DerekQ

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by DerekQ 7y ago
How are you storing and sharing these docs? Is it a common Sharepoint library or something similar? I've found the biggest problem is often getting people to look at the document resource / archive when they have a problem whose s
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Fantastic. Thanks very much for that.
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Does anyone know if there's a decent, comprehensive library that handles all authentication / login for .Net Core apps? Bonus points if there's a SSO addition (even if that part is commercial).
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Medium hate comes up again and again here, and I get it to a degree. But, Medium delivers an audience that hosting your own rarely does. Fair enough if all you want to do is post to HN, but if posting to HN is only one delivery channel, you
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by DerekQ 7y ago
What stopped you from moving to the UK? If it's Brexit, consider a move to Ireland instead. While PHP is not a strong language here, Python developers are in high demand.
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Doesn't everyone know the answer to this question by now? How much have you paid for Chrome? If it's nothing, then why wouldn't they serve you ads?
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Ask for a three month Sabbatical. If you've been working for a company for some time and have done well there, you might be surprised how eager they are for you not to leave outright. The reason for the Sabbatical? Have a couple of ide
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Personal: Spotify, Netflix Business: Hotjar, Medium, Statcounter, Beanstalk Yearly recurring: Fastmail, DevExpress, Add-In-Express, Office 365
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by DerekQ 7y ago
Look into charging per developer, with a site license option. Libraries / components, especially for enterprise development is big business. In the .Net space you have $100m+ companies like DevExpress and Telerik, and smaller, more spe
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Contracting at medium to high rates is great if you want to bootstrap your own startup. I use it for that purpose myself. A few of the best reasons. 1. It allows you to work for 6-12 months and save up enough to take 2-3 months off to work
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Dublin, Ireland, senior developer with 15+ years Very easy to jump jobs, though permie jobs have more hoops to jump through. Most jobs are big corporate, very few startups. Working as a contract developer (rolling 6 months) at $11,500 per m
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by DerekQ 8y ago
You're not James Altucher are you? Cause he talks about how he did that all the time.
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Connecting a company looking to raise money with a person or company with money to invest is an entire industry. It often falls under terms like "private equity fundraiser" or "corporate finance", though corporate financ
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Chargebacks, I think. That's why most payment collectors don't allow payments for porn sites. Husband pays for XXX.com on his credit card, wife sees the charge, husband cries out "It wasn't me, my card details were stole
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by DerekQ 8y ago
A 40 year old developer is as unlikely to have knowledge of Cobol or Fortran as a recent grad. Those technologies were as old school in 1998 as they are today. More likely they started out working in C++, C, Java, etc. Back then more develo
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Every IT recruitment agency in Dublin places contractors as well as permanent. You'll find them all listed on IrishJobs.ie. Search for .net, c#, java, and filter for contract roles. (Stay well clear of Computer Futures. They have a ter
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by DerekQ 8y ago
This is very true. Management roles tend to be kept in-house.
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by DerekQ 8y ago
C#/.Net. Dev jobs in Ireland are predominantly corporate enterprise software — very few start-ups. This means Java, .Net and front end Javascript roles are most common. I actually landed my first .Net contract after a 10 year career a
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by DerekQ 8y ago
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Contracting in Ireland and in the UK is an easy transition as most contracts are run through agencies, so you don’t have to network or go looking for clients like you might have to do in the US. A simple start point was to approach agencies
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Moving from permanent to contractor. I made the jump 5 years ago and have worked for a number of companies since, on 6-12 month contracts. The money has jumped each time, such that I’m on what I consider to be silly money now for the job I
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by DerekQ 8y ago
Coffee shops, preferably big brand shops like Starbucks where no one cares if you buy one drink and occupy a table for 2 hours. Do a little research into the various coffee shops in your city and you'll find that certain ones have secl
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by DerekQ 8y ago
There's a classic marketing book written a few decades ago called Positioning that is about just this topic. https://www.amazon.com/Positioning-Battle-Your-Al-Ries/dp/00... It's a short read and well wor