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by taprun 9y ago
Building a technical blog answers the question "How?" I think you want to focus on "Why?" What is it that you want to achieve? Do you want to become famous, become seen by a group as an expert, make money? Think about
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by taprun 9y ago
Volunteered to help my company bid on projects and run them.
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by taprun 9y ago
The motive is probably to save money.
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by taprun 9y ago
I've seen people move to technical writing.
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by taprun 9y ago
If you're in the millions, there's probably a demand for whatever it is that you do. Maybe you can't pivot your product, but maybe you can change the way you sell it, market it or target it? Given your scale (and the fact tha
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by taprun 9y ago
Too bad that hedonic adaptation [0] exists. The longer we live, the more we become addicted to expensive comforts. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill
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by taprun 9y ago
Start a blog about a topic that you want to become an expert in. The continuous push to publish is a great motivator for self-improvement.
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by taprun 9y ago
The biggest help is to not need work. When you have a financial cushion, it's much easier to say no.
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by taprun 9y ago
Become a minimalist and learn to be happy with less.
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by taprun 9y ago
As John Maynard Keynes said, "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
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by taprun 9y ago
To follow up on this, I'd also suggest coming up with something that requires treatment (ongoing, recurring income) vs cure (one time work, one time payment). The more often you have to hunt for clients, the more painful and irregular
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by taprun 9y ago
Salary range The problems that you're hoping your new hire to address
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How I Made $0 (and So Can You)(taprun.com)
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by taprun 9y ago
Pick a revenue model [0] Pick a pricing method [1] Pick a licensing strategy [2] [0] https://taprun.com/revenue/ [1] https://taprun.com/methods/ [2] https://taprun.com/licenses&#x2
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by taprun 9y ago
No, the #1 reason it's so hard to find an affordable home is that potential buyers can get huge loans at very low rates. Since buyers compete with each other, prices go up. I guarantee that if interest rates were allowed to creep up,
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by taprun 9y ago
What is results in is an organization without a focus on hiring the best people. Do this for long enough and your company will die.
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by taprun 9y ago
Side project checklist? https://www.sideprojectchecklist.com/marketing-checklist/
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by taprun 9y ago
Whatever you are best at writing. Scale doesn't matter much compared to traction early on.
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by taprun 9y ago
Virtual fish tank: go to youtube, load a video of a real fish tank and watch it.
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by taprun 9y ago
I was very suspicious when I read the article. It didn't seem to link to any government websites or newspapers, but I did find a story about the activity in the LA Times [0]. [0] http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow
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by taprun 9y ago
* Free food disappears * Hiring suddenly stops
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by taprun 9y ago
This idea was explored at the beginning of Ghostbutsters II when Venkman interviewed someone who didn't leave enough time to print paperbacks of his prophesy. One should always think about the economics of a doomsday before committing
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by taprun 9y ago
1. Google tracks links because the information is valuable. It can be used to build a better profile of you, and understand what people are reading online. 2. You can use a third party app, switch from GMail, or if it's the URL is in
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by taprun 9y ago
The incentive is that Android users might buy more apps. That means more profit for Google.
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by taprun 9y ago
Here's a list of methods to choose your pricing: https://taprun.com/methods/
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by taprun 9y ago
I would suggest adding some description to your two newest roles, adding a link to a personal website / portfolio, adding a crisp color photo for your profile image, and changing your profile so that it's more results-oriented (wo
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by taprun 9y ago
It would be harder to extract unpaid overtime, coordinate meeting and facilitate cross training. Not only that, but it's more difficult to manage and allocate folks when there are four 1/2 time workers instead of 2 full timers.
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by taprun 9y ago
My guess: people hiring web developers evaluate their work by how pretty a website is, not by how fast it is.
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by taprun 9y ago
The biggest secret to contracting is that your technical skills aren't nearly as important as your ability to sell. I'd rather be a great salesman and a mediocre developer than the other way around.
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by taprun 9y ago
In Our Time (BBC) The host and a panel of professors talk about subjects ranging from ancient history to nuclear physics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl

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