johnfuller

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by johnfuller 13y ago
If we are talking front-end, then Javascript is already the dominant language for EVERYONE (for the web anyways.) > Big brand names like GM, Yahoo, Dow Jones, Walmart and Dell have all deployed Node.js and are touting its merits. It&#x27
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by johnfuller 13y ago
The bottom line is that there is an infinite number of things to build and while software won't build these things alone, it's still a big component. Software didn't build the Space X rocket or the Google self driving car, bu
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by johnfuller 13y ago
> When the most frequent complaint you hear is “I wish recruiters would stop spamming me with six-figure job offers,” life’s gotten pretty good. As other have said many times here, a six figure job in some places is just enough to possib
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by johnfuller 13y ago
> 2) Engineers are paid way too much As others have commented, this is totally market, which is detached from the actual working conditions. Can 100K really be considered overpaid in the bay area? Or is everyone making much less than 100
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by johnfuller 13y ago
I imagine this could also be applied to startups running out of cash. Not only do you have the stress of all the implications of running out of cash, but getting more cash becomes the number one priority, over things that you would otherwis
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by johnfuller 13y ago
It's interesting to hear that hiring is cheaper in Boston than in Silicon Valley. I have always had the impression that Boston is also up there in the "crazy expensive" list of places to live. Maybe it's a savings from S
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by johnfuller 13y ago
So what? After 20 minutes the robot just lays there and does nothing? If that's due to battery life, then some of the real life partners I have been with had a far shorter battery life than that.
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by johnfuller 13y ago
Why would you need AI in a sex robot? People don't go to strip clubs for the great conversation. Though I suppose the AI is the difference between a sex robot and a sex doll. And I suppose any intelligence is better than faked or cleve
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by johnfuller 13y ago
Right, stay away from the "Bubba 2000" model unless you want to use him as an enforcer, twisted prank or house guardian. ETA: What? You find it annoying when my dog humps your leg? Just wait until you meet my robot.
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by johnfuller 13y ago
I wouldn't bother. Have them handle their own hosting. There are multiple possible traps with offering any sort of hosting services. 1. Look at the business model. Web hosting providers make a seriously small margin on their sales and their
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by johnfuller 13y ago
It's difficult for me to comment on something that you saw while in this room when I wasn't in the room, but I'm guessing that much of that had to do with the fact that the kid had actually put in the work and did the experimentation to bui
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by johnfuller 14y ago
An important item this article is missing is their definition of entrepreneur. In the Philippines in the area I live I can reach a dozen stores within a 5 minute walk. These are stores people run out of their homes. They generally have a ro
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by johnfuller 14y ago
Start traveling now and then apply for work while you are abroad. Do freelance work while looking for employment to generate income to get you by while traveling. In some places, like S.E. Asia you can get by cheap enough that you may not h
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by johnfuller 14y ago
I wouldn't. If you were able to receive one offer without looking then surely you can get another offer if you were specifically looking for another job in SF. Though it's good to love your job, it's also important that your time in your jo
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by johnfuller 14y ago
The easiest way to go for everyone is to work for the remote company as a contractor. Then you take care of your own taxes as someone who is self employed. In the U.S. if you don't have another business structure setup for doing contract wo
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by johnfuller 14y ago
I think another item to add to this is that some days that 4 hour day is going to be your ceiling and anything which creates yet more cognitive exhaustion is going to erode that further. For example, serious stress from having to hit a dead
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by johnfuller 14y ago
I have been freelancing for most of my time as a developer, and I have worked remotely for all of it. The one actual job I had as a web developer set the work week as 40 hours a week (8 hours a day.) This left me wondering if any developers
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by johnfuller 14y ago
If I feel like I'm being inefficient because I'm not meeting my estimates, it's not because of efficiency, it's because I'm really bad at estimating the time a project should take. Just like any other developer out there. There are a lot of
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by johnfuller 14y ago
One way you could do this and make it feasible to last forever would be to form a non profit to take donations and volunteers, build a P2P system and get enough of a fan base to keep it going. That way you would only need volunteers to main
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by johnfuller 14y ago
Networking is seriously important. It will be valuable now and for the far off future. It's the worst thing holding back my buddies at our small town back home. They don't know anyone who is successful and wouldn't have anything to offer a
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by johnfuller 14y ago
True, but if it's a bad cultural fit then you will probably quit anyways. If the new offer was good enough to quit your current job, then you were probably ready to leave anyways.
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by johnfuller 14y ago
I'm gunning for one of these, but I think I have to unseat Arnold first. Not an easy task. http://swordsedge.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kingconan2.j... Or, if you are a Dungeons and Dragons geek, you might be interested in the Throne o
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by johnfuller 14y ago
Great article. Cultural fit is very important. Someone who rubs the team the wrong way in an already stressful environment can spoil the whole batch. I think the article gets the idea of "cultural fit" wrong though. The problem is that work
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by johnfuller 14y ago
I think you would first need to define what a super power is in this world today. Then find the most effective book in that area. I feel the super power of today is the ability to sell because money is one of the most important raw material
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by johnfuller 14y ago
Casinomeister is an online casino watchdog with community forum for discussion. A lot of casino representatives post there and some of them are very open with advice and other things. I know of one member who was posting about his progress
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by johnfuller 14y ago
Some issues I have with this article is that he is projecting the future of automation taking over lots of jobs but he isn't doing much deep digging outside of that theme. He mentions that eventually all programming jobs will be outsourced