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I had the same issue with soda. I felt like I had to have a 20 oz soda first thing in the AM to focus and get things done. If I had a tight deadline I would drink them non-stop throughout the day. I started setting up green tea at night in
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Finding new hardworking employees is difficult. If he's hardworking and senior he probably deserves a performance improvement plan to improve output and meet goals. Sometimes employees need a refresher on what their goals are in this c
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10y ago
Nice that you have a connection to get your foot in the door at your Dad's plant. Customer #1. The path I would recommend to learn full stack development. Go through the books Head First HTML and CSS (get an inexpensive hosting account
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10y ago
Focussing on self driving cars . . . I expect these situations will be rare, self driving cars won't allow them selves to be in a position where there isn't a safe way out or way to stop. There will be edge cases of course. For th
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10y ago
I moved from Rails to Laravel due to clients/projects. I like both, I prefer Laravel. Great community, easy to reach out and connect with people. I like the frequent releases, always great new features coming out. Amazing packages. Lar
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10y ago
I don't think a separate school is a good thing. I was in the gifted program in grade school and junior high, it was an awesome experience. (US Midwest) Three points. 1. Not all kids are gifted in all areas so usually we were in a mix
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10y ago
Leave as planned. You don't owe them anything you scheduled leaving when the app was supposed to be in production. The schedule could keep slipping. Plus your new employer is where you need to keep things positive. That's where yo
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10y ago
Read to them/encourage them to read. Kids classes at the Zoo Kids classes at the Botanical Garden FLL (Lego Robotics), FLL Jr. starts at age 6, no team? start and coach one. Fun/Learning classes at the local library/visiting
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saluki
10y ago
For tacos try La Tiara White Corn Taco Shells, they are a must have now for me.
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10y ago
Tabasco for general hot sauce Tabasco Chipotle for Tacos, can't eat them without it now.
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saluki
10y ago
Blues Hog Original for Ribs and General BBQ Tennessee Red for pulled pork
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saluki
10y ago
Try taking a 3 day weekend to recharge. Then scale back your work to 50 hours per week. Make your work time really focused to get as much quality work completed during your regular work hours. Test your code prior to committing to the code
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10y ago
re-write a better version from scratch using what you learned previously but not re-using code.
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10y ago
Pick out some local companies you would be interested in working as an intern at? Stop by see if you can get a tour, make connections, inquire if they have an internship program. Most fun/tech companies love helping kids. We coach a le
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saluki
10y ago
Can you add a request for some personal information during the sign up that a regular user wouldn't think twice about providing but your 3% would object to and bail out of your signup process?
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10y ago
I tested out a co-working space last year about 15 minutes away. I have a pretty nice setup at home, quiet, a few different setups to work from so I still get more work completed at home vs. co-working or coffee shop. It is nice to get out
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10y ago
The choke points are definitely an issue at airports but also at sporting events, where masses of hundreds of people are crowded around a gate getting in to the stadium. I think they need to setup a maze system where passengers/fans qu
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saluki
10y ago
I always enjoyed programming, was fascinated with startups, technology and SaaS so it was something interesting so I started building websites and then web applications while working as a civil engineer. I enjoyed civil engineering too, bu
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I made the switch from civil engineer to full stack developer in my thirties. I knew some HTML, CSS and PHP and had been setting up websites for family and friends. I started freelancing in addition to my day job. Moved to creating PHP web
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10y ago
You're a contractor I would go with option 1. Make sure you own 100% of the IP, don't work on it with their time/materials or reuse their code, etc. Option 1: if it's a good idea own it and the profits. If you have limit
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10y ago
https://nugget.one/ emails one SaaS/business idea daily. This could provide some good ideas that could be fun to work on for them and to learn new things. If you want reach out to them they might be able to set you up
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10y ago
What would your friends and family think if you showed them something that looks like craigslist? Just because something isn't owned by Fbook or Google or doesn't look polished doesn't mean it isn't or couldn't make
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10y ago
You won't regret bootstrapping as long as you can and owning 100% of your SaaS not sharing your profits with others. Reading your other comments it does sound like you could use cash/credit to increase your google ad spend and onb
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saluki
10y ago
Congratulations on your SaaS Success . . . hang in there. Doubling MRR each month + reaching your day job exit in 6 months, keep at it bootstrapping. Use some of your SaaS revenue to hire a support person/developer, what ever is taking
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10y ago
That's why they call it work ; ) It's great if you enjoy your job but for most people it's work. But you don't have to stay there forever definitely focus on moving to something you like better in the near future. Since
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10y ago
First off do you know the basics? HTML/CSS and Ruby or PHP are you creating web apps in an existing framework or just getting started. If you're just getting started it helps a lot to have a handle on html/css, javascript, jQ
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10y ago
With this much on the line I would get a few second opinions from other lawyers. I would look at doing a 50% profit sharing of your current and future earnings from your company with her and 50% of profits from any sale in the future, she m
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saluki
10y ago
You could try to get them to go to an annual plan and pay you through Alipay directly (10 x Monthly is pretty standard) and manually update them annually as paid/cancelled in your database. Good luck with the transition.
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10y ago
I think carpal tunnel would be in your wrists . . . it could be from clenching/tightening your hands in your sleep. I expect that would be more from stress than coding. I've had something similar off and on the past month. I code
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10y ago
You're young you can do anything. Web development if you enjoy it can be rewarding and fun, and pay the bills. Network, find someone who works in the industry who can help get you in the door. You mentioned HTML5, CSS and PHP. You can
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