rwhitman

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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   UpTrending | Front-end and Sr. Full Stack PHP Developers | Westlake Village, Los Angeles, CA | Full-Time | Remote UpTrending is a technologist-centric digital agency, originally founded in Silicon Valley to service the marketing needs of ve
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   As someone who's done quite a bit of e-commerce solutions architecture for ecommerce businesses leveling up, I can say without a doubt the worst solution you could choose for a newly created store in 2018, would be roll out a home grow
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   I'm curious if there are any unforeseen legal implications in having the world's largest software company acquiring the private repositories of a massive number of smaller software companies, including independent competitors to M
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   Well this is the classic NYC employer perspective - it's impossible for you to be inventing things "off the clock" because you will never have the opportunity to be "off the clock". In their mind, unless you are sle
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   Location: Los Angeles, California Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No. About Me: Technology manager / director and SAAS solutions & integrations consultant for e-commerce. 17 years in the business. Full-stack web developer for most
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   SEEKING WORK | Los Angeles, California or Remote Solutions and integrations consultant for web and e-commerce. Also experienced as an engineering manager, in product/UX, and I have been a full-stack web developer for 17 years. I'm
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   I know a designer that would be a killer fit but I didn't see the listing to forward to them
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   Funny, I've never seen a tech company based in Atwater Village before.. we're neighbors
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   by rwhitman 8y ago

   I love Shopify and Shopify Plus, have worked with their team very closely on many large re-platform projects and I have to say for B2B it is getting there, very slowly, but still miles away from being B2B enterprise-ready without a signific
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    by rwhitman 8y ago

    BigCommerce ships with a lot more features for B2B and enterprise out of the box, than Shopify. To get a Shopify store configured to the B2B & enterprise features of BigCommerce you need a fair amount of 3rd party apps, bubblegum and du
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    by rwhitman 8y ago

    I'd argue that the industry tends to swing between larger venture startups to constellations of smaller 'lifestyle'/bootstrapped businesses as technology shifts, in cycles. The VC capital flows in when there are hard and
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    Live feed on CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-respond-youtube-possible...
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    Isn't the entire history of communication archeology-hostile?
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    Circa 2009 I was hired to build a Facebook graph app that did just this, only for dating profiles. Thankfully it was acquired and buried by the shady sociopaths who hired me to build it, before it ever saw the light of day. However, there w
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    The most fascinating spots are located near the equator, in the middle of the ocean, or the desert of North Africa. There are many seemingly "uninhabited" places in these remote equatorial areas that light up with clear tracks or
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    Coincidentally, Meetup's HQ is a very swanky bit of Manhattan real estate they've been sitting on forever, right between Broadway and Lafayette in NoHo, and would make for a nice WeWork space. WeWork is 100% about real estate and
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote, Los Angeles CA, or Lima Peru ZehnerGroup http://www.zehnergroup.com/ is seeking a remote freelance Python/Flask + DevOps Engineer; Django / Python Engineers to work remote or in our Li
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    by rwhitman 9y ago

    ZehnerGroup http://www.zehnergroup.com/ | Los Angeles, CA or Lima, Peru or Remote | Python/Flask + DevOps Engineer, Django / Python Engineer, Magento 2 Engineer, Full-stack & Shopify Web Developer | ONSITE&#x2
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    So, I talked to an engineer for a neighboring SoCal city... He said there's typically a grading and demolition permit needed, structural engineer needs to sign off on the integrity of the pit, earthquake assessment, Dig Alert for utili
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    I don't understand how he gets away with digging that big of a hole in the ground in Los Angeles County without some serious assessment and permit filing being done first. The rock is very soft and we have earthquakes here. It took dec
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Ah, the underground Mars colony. It was confusing to me as to why this was so relevant to SpaceX that they'd not only take away engineering resources from other projects, but also start ripping up their parking lot to experiment. If yo
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Good tip. Thanks ;)
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Ditto. I think there are a lot of people interested in the online disinformation problem at the moment.
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Are there any resources out there for tech folks that might be interested in working full-time for a non-profit, backed by YC or not? I have a strong interest in these areas but not really in the zone for building a team to apply for YC. In
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    The history of America is a series of migrations from rural/suburban to city centers and back again. Businesses and good jobs start to concentrate in urban downtowns, then the city gets too dense or polluted or expensive, people migrat
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Any advice for someone looking to work in the NFP space?
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Personally I would love to work with non-profits right now, regardless of pay implications. Recent macro events have really awoken my desire to do good in the course of my work. I'd like to think there are others with a similar outlook
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    Agreed. Though personally I believe Silicon Valley shares a responsibility - tech companies should encourage more remote work and smaller hub offices in less dense urban areas. It would save them money and help distribute economic gains out
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    If you do a root cause analysis of this election's result, much of it points back to Silicon Valley in one way or another. Workforce automation created millions of unemployed people in places far away from economic hubs, with no hope o
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    by rwhitman 10y ago

    You'll find out very soon.