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by hjay 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on t
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by hjay 13y ago
Hmm, since the demand is > 0 now, I guess I will! Not too sure how to get reply notifications on HN though, I always lose track of responses.
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by hjay 13y ago
Wow, I could never write this well in a million years, but as I was reading, I couldn't help but feel that this was a blog post that I've been wanting to write for a while. Without going on a rant and hi-jacking this thread, repla
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by hjay 13y ago
Seems like I ended up with the opposite experience with Amazon from not having completed college. First, a bit about my background. I got my first computer 6 years ago, and within a year, I was obsessed with learning to build for the web. S
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by hjay 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on t
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by hjay 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on t
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by hjay 13y ago
I'm in the exact same situation. Except in my case, in Canada, and (only) after 1 year of full-time courses. I also did a paid internship, for $18 an hour at a major software company in Vancouver, B.C. Now the Canadian government has d
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by hjay 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on t
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by hjay 13y ago
I live in Vancouver. There are quite a few startups in the Gastown area, and a few small offices for large companies like Microsoft, SAP (not that small), and Amazon, and recently, Facebook and Twitter (to come?). In terms of the work, I&#x
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by hjay 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on t
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by hjay 13y ago
I think one of the most common misconceptions people have about freelancers, is that we know everything about every project we throw ourselves into. That couldn't be further from the truth (at least for me). As a freelancer, the most i
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by hjay 13y ago
I also had a problem with being "overly ambitious" early on in my life. Any satisfaction gained from being first in anything quickly died off, while placing 2nd gave me nightmares constantly and made me hate myself for it. I recen
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by hjay 13y ago
I saw the picture of Susan Cain (the author) on that page and I thought she was awfully familiar. It was then that I realized she was the lady who gave this talk http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introver
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by hjay 13y ago
"The strange thing is, if you see me in the street and engage in contemplation I will probably freeze into polite fear and smile inanely until I can get away to be on my lonely ownsome." This is me. I feel lonely all the time, yet
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by hjay 13y ago
A great example of how important it is for us as developers to recognize the value we provide to businesses/users instead of measuring it all solely in terms of algorithmic complexity and LOC. Side note: Tatung makes some pretty amazin
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by hjay 13y ago
Ha, this reminds me of an interview I had recently. After 3 hours of interviewing with 4 different people from the company, they sat me down to complete a technical test for 30 minutes. Something I really liked about it was that they were f
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by hjay 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on the in
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by hjay 13y ago
A bit of an addition to the note on not starting a long-term relationship on the wrong foot with your future employer. I do think negotiating a job offer is very important. It doesn't benefit anyone if you are feeling undervalued/underpaid
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by hjay 13y ago
Yes, definitely not Vancouver. Any house here is $1M starting even if it's small and crappy. An apartment with 700 square feet or so will set you back $400k. On top of that, there isn't really a tech scene here. Many small startups, but mos
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by hjay 13y ago
Apple seems to appeal to consumers by the appearance and experience more than anything. When they do mention numbers, it's always "x% faster, x% smaller!", which is really all anyone cares about -- "How much better is this compared to what
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by hjay 13y ago
Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C. Having co-founded of 2 of the largest communities on the internet dedicated to Windows, Win
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by hjay 13y ago
If you want to see why you should always use prepared statements in your code, take a look at this [1]. Old and outdated, but still very much applicable. [1]: http://technewsgalore.com/site/04/15/sql-injection-tutorial-...
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by hjay 13y ago
For years, I felt that my failed startup was exactly that. A failure, and an embarrassment. Recently, I took to writing about it, hoping that simply having it written down would change my perspective. It did. I was looking for a job change,
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by hjay 13y ago
If you show an employee you value them, and not just the replaceable work that they do, they will probably be more loyal. If you show a customer you value them, and not just their wallet, they will probably be more loyal too. People wan
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by hjay 13y ago
I felt out of the loop not knowing what Discount Oakley Sunglasses was...until I got a spam comment from them just now. "This article made me become shiny. After reading this article, I learned a lot. I will follow your blog. I wish everyon
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by hjay 13y ago
A work of a harvest,accurately because of your hard writing, we can feel so much eudaemonia, learn more our own understanding of their. The world could be so great.... Apparently some of these bots can't even properly place spaces after com
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by hjay 13y ago
I too, struggle with a lot of this. I've seen people who just "sit back" when they are dissatisfied with the stuff that frustrates them at work. Problem with me is, I'm unable to do that. I DO enjoy the work I do, I DO recognize the value t
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by hjay 13y ago
oDesk does something similar, but something I like about their approach, is that they include the message in the email. There is a "Click to reply" button, but you can just reply to the email and it will reply to the message. Only benefit I
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by hjay 13y ago
I get where the domain name comes from, but are you sure the co-founder you're looking for is only "ok"?
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by hjay 13y ago
It's interesting you mention that. I remember just a month ago, seeing pictures of dogs in the offices at Palantir (on their website), and wondered if seeing that became the deciding factor for prospective employees.

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