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by gbruins 3y ago
https://www.gobreadvan.com/ Close to throwing in the towel on this one… I built a e-commerce website from scratch in my spare time (like an hour per night, after work, dead tired). Fan of auto racing and wanted to try my h
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by gbruins 3y ago
Using this as the basis for a SASS offering for the e-commerce industry might be interesting… how to pack a box most efficiently in order to save on materials and shipping costs
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by gbruins 4y ago
A 'house doctor'. Perhaps a subscription service where someone routinely (annually?) inspects your home for potential issues before they become a bigger problem: termites, roof/gutters, electrical, plumbing, yard drainage, f
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by gbruins 4y ago
I have a hunch you're right. BTW, I didn't come here to do this, but the company is great, quite large, and has lots of open roles world wide. Also open to fully remote software engineers. I won't share the company unless
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by gbruins 4y ago
Yes I think you are right on. Thank you
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by gbruins 4y ago
You are also looking for an 8hr/week gig? Hmmmmm... something is wrong. You should spend less. There is ZERO reason for a C++ developer to need a second job.
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by gbruins 4y ago
#1 is too idealistic. Things happen in life. Markets crash. College savings, previously adequate, is cut in half. Maybe other things. #2 I'm trying but the current administration just wont have it. Like for example, the price of
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by gbruins 4y ago
I'm a front end developer... Vue, JavaScript, CSS, Node.js, design tools (Illustrator, Photoshop).
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by gbruins 4y ago
OK thanks for the advice. Dad is that you?
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by gbruins 4y ago
Not necessarily. I have one child in college and one entering college next year. Things get expensive real fast in this life stage.
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by gbruins 4y ago
Probably a confluence of many things, but the list is: * Ive been at the company for over 15 years * The local job market (Bay Area) is (was?) quite hot, and the company is not a sexy silicon valley destination that attracts talent. * The
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by gbruins 4y ago
Thank you!
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by gbruins 4y ago
Your belief is correct! The contract work I see seems to fall into 2 buckets: short term gig, or temporary 40/hr per week. I'm looking for a some kind of middle ground: long term 8/hr week.
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For sale: 8 hours/week of my time
28 points by gbruins 4y ago|44 comments
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Best of the SF Bay Area – A Curated List
1 points by gbruins 7y ago|0 comments
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by gbruins 9y ago
If a web application communicates with it's back end via REST API, and that API is only meant to serve the web app and no other client, and if they communicate with each other on the same origin ( http://myapp.com/api ),