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by scmoore 11y ago
I'm just getting started freelancing, so take this with a grain of salt. How about subcontracting for an existing agency? You could do development work for a design shop, or overflow work for a development shop. Once you convince them,
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by scmoore 11y ago
I drink 1-2 cups of coffee daily, and I'm working on switching to black tea as a precursor to dropping caffeine on workdays. I have this theory that it might help me focus on work a little better, although it's a wrench because I
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by scmoore 12y ago
I'm guessing it's a joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest And "unixen" refers to the weird english "ox / oxen" pluralization. GNU's not Unix, but they're similar bec
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by scmoore 12y ago
I work for a research institution funded by a DOE grant, not sure if that qualifies. Technical decision-making is messy here. The folks making the decisions are academics whose expertise is in their research areas, not in software developme
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by scmoore 12y ago
Location: Richmond, VA, moving to Denver, CO this summer Remote: No Willing to relocate: To Denver, CO Technologies: PHP, JS, HTML/CSS, MySQL, now picking up Ruby/Rails Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/pub&
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by scmoore 12y ago
It's been a long time since my last college English class, but I enjoyed Derek Walcott: "...I loved them, my children, my wife, my home; I loved them as poets love the poetry that kills them, as drowned sailors the sea." htt
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by scmoore 12y ago
I'm not an expert on Stoicism, having read just a little bit about it. I do find it provides a helpful framework for developing and maintaining a bit of perspective, and in reducing anxiety, both of which I've always struggled wit
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by scmoore 12y ago
I am learning to cook. I also work on bicycles for myself, friends and family (I used to be a bicycle mechanic.)
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by scmoore 12y ago
Location: Richmond, VA, moving to Denver, CO this summer Remote: No Willing to relocate: To Denver, CO Technologies: PHP, JS, HTML/CSS, MySQL, now picking up Ruby/Rails Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/pub&
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by scmoore 12y ago
I'm in an almost identical situation. calcsam is correct. Leave, don't put it on your resume, don't lie about it, find another job where you'll be challenged. That's what I'm doing. My rationale is that it&#x27
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Ask HN: How do you find craftsmanship-oriented dev jobs?
2 points by scmoore 12y ago|3 comments
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by scmoore 12y ago
You may not have the time to do this, but I credit a lot of what social grace I have to working a retail job during and after college. I wasn't much of a partier in my teenage years either, but I can talk to a pretty broad range of peo
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by scmoore 12y ago
If you'll pardon my diagnosing you over the internet, you sound very depressed. I've been there and it's difficult to deal with, but not impossible. For one thing, you've got to take a step back and realize that you&#x27
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by scmoore 12y ago
Location: Denver or Boulder, CO Remote: yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: PHP, JS, HTML, CSS, Git Resume: scottcmoore.com/resume Email: scott.chandler.moore@gmail.com 2 years of experience. Looking for junior-level web applica
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by scmoore 12y ago
This reminds me of Derek Sivers' album recommendations for CD Baby: http://sivers.org/hi Basically Sivers just listened to every album and did the same thing, and when he couldn't get to all of them he hired someo
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by scmoore 12y ago
I wonder a lot of the same things. I just started picking up CF since that's what we use at work. I consider it a character-building exercise but I don't hold out hope that knowing it will bring me enjoyable work in the future. It
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by scmoore 12y ago
I think this is good advice, but I worry about wasting the interviewing companys' time. Of course in my experience they rarely worry about wasting my time, but I guess I'd be concerned about becoming known as someone whose interes
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by scmoore 12y ago
It's probably impossible to prevent this. The chances of getting in trouble for not cleaning the room (sign or not) are probably higher than the chances of getting in trouble for ignoring the sign.
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by scmoore 12y ago
I live about a mile from work, so: 20 minutes on foot 5 minutes by bike 5 minutes by car I'd say I walk about 90% of the time. I don't think your commute is unusual for the US, which is where I am, but I'd definitely be unhap
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by scmoore 12y ago
I hope I'm not stuck, but after a few months not working and an expensive cross-country move, I ended up taking a job working at a university with an old, messy codebase. It's really low-pressure, and if it turns into full-time th
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by scmoore 12y ago
I'm a week into a ColdFusion job (also in VA) and this is a little unsettling -- pretty sure I'll want to leave this stuff behind me when I move on.
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by scmoore 12y ago
I just want to say thanks for the advice & support in this thread -- I'm meeting with my boss next week and will hopefully get started on implementing these improvements.
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by scmoore 12y ago
Thanks, these are all good points!
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by scmoore 12y ago
Thanks, I'm afraid changing jobs is the answer.
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by scmoore 12y ago
Unfortunately I just moved _back_ from the SV area, my wife didn't like being so far from family. A startup sounds interesting though. I'm still pretty vague on what I want -- I've only worked (as a developer) for one other c
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by scmoore 12y ago
Thanks, I'll check it out.
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by scmoore 12y ago
I think 4 semesters is a good estimate. I get the impression that department won't grow quickly.
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Ask HN: How to make the most of a slow job?
10 points by scmoore 12y ago|17 comments
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by scmoore 12y ago
Location: Richmond, VA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: PHP, JS, HTML, CSS, Git Resume: scottcmoore.com/resume Email: scott.chandler.moore@gmail.com Looking for employment hopefully doing backend web application develo
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by scmoore 12y ago
My housemate pointed out that the Hario grinder has the same threads as a mason jar, so chipped glass might not be a big deal. But damaging the burrs probably means buying a new grinder.

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