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by q-base 8y ago
A very good and nuanced write-up. React Native seems to get a bit of heat at the moment, or perhaps I am just paying more attention to the content, as I have just started building a project with it. But nevertheless I am still sticking to i
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by q-base 8y ago
Focus on one project outside your FT job, otherwise you will spread too thin and have too much overhead deciding which to work on. Use some time to prioritize/select the one you want to do the most or which has the most potential and t
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by q-base 8y ago
You answer your question in the last paragraph. Yes that is life. You work hard to achieve your goals(sometimes even others goals that you have mistaken as your own) and once you get there you realize that it was not Nirvana. Having the job
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by q-base 8y ago
Thanks a lot! I will absolutely look into that. I will at some point need a web-equivalent, so that might be very useful.
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by q-base 8y ago
I am glad to read the comments saying that it is not dead, as I am planning to start building my latest project from the ground with React Native.
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by q-base 8y ago
It is probably harder than ever to NOT question your current path and position in life. Even IF you are satisfied with your position and path, the attention economy constantly works to make you question whether the grass is actually greener
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by q-base 8y ago
Are there any one of those books that you would especially recommend? I have considered the Pragmatic Programmer - but is there more to it than what is implied in the title?
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by q-base 8y ago
Raise your rates and concentrate on delivering value. First contract won't give you the best rate and you will most likely not be in a position to negotiate a great deal. But that does not mean you should not try! Negotiate, negotiate,
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by q-base 8y ago
Since I got that initial reply, I have been looking into it. It seems like I was very naive indeed! The follow-up question would of course then be, how likely/wide-spread is it that companies will sponsor working visas for new tech-hir
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by q-base 8y ago
That is also the impression I get sitting behind a desk on the other side of the world. But how hard it is to "break in" to this market is a little harder to distill.
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by q-base 8y ago
No, but I could not expect it would be any problem to obtain - or am I too naive?
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Ask HN: Where to live in California?
7 points by q-base 8y ago|7 comments
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by q-base 8y ago
There are a lot of good comments that probably hit a lot closer to the root cause that what I can supply. But I just wanted to chime in with reading either "Deep work" or "Flow". (A third contender could be "So good
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by q-base 8y ago
Had to look up a lot of fine words to discern that answer. But I still stand by that you cannot equal expensive cars with conspicuous consumption as in the definition "the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury goods and serv
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by q-base 8y ago
Who is Orman? And which book could you recommend?
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by q-base 8y ago
And he/she would rather have the experience of owning the car they have always dreamt of, while still giving to charities. Or he could be a drug-dealer ruining peoples lives while rubbing it in your face that being a criminal and bad p
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by q-base 8y ago
And he/she could already be giving a lot to people in need. We have no way of knowing, so should not judge.
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by q-base 8y ago
As others have pointed out negative thinking is a bitch as it always finds ways to reaffirm itself. That being said. You never really make it. There is no magical "release". You will always have to cope with, all sorts of things t
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by q-base 9y ago
I did it. Quit my high paying job(not anywhere as high as your though) got a good compensation package and spent 4-5 years starting a company together with my dad. The company still haven't succeeded but haven't shut down either.
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by q-base 9y ago
I love this. Thanks a lot for taking the time to write it!
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by q-base 9y ago
I agree that they are mostly unnecessary with only three people. But I'll have a stab at a blunt division of responsibilities: - CEO: Main purpose is making sure that there is a company to run. Get funding etc. - CPO: (I suppose you in
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by q-base 9y ago
I am a soft dev as well, although freelance, and plan on transitioning to management or focus on a startup. Product manager was one of my thoughts - but what is your thoughts behind it - why that route?
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by q-base 9y ago
Pitch Anything - About selling and the psychology of selling. Really need to re-read that one actually. And +1 for Deep Work, So Good They Can't Ignore You or The World Beyond Your Head. They made me realize that being in a profession
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What Aristotle has to say about management – wittiness(medium.com)
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by q-base 9y ago
We tend to overestimate what we can achieve short-term and underestimate long-term.
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by q-base 9y ago
It was not to do with privacy, it is to do with scaling issues that may arise if it gains more traction and wide acceptance.
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by q-base 9y ago
I do not own IOTA - thought about it some months back but decided against it because I don't fancy doing trades on or supporting Bitfinex. Another HN user swayed me away from Monero - which I owned a large part of as he told me about s
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by q-base 9y ago
You could argue about exposure and banks that failed would have had larger impact on ordinary people than the 99.999%. But I generally agree with your comment.
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by q-base 9y ago
Thanks a lot. Never heard that one mentioned before. It will certainly go in my Amazon basket.
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by q-base 9y ago
Halfway through I can't avoid thinking the same - this really reads like an enhanced dystopian version of what may happen in the future.

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