seekingcharlie

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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   I find that really hard to believe. I'm a designer / junior front-end dev & I would laugh at 80k now that I'm in SFBA.
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   I'm a UX Designer & this is bang on.
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   I get paid the same as when I was in SFBA. I don't understand why people think they should be paid less for working remotely.
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   IMHO, your rates / experience were probably too high for what they were looking for. Note that "high" does not mean your specific rates are too high, but that startups generally pay poorly & they found someone cheaper. Ot
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   Where are you looking for jobs exactly? Here are some suggestions: SO careers, We Work In Startups, Authetic Jobs, We Work Remotely
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   I'm surprised no-one has said this already, but whilst a technical background helps, being able to code is never part of a Product Manager's job. You need to own the product & it's vision. This means understanding the mar
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   It's quicker to use the classes, but semantically, you can use the LESS/SASS mixins they provide to remove the classes from the markup entirely. https://coderwall.com/p/wixovg
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   +1 I've been doing this since October & loving every minute. I still work full-time (remotely) as I don't have savings, but just being in new places has really changed my outlook & actually made me more excited/focuse
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   by seekingcharlie 12y ago

   I do a bit of both. I quote my hourly ($120), tell them how long it will take & the lump figure. I always get 25-50% payment up-front with the remainder due on completion. I never start work without the up-front payment - in my experien
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    by seekingcharlie 12y ago

    I'm 24 & had to make a similar decision to you. I had a full-time job offer in a startup when I was 19, 2 years through my CS degree. I decided to stop university & work. I rarely think about going back, my work experience &amp
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    by seekingcharlie 12y ago

    IMO, there is no user need for this. As a freelancer, putting my client's work in someone else's hands would be more stressful than me doing the work on holiday myself. If you're problem is that you're weak at finding wo
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    by seekingcharlie 12y ago

    Without any programming experience & knowing that you're really just looking for something better than your current job, I would totally advise to start with Wordpress. Learn to build websites in Wordpress. You can easily charge $1