will run this test for a week and then report bac
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6y ago
Added the monetary base (MB) now for you: https://m1chart.com/?m=mb&stock=sp500&time=5%20years
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6y ago
Thanks, done!
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Show HN: M1 Chart – The stock market adjusted for the US-dollar money supply
(m1chart.com)
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6y ago
Applying radical honesty in every area of my life. From business, to relationships, to friendships. It takes years to be able to do it while working through all your bullshit and I'm still not perfect at it but then it saves so much ti
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"A recent IBM survey found that 61% of workers want to continue working from home permanently even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over." https://mytechdecisions.com/facility/ibm-61-want-permanent-r... Some ot
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6y ago
I made that! https://airlinelist.com still in beta but try the filter No 737Max in fleet
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pieterhg
6y ago
You're very obnoxious
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pieterhg
6y ago
I think you mean my site https://remoteOK.io . The other one is a site that's been made to make money from confusing people it's actually Remote OK. The owner admitted that and even used the same logo as Remote OK (with
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Doesn't load
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My mom and dad's shared IP (somewhere in Europe) repeatedly gets on CloudFlare's IP ban list meaning my mom keeps having to solve these hCaptcha's. hCaptcha's is a lot more difficult to complete than Google's reCap
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Show HN: I built a simple QR menu creator for restaurants to avoid Coronavirus
(qrmenucreator.com)
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Haha it didn't feel like a prison sentence but I see what everyone means now yes. Time investment obviously, also work into the site.
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Just PHP on a Linode VPS. Not static at this moment. If it goes viral I usually generate an index.html from the index.php.
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Yep sure, that was 6 years ago. But I didn't pay money for that.
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No ad spend, and $0 marketing spend, just my Twitter ( https://twitter.com/levelsio ) and Google searches
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Yep, it's about $710k/y with Nomad List and Remote OK only now. Add to that more side income from MAKE book, other smaller projects and investments
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6y ago
Hang in there! Take life one step at a time. Everyone is dealing with their own challenges all the time. You can do the ting! And if you ever need someone to listen, send me a message on Twitter
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