summertime42

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by summertime42 4y ago
As an option - everyone has stated the easy problems of no salary listed and the take-home assessment - if you KNOW your salary is low, offer 4-day workweeks instead. I mean x4 7-8 hours, not 10-hour days. It might help hook some traffic. Y
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by summertime42 4y ago
On changing jobs - Depends. If work isn't getting better *today*: ie, if they refuse to fire that toxic asshole, if they refuse to change that insane deadline -> if you have six months of savings, take a sabbatical for at least 3 of
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by summertime42 4y ago
Specialize to catch the attention of HR/Recruiters/VPs; you are right, no one wants a generalist. However, I find once I get in and do my specialty, I'll then generalize and flex as the project needs me. I am paid to be nice
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by summertime42 4y ago
This this this. I've been at plenty of gigs where everyone is all around the world. It's too late to go back, and good riddance! :D
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by summertime42 4y ago
SEEKING WORK | Dallas, TX | Remote Only | https://summertime-development.com/ ============================================================= Howdy, I'm Summer! I've been doing software development for nearly 13 yea
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by summertime42 4y ago
Habitica! It's really dorky, but it's a great way to make me do anything. ( https://habitica.com/ )
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by summertime42 5y ago
Part of the reason I went freelance. If I can't get 4 day weeks, then I'll work for 6-8 months then take off just as long. I need breaks and I can't work on W2 ever again because of it.
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by summertime42 5y ago
Thank you for putting a verb to that! I didn't know the correct term, but I got a sense that recruiters are always 'looking' for people.
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by summertime42 5y ago
Last 2 gigs were directly through LinkedIn, so to me, it's a huge win. If a good recruiter/lead contacts me, I get their email and add them to my 'rolodex' so I can contact them when I need a future job. However, 98% of
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by summertime42 5y ago
For freelance / C2C, remote 5-7 years of exp - $75+ an hour I've been slowly going up from that, currently at $135 an hour. Wanting to hit $150 next.
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by summertime42 5y ago
SEEKING WORK | Dallas, TX | Remote Only | https://summertime-development.com/ Howdy! I've been doing software development for over 12 years, and would love to help your team out with any React or React Native project!