wappa

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by wappa 6y ago
Not working for me either, Canada
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by wappa 6y ago
FreeCAD likely helps Autodesk's position - when freecad is so crap, you will likely just pay for autocad/or/other than even looking at alternatives, because you have been already so frustrated.
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by wappa 6y ago
No way - you would have to teach all your employees - new software, and existing know-how templates will be all gone. Plus compatibility issues with your sub contractors would be nightmare. Productivity lost by adopting new tools would rend
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by wappa 6y ago
Architect's margins are typically in 5-10%. Avg salary for architect is ~75-80k. They don't have the budget to even pay for small pilot or mvp, even if all 20+ firms pool their money together. The domain knowledge + software engin
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by wappa 6y ago
They are so bad, it's not worth learning those tools, or even using them for hobby/home projects.
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by wappa 6y ago
Most of these already exist in their cloud offerings
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by wappa 6y ago
The moat autodesk has is surreal. In AEC atleast, students learn with Autodesk softwares in university and colleges. The softwares (autocad, revit, maya, etc., many others) itself is complex, require domain know-how to build competing produ
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by wappa 6y ago
It's disingenuous to claim you are not making money as landlord. You are building equity - maybe your monthly profits are 0 early on, but your total value is increasing m/m. You can sell your rental property once your mortgage is
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by wappa 6y ago
How do i join the slack group? It says to request invite from the workspace administrator?
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by wappa 6y ago
What are the three P's?
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by wappa 7y ago
I learned from the colleague that this is the standard practice in the industry - engineering consulting at big firms
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by wappa 7y ago
I asked HR, if I can avoid the sonru interview, and do phone call instead. The HR team accommodated me.
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Ask HN: Customer wants to acquire us before launch
4 points by wappa 7y ago|2 comments
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by wappa 7y ago
The company is in Canada (engineering consulting firm, large-scale infrastructure projects - mining etc) Role is mainly around data/modelling work in water resource group. I have done bunch of tech jobs (from backed development, modele
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Ask HN: One-way live video interview tips?
6 points by wappa 7y ago|8 comments