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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback and while I can understand your point to some degree, I am not a << content writer >>, or someone that sits in a spreadsheet watching other people work. I was part of my team before leading it and continu
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
That's awesome - thanks for sharing your story. I think one of the key points that I was trying to get across is that you don't need to live the narrative that the world tells you is right and instead progress with what works for
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
This is awesome. A lot can be accomplished with 500 hours and yes, perhaps the best achievement is sticking to that goal consistently.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Yes exactly. DHH is a great example. I feel like the only metric of success these days is unicorn or not. Again, a harmful dichotomy.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
I don't think that creating things on the side is mutually exclusive with doing a good job at work.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
There's this typical entrepreneur story-line that everyone loves to tell. VC-backed entrepreneur that went "all in", quit their job, and produced a unicorn. TechCrunch loves this stuff. I feel like this is so misleading and m
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You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make(blog.stephsmith.io)
519 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|365 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
After saying I would for many years, I finally stopped making excuses and learned to code. Since then, I have built 4 projects, hit #1 on Product Hunt, been nominated for Maker of the Year, and more. For me, the most difficult part was gett
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7 Myths of learning to code(blog.stephsmith.io)
2 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|1 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Yeah, it's not for everyone and even for those who it's suitable for, there's a calibration period of at least a few weeks-months-years. I also struggle to fit in personal goals like staying fit!
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Hey HN. After 3 years of working remotely, I decided to compile all of my thoughts into 4656 words. I felt like the world needed a guide on remote work that: 1) Was not trying to sell anything 2) Highlighted benefits but also honest realiti
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Honest Guide to Remote Work(blog.stephsmith.io)
7 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|3 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Totally. I also struggle to do intense workouts in the AM, but 20 min or so gets me in the right headspace for the day.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
As we head into the new year, this is a good reminder of the things we can accomplish if we spend less time on X and more time on Y, in order to be at Z by 2020. You can track how your multiplier changes throughout the year and find some to
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2019: Make Yourself Great Again(begreat.me)
2 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|3 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
I decided to take on 2018 differently, which resulted in being able to quantify my year: - 125 days learning to code - 21 books - 121 days exercising - 4 side projects Etc. I wrote about this experience which resulted in a "sponge fram
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A year of sponge(blog.stephsmith.io)
3 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|1 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
I've recently become a lot more involved in the ProductHunt community and really wanted to know what the gender representation was like in the community. I decided to scrape all of the makers and products created since the platform was
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I analyzed 40k makers on ProductHunt for diversity(femake.tech)
8 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|3 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
I've been hearing that more and more. I think it's fair. What I was going for is words that can't really be described by another word. If you were to translate them, you'd end up saying multiple sentences. It seems like
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Gotcha. That's helpful to know and I'll edit it. Thank you for the suggestions as well. Will add them to the database!
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Thank you! Yes, I've had this feedback since launch that some people are finding words that do indeed translate to a few other languages. I'll think about how to edit this. Thanks for calling out the duplciates1
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Oh nice! I feel like Japan has the best words. I'll add this one in. Interesting that the gender was specified.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Great point! I've heard this from a few people so I'm debating adding a column for languages where that particular word does actually translate.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
Recently, I’ve been running into more words that only seem to exist in a single language. Words like kaizen, ikigai, and karoshi in Japanese…or, lagom and fika in Swedish, which are not directly translatable to other languages. As I have le
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Show HN: Words that don't translate(eunoia.world)
18 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|11 comments
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
I agree and included some of those in the tools section.
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
In my opinion, yes. I chose the "distractions" with the thinking: "if I spent time on this for a year and looked back, would it have progressed me in any way?".
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by stephsmithio 8y ago
As I began to learn to code back in February, I started to think about how I was spending my time. If I spent X less time on social media, that would mean I could learn Y, which would let me create Z. This idea of trade-offs has always exis
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Show HN: I made a tool to visualize wasted time(begreat.me)
15 points by stephsmithio 8y ago|5 comments

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