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by v1l 5y ago
bad clients and payment issues do happen - but not nearly as often as you think if you work with good companies. It mostly also happens with cheap clients. You do have to find new clients but once you do good work for 2-3 clients, they&#x27
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by v1l 5y ago
The signals have to be personal because if they had to do with metrics (that were good), you wouldn't have this problem. In my opinion, it's when either/most/all of these are true: - you don't feel you are capable (
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by v1l 5y ago
If you want less stress and better pay, you have two options: join a growth/later stage startup as engineer or take on consulting work enough to pay your bills while you figure out your path.
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How consulting can be good for your career(brighthuman.com)
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by v1l 5y ago
If you're looking for a more fun and intense ride, join the startup. OTOH depending on how much cash you're saving at the FAANG, 2-3 years there and you'd be in a real cushy position to give something of your own a shot. Just
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by v1l 5y ago
The best ballpoint pen ime is Parker. https://www.jetpens.com/Parker-Jotter-Ballpoint-Pens/ct/2052
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by v1l 5y ago
Keep an inner scorecard and try to live by that. Once in a while you'll slip, but just dust it off and get back to focusing on your journey. The more you focus outside you, the less effective and good you'll be on your path. This
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Ask HN: Has remote impacted your job engagement?(twitter.com)
8 points by v1l 5y ago|5 comments
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by v1l 5y ago
You're right -- which is why I think curation/review should be light and based on simple/visible heuristics (experience + prior companies and roles) and then use client reviews as a way to curate further. This would naturally
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Ask HN: Thoughts on current freelance/fractional work platforms
4 points by v1l 5y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Where are you finding freelance/fractional work?
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by v1l 5y ago
Who wants to build something that hires only the top 0.1%??
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by v1l 5y ago
hmm, account created 15 mins ago to post this.
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by v1l 5y ago
which new ones are dev focused?
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by v1l 5y ago
What if it's a problem where you feel the pain so acutely that you want to rip your hair out but then you observe others and they seem to make peace with the pain of the problem? Case in point: dev project management tools (jira, monda
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by v1l 5y ago
All the things you're not paying attention to, that you know you should pay attention to, start paying attention to those things. This applies to fitness, investments, making an effort at work, family ties, relationships, sleep, <fi
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by v1l 5y ago
A wholly new take on current dev project management softwares like JIRA etc.
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by v1l 5y ago
so what is the root cause? is it just the constant (often fake) urgency, the dull and repetitive nature of sprints and working on tickets, or the volume of work?
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by v1l 5y ago
I think one of the biggest factors for dev burnout is processes and lack of ownership/input devs are subjected to. Most teams look at developers as just ticket takers and rarely involve them in the product or the decision making. Event
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by v1l 5y ago
Join a FAANG or high growth (at least Series A) startup, work hard, get promoted once or twice, get enough stock or RSU cash and save up for the next 4-5y. Now you have a nice cushion to take risks and a wide open field to do so.
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Ask HN: What would a (much) better AngelList look like?
1 points by v1l 5y ago|0 comments
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by v1l 5y ago
I do something similar and I just have one question for you. How do you not tire of the constant context switching and "being in the weeds" of multiple client projects? What's your secret?
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by v1l 5y ago
but it makes some good points.
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by v1l 5y ago
What do you mean by task-based views? Notion et all have something like that don't they? Eg you can create tasks in a notion doc, add tables, kanban board and so forth.
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by v1l 5y ago
unrelated, why do you regret going over to the business side?
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Ask HN: What about gdocs/notion/xyz do you find lacking for collaboration?
2 points by v1l 5y ago|3 comments
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by v1l 5y ago
Where are you based?
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Ask HN: What have been the hardest work-related aspects of async/remote work?
16 points by v1l 5y ago|9 comments
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by v1l 5y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER I run a boutique product consultancy where I work with founders and early stage startups to help them build software products. We're currently looking for a really strong React + Node (Typescript) developer on one of
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by v1l 5y ago
What falls through the cracks?

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