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by wikwocket 12y ago
I applaud your conviction to work your 40 at 100% and then go home, and in many places this is absolutely achievable and I absolutely recommend it. Japan is (largely) not yet one of these places. There is a culture there related to work and
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by wikwocket 12y ago
I can vouch for the fact that in Chicago at least, there seems to be a shortage of quality developers. Or perhaps rather, our company (and every other tech-focused company I know of) has a continual burning need to hire more quality develop
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Remember that the campaign page itself is only half of the story. Kickstarter projects depend a great deal on publicity, word-of-mouth, media mentions, and virality. And these things tend to have a snowball effect, so it can be feast-or-fam
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by wikwocket 12y ago
I prefer our approach: > Case #1: I want to add a new column Issue an ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN on the production database. Try not to make it NOT NULL. > Case #2: I want to change a column type Add another column (see Case #1) of th
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by wikwocket 12y ago
What a fun story. I can see what the mathematician is saying, that with billions of "events" happening all the time, supremely improbable events like this are bound to happen periodically. And we only notice the ones that strike o
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Imposter syndrome is absolutely part of this. The other part, as you mentioned, is that as you learn more, you realize how little you know. This humility is the beginning of true knowledge. Novices feel like they know nothing. Apprentices f
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by wikwocket 12y ago
I think you'll have much better success pitching this as a readiness kit for natural disasters, or even to paranoid readiness nuts, than to zombie fiction fans. There is clearly interest in products like this, based on big ticket items
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Definitely pursue what you love doing, but I would only recommend starting a new company from scratch if you have some industry expertise, as well as some savings or other means to support yourself for a year or more. If you want the startu
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Search job listings for jobs in your area that list python. Doesn't need to be a python shop, as long as they use python somewhere. You can call up or email HR, or better yet hiring managers/decision makers, and ask if they need a
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by wikwocket 12y ago
This is excellent advice. "Elements of Programming Interviews" and "Cracking the Coding Interview" are both excellent choices for this, I like them both. Also, check out this classic post on the topic: http://
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by wikwocket 12y ago
It is 100% reasonable to quit for a new job. Normally I would tell anyone to look for a new job, even if the only problem was that their work was unfulfilling. Life is too short to spend half your waking hours doing something that drives yo
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Regarding insurance, shop around. Look to the government healthcare exchange, but also check with your credit union, home insurance provider, local agents, etc. Ask agents about the pros and cons of low/high deductible, coinsurance, ma
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Don't advertise; network! The leads you get as referrals from people you've already helped will be higher quality clients, and they will come to you already having respect for what you do, due to the referrer's recommendation
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by wikwocket 12y ago
> What is the pay I can expect as a freelancer? This depends on where you are, and how well you can communicate the value of what you deliver. Commodity hourly freelancing might be $10-40 an hour. Business-savvy consulting might be $60
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by wikwocket 12y ago
You nailed the reason: inventory management. It is much easier to manage rooms as equivalent fungible commodities than as special unique offerings. Granted, there are a lot of related industries that do offer guests this privilege: theater&
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Ultimately the best advice is to talk to an accountant and a lawyer, as this varies by location and industry. You can find one of each who will give you a free 1-hour consultation. If you like them, you can hire them hourly to customize a b
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Without knowing your situation or location, it is difficult to provide targeted advice, but in general it will be advantageous to buy a 1-3 year old car, from a good manufacturer, using your own financing (or even better, mostly with cash).
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Good analogy about roulette. How and when things go viral and take off can be as random as any casino game. And most importantly, what happens at the table after you walk away has no effect on you. You left the game when you decided to. Ask
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Do you have interest in equity? If so, absolutely ask about it. It is one of many levers you can pull to make the offer fair and desirable for you. If you pursue it, make sure you understand their offer though. There are many "gotchas&
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by wikwocket 12y ago
I don't mean to rush to the aid pf PayPal's customer service, but I can think of all sorts of reason that a company would want you to talk to a human being before closing a business account. Especially when that company is one o
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by wikwocket 12y ago
This is like asking why there isn't one universal language for human speech. Both are due to long storied histories involving many different groups of people, trying to do very different things, and achieving something which meets thei
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by wikwocket 12y ago
An hour a day all summer is enough time to develop an app. However I am not sure this qualifies as "productive" or "money-making!" In seriousness, it depends a lot on where you are in your life, and what your goals are.
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Without a resume or other information, it's difficult to give you specific feedback, but the short answer us that if you can program your way out of a wet paper bag, there are many many job opportunities for you in today's market.
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by wikwocket 12y ago
You can accomplish what you want with a good template from ThemeForest (or anywhere else) and some Server Side Includes or a dash of PHP if you are in a time crunch. But if you want to edit in Markdown, a static site generator might be wort
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by wikwocket 12y ago
This is the correct answer. Recruiters are generally desperate to fill roles, and doubly so for engineers in the current market. Some of them will carefully discern how to find the best candidates and contact them with discretion. Many of t
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by wikwocket 12y ago
First off, read tptacek's excellent answer over and over until you can recite it from memory. I have been doing freelance consulting for years and I know I'm going to steal a number of his ideas. Second, here are some additional t
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Just wanted to chime in that your options are not limited to staying at your current job or Palantir. If you are a successful technologist in a bank, and you have a standing offer from Palantir, then you are clearly in demand. The industry
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by wikwocket 12y ago
> I would feel bad sending back an answer that it's not my bug, and then saying they owe me a few hundred dollars. Why? If I take my laptop into the shop, and after 2 hours of work they determine it's because I spilled coffee
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by wikwocket 12y ago
What a lot of other posts are getting at is that this sounds like a cool challenge, but that it doesn't exactly solve a pain point for anyone. No one is thinking, Man do I need a robot to pour a bath for me when I come home, but only i
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by wikwocket 12y ago
Using contracts and threatening action upon bad faith payment delays are great ideas and very useful. But blogging about non-payers is a terrible idea. It will do nothing to help you. And if the case does go to arbitration or court, it will

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