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by taprun 11y ago
Sometimes you can benefit in multiple ways. As davismwfl suggests, it might raise your profile. You could probably film it (or get them to film it) and stick the result on udemy to recoup your losses...
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by taprun 11y ago
[Putting on my project manager's hat]: Visible progress toward achieving a goal that is important to you makes motivation easy! * Pick a specific goal that you care about. It can be as simple as I will lose 10 pounds or I will write s
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by taprun 11y ago
I think the biggest mistake people make is not "building their brand." Create a presence online, create one in meatspace and get known as someone worth knowing. For reference, I took some time off and wrote a book on a technical
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by taprun 12y ago
You're in a tough spot. The more interest that you build in the series, the more likely that someone with more money and better connections will decide to take your idea and run with it. Further, it's not like you can simply sta
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by taprun 12y ago
I don't think there is a need for another one. As you guessed, there's a pretty good reddit sub for that: http://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions
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by taprun 12y ago
Make sure that you don't tip your hand. If they know that it's your name dot com, they're going to have significant pricing power (you can't get your name dot com anywhere else). If they think that it's just a ten
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by taprun 12y ago
The site http://yclist.com/ has a list of YC companies and where they stand.
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by taprun 12y ago
Revenue can't be taken at face value. Sometimes sales attract customers that wouldn't have bought before (either the price was too high, or customers were unfamiliar with the product). Sometimes sales simply pull demand from the f
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by taprun 12y ago
I'd suggest that fairness is irrelevant. Businesses will demand as much as they can. If great candidates stop applying to them because of their ridiculous demands, they will either have to reduce their demands or hire only mediocre c
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by taprun 12y ago
I can say that there is little enthusiasm from good developers around here. Event promoters are still milking non-profits, universities and local governments for more backing, but the good developers have moved on.
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by taprun 12y ago
I would imagine that the people who are most interested in Apple products would already own Apple hardware. I have a hard time understanding why anyone would be upset by this.
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by taprun 12y ago
In summary: If it's a low value item that doesn't offer much in the way of customization, it's often best to publish your prices to reduce the difficulty of sales. As more customization comes into play and larger amounts of v
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by taprun 12y ago
Figure out which blogs you like the most and then start contacting the owners? It won't work for the huge sites, but it will probably work for smaller ones.
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by taprun 12y ago
I know it's bad karma, but I really hope this was due to some kind of problem with their certificates...
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by taprun 12y ago
@vonnik I didn't argue that coding challenges were bad. I'm arguing that it's improper for businesses to offload their hiring costs onto programmers. Any business can offer a hiring challenge, but it should be prepared to p
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by taprun 12y ago
They're just trying to move the cost of identifying talent from their bank account to yours. You can do the reverse. Find someone in the company (preferably someone you know). Ask him if he wants a recruitment bonus from his firm. T
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by taprun 12y ago
I had the urge to write a book on how to price software ( http://TapRun.com/pricing ). Writing it was somewhat fun. Editing it was unadulterated torture. I stuck it on my website, and it's selling (though much slow
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by taprun 12y ago
1 year ago: http://imgur.com/2TxgOhr 5 years ago: http://imgur.com/jliGkON
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by taprun 12y ago
Can't you simply get a permanent/alternative number from Google Voice? https://www.google.com/voice
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by taprun 12y ago
I'm honestly not seeing this. Perhaps it's where I live, but I have a double major in econ/computer science and graduate degrees in each of those fields, and I've rarely seen any job ads that wanted expertise in both...
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by taprun 12y ago
You're facing the classic problem of a two sided market! The site won't be valuable to seekers without lots of venues and won't be valuable to venues without lots of seekers. I'd suggest starting with a narrow niche (lik
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by taprun 12y ago
The "rule" that you're thinking of is Conway's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law
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by taprun 12y ago
Don't get overly technical. Many speakers feel like they have to show every technical detail in order to prove their worth. It's more effective and helpful to focus on concepts and applications rather than details.
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by taprun 12y ago
The type of project will depend greatly upon the type of work that you'd like to perform. While a novel AI package might be best for some folks, a pretty web page might be better for others. That said, with two years of experience, I&
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by taprun 12y ago
Here are a few things which come to mind when looking at your pricing: * Your pro package is too cheap. If you're in the DevOps market space, I'm willing to bet that 99.99% of your potential customers would be as willing to spend
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by taprun 12y ago
Ask you champion the following questions: * How much money will the company lose if the project is significantly late / cancelled? * Who at the company will have the most egg on his face if the project is late / cancelled? * How m
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by taprun 12y ago
As an added bonus, you also get money sooner (pulling purchases forward).
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by taprun 12y ago
The defining characteristics of your ideal customers doesn't have to include size. Think about an expert in embedded programming. A big company like Intel could use his skills, but so could a small electronics startup. Yet neither a
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by taprun 12y ago
In other news, United and Orbitz are about to learn of the Streisand Effect[0]... [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
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by taprun 12y ago
Read up on Conway's Law[0], and think about dividing your project into two semi-independent portions (one for each side of the team.) I worked at a company with two locations in different time zones and keeping everyone informed of ev

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