saluki

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by saluki 7y ago
y, I wouldn't draw attention to your workload, I've seen people ask about mores tasks due to not having anything to do, only to find out the company has a low level of work/revenue available and this person was let go. Maybe
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by saluki 7y ago
I would go for it, especially if the initial build is 2 days of work. You could build up a portfolio of apps. If they are providing the idea and you are doing the execution go for a 50/50 split of profit and any sale in the future. Get
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by saluki 7y ago
Stripe lets you put your .com or business name in your cc bill description that customers see on their bill, even if you aren't an llc or inc. You want to put whatever the customer knows you as, to reduce them not recognizing the charg
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by saluki 7y ago
You should probably setup a business checking account to deposit your stripe payments in and pay expenses out of. If you are in the US running your SaaS as a sole proprietorship (get an EIN number from IRS) is ok till your idea is proven an
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by saluki 7y ago
Don't take/pursue funding focus on your product and getting signups. You probably don't need funding. I second the recommendations of taking on some consulting projects to extend your runway. Start listening to startupsforthe
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by saluki 7y ago
https://cpriego.github.io/valet-linux/ Check out laracasts.com https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-6-from-scratch/episodes... See comments about linux.
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by saluki 7y ago
I would recommend getting a macbook. Macbook air is enough power for web development. I was using windows learning rails and kept running in to issues that would require an hour or two of searching and work arounds to get what I was trying
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by saluki 7y ago
Don't quit your day job yet. Start listening to StartUpsForTheRestOfUs.com the archives. Rob and Mike have lots of great advice. Also check out tinyseed it's by Rob from SUftRoU. I'm 40+ and working the first SaaS app of my o
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by saluki 7y ago
If you haven't already check out the podcast startupsfortherestofus.com Rob has lots of great advice on stair stepping. Also check out tinySeed for when you get traction. I'm doing the same thing, building a SaaS that clients are
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by saluki 7y ago
Chances are you aren't going to create anything GOOG is interested in anyway. Just don't attach your name to anything you create and don't mention your projects/businesses to co workers. Don't visit them on company
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by saluki 7y ago
The Google SERP just keeps getting worse, I wish Amazon or Apple would start a search engine and just get back to what the Google SERP used to be. I'd even be ok with amazon supporting it with ads for products, just don't try to b
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by saluki 7y ago
y, it was a standard school lunch here in the midwest at my school. Chilli, peanut butter and honey sandwich and dill pickle slices were on the tray. So I still eat peanut butter and honey sandwiches, they are great. I also dip a peanut but
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by saluki 7y ago
y, but it's still a dream for lots of devs, I'm not a fan of Fbook but I love the story of how it was created (especially the movie version, even if it's not all true) and how much wealth it generated for the founders and emp
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by saluki 7y ago
y, you can become employable if you learn HTML/CSS, then javascript and a framework like Rails/Laravel you can get a real job developing web applications. It will take time and some work though to build up the skills. Once you hav
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by saluki 7y ago
"Here are some odds, if you’re building just a simple company to charge a few people, what are the odds of that being a success? 1:5, 1:10 I don’t know. But the odds of you building the next Facebook or MySpace are probably not 1:10, i
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by saluki 7y ago
Well sounds like a great opportunity to do some on the job training at work until you get tasks assigned or things pick up. I would sign up for an online training course Rails is a good choices or Laravel (Laracasts.com) or Wes Boss's
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by saluki 7y ago
You might find this podcast interesting. StartupsForTheRestOfUs.com If you're still interested in doing your own thing, maybe something new with less deadlines.
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by saluki 7y ago
If you enjoyed video production could you use technology to keep working in video production? Custom foot pedals, voice to text, mouse with left hand. Here's a thread on setting up pedals for keyboard input. https://www.redd
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by saluki 7y ago
I currently subscribe to all three of these and Amazon Prime, and it's less than 1/6 of what I paid for directTV before cutting the cord 9 years ago, and I don't even always keep my subscriptions active all year. I like this
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by saluki 7y ago
Typically the interior property will have a cross access easement, a legal document that gives them access across the encircling piece of land. This is also pretty common in commercial developments where you have to cross a parcel to get to
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by saluki 7y ago
I would consider a rewrite, if anything else for security, has the existing code base been updated to run on PHP 7.3? I would look at using the Laravel framework for the rewrite. This would also offload maintaining the existing framework, t
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by saluki 7y ago
Freelancing does seem to be feast or famine. A lot of it is your network and happening to connect with the right person at the right time to get good projects. For financial freedom in freelancing you need a long run of really good connecti
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by saluki 7y ago
One of my clients came DDoS attacks every summer three years in a row, we said we were going to print up T-shirts for the annual event but they stopped this year. We setup copies of the site so we could quickly rotate it to new IPs during t
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by saluki 7y ago
If you're getting your full rate, let your friend enjoy marking up your services. Make sure he's paying you promptly though, not paying you after he waits for the final client to pay his invoice, so specify he's your client i
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by saluki 7y ago
Asteroid Mining
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by saluki 7y ago
I feel like I should stop working in tech and pursue a more profitable career as a common sense advisor to CEOs and Professional Athletes.
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by saluki 7y ago
There was an app out several years ago where you could use your iPad as a second screen with a macbook. A friend used it and said it was useable for working at a coffee shop.
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by saluki 7y ago
There are still many business owners out there that don't have time to build their own website with squarespace or wix or maintain it. Sell them on you building and maintain their website while they do what they do best, run their busi
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by saluki 7y ago
yeah, I believe the hardware mute button does mute the mic. That was more of a joke, are you sure they are off? I'm sure someone has or is testing that the hardware mute button works. I'm not against Nest/Google. I was always
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by saluki 7y ago
That's true a phone has 'smart' speaker features. It seems 'smart' speakers wake more easily than Siri. We hadn't been hearing news stories about FANG employees listening to/reviewing conversations intimat

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