ChristopherM

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by ChristopherM 2y ago
I quit a job back in 2011, the plan was to create an iPhone game. Six months later the job I quit hired me back as a consultant to rebuild the software team my previous manager drove away. After 9 months I made so much money I quit that an
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by ChristopherM 3y ago
I haven't made a post in years, I'll update my bio. I didn't realize it still pointed to Incline Village.
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by ChristopherM 3y ago
Most of my clients tend to be Medical Device startups, but I did have a really long relationship with a major food manufacturer. While it makes sense for them to hire full time software engineers for some of the work, they always have a ha
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by ChristopherM 3y ago
I started "programming" in 1982 on a VIC-20, I taught myself C++ in 1991 and programmed as a hobby until I switched majors in University. Then I moved from Job to Job once I stopped learning/progressing. Along the way I mad
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by ChristopherM 3y ago
I charge by the hour and will never change. It forces the customer to focus on getting the requirements right instead of hand waving it like "oh yeah, that's just what I want" and then come back later "I didn't wan
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by ChristopherM 9y ago
What I'm about to say goes completely against what society and the majority of those engaging in virtue signaling claim is the key to happiness. I am quite happy at the moment, and it started back in 2004 when I wrote off my family and
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by ChristopherM 10y ago
Hi orbitur, I too used to suffer from allergies, psoriasis, arthritic joint pain. But I cured mine without any drugs. Doctors were of absolutely no help whatsoever. They have a better living through chemistry approach to "healthcare
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by ChristopherM 10y ago
I thought my email was visible in my about page... it's cmerinsky@gmail.com
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by ChristopherM 10y ago
No, the consulting is not a 'day job'. Remember, I work 100% from home, in fact my clients are in other states. Currently the one client I cut it back to is in New York. I may not talk to the clients for weeks at a time. Gener
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by ChristopherM 10y ago
I started a company, by myself, November 2012. I'm still in business but haven't released the original intended product. 1) What was my motivation? I was tired of working for someone else, I'd had it with commuting, working
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by ChristopherM 11y ago
I have never been asked to do a technical interview before being offered a gig. They ask about my experience, from there they tell me about the problem they need solved. So far I've always been familiar with their problem, I will imm
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by ChristopherM 11y ago
I have always billed hourly, daily or weekly. I would never offer a "project" price. The client never really knows what they want, they just think they do. In order to properly estimate a project you have to know everything tha
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
The company I spoke of did have a yearly review process, I also waited for that yearly review to come up before I objected to the pathetic raises which barely tracked inflation. When one starts out at entry level, one should quickly gain s
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
This is horrible advice, men and women both must push for a raise, companies will absolutely under no circumstances just give away raises because "it's the right thing to do". Case in point, I am a white male. When I started
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
You're starting a job? Good, so your education is just beginning. It took about 5 years for me to feel comfortable, and really become proficient at software engineering. The job is not an end. Years 5 through 12, I developed my skil
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
If you need that push to jump into learning something completely new, like programming. A bootcamp can certainly get you started. Although I would consider it to be a very expensive way to get started. My other concern is the false sense
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
I would see participation at a bootcamp as a negative, if you can't pick up a couple of books and use online resources to figure it out; how are you going to manage once you get into a work situation that requires more than trivial com
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
Easiest solution of all, don't have a co-founder only employees. My work experience is software engineer and software development management. Having started my own company, I find I really enjoy handling the business side of things,
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
Commodore VIC-20, I was in a "gifted" program in the 2nd grade. Every Wednesday I was taken out of the normal class and put on a bus, where all the other smart kids from different schools were taken to a special school. Our teac
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
I think you completely missed my point about making money in a black market. If I'm working 40 plus hours a week trying to scrape by on minimum wage, I wouldn't have time to carefully execute black market transactions. With the
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
Well, considering I haven't had a paycheck in 18 months... I would quit working on the product I've been slaving over, a basic income means horrific taxes. I didn't work hard so they could be confiscated. Now that I've
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
(Part 2) What I have is not "gluten intolerance" or "gluten sensitivity", it's a GLUTEN ALLERGY and a quite debilitating one at that. I find it absurd how casually people act about it, like it's NO BIG DEAL.
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by ChristopherM 12y ago
Great... more fuel for the "it's just in your head, you want to feel special, you want to take part in a fad" fire. (yes, I did read the article at the very end it admits it may be a real problem, but tries to diminish it as
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by ChristopherM 13y ago
Tl;Dr "Perception is 9/10 of reality" This was a good example of how it can yield results when selling your services. It's also very valuable if applied correctly to many areas of life. As an employee, customer, a defe
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by ChristopherM 13y ago
I've wondered about this for the longest time, why not just embed the ads within the content so there's no way to "filter" it out? I've also thought that there is an opportunity for mobile ads, whenever the ads are
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by ChristopherM 13y ago
I'm moving to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.
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by ChristopherM 13y ago
The Project: I am starting a company (just myself) to produce mobile phone apps (iOS to start) The Motivation: 1) I hate commuting, I hate not having an office with a door, I hate having to work on a schedule, I hate having to follow someon
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by ChristopherM 13y ago
Reading through these comments, I think most people either a) missed the point or b) are angry because he touched a nerve. Here's my take on it, if you are "working on a side project" + "calling it a hobby" there's no problem with that. If
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by ChristopherM 14y ago
It's amazing how defensive some of these posts are because the poster has chosen to live a life by default. I once thought I wanted to climb the corporate ladder, to buy stuff, toys. More, more, more... I made my way into software managemen
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by ChristopherM 15y ago
Grammatical errors aside, I like the ideas represented here. However I think the post would have more impact if it was followed up with concrete examples. Take MVP for instance, are there any known failure cases that would demonstrate why

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