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HBO to Launch Standalone Streaming Service – WSJ(online.wsj.com)
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The Aereo Ruling(avc.com)
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by leknarf 13y ago
If we've ignored you, it's unintentional and I apologize. Ken and I (Andrew) list our email addresses on our home page. Similarly, every automated email we send comes with the reply address set to one of our personal email address
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by leknarf 13y ago
This is non-news for most hackers, but is actually surprising to people outside of the industry. The atlantic has a wide readership. A lot of people are having trouble finding any work. They'd be surprised that some people would find 3
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by leknarf 13y ago
Founder of Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ) here. We negotiate these sorts of deals for a living. We charge more for short-term trials (say 1 week), not less. Employers understand that flexibility is valuable and are often willing
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by leknarf 13y ago
Consider applying for an in-house job with a digital media agency or a dev shop. You'll get paid a normal salary while building up a portfolio of client work. If you work with a small team, you'll also get a chance to learn what s
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by leknarf 13y ago
Last year, we built this site: http://www.thecostofcarbon.org/ , which was part of a project for Al Gore's climate change non-profit. Currently, we're looking for devs for a company that helps museums keep track of
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by leknarf 13y ago
It's pretty much just the USA. In fact, most of our clients are looking for devs in NYC or the SF Bay Area, so even US devs outside those areas are on the waiting list.
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by leknarf 13y ago
This thread is weird if you're using the "Cloud to Butt Plus" chrome extension. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-to-butt-plus...
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by leknarf 13y ago
First, talk to people looking for developers. That part is fairly easy: just about any networking event in NYC has a dozens of people looking for devs. I don't know where you're located, but the same is probably true for your area
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by leknarf 13y ago
Online rent payment. Rent and taxes are my only regular expenses that aren't automatically deducted from my credit card or bank account. And even the IRS accepts online (albeit manual) payments. In fact, rent is the only reason I have
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by leknarf 13y ago
The US also has usury laws, which I found fairly surprisingly when I was just starting out. I previously thought usury was a strictly a historic crime, like adultery or eating bacon on the sabbath. But some people are very much offended by
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by leknarf 13y ago
Most of our clients have been in NYC or the SF Bay area and they usually prefer local developers. Even if someone is working remotely, it's helpful to be able to meet once a week or so. We're happy to take applications from develo
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by leknarf 13y ago
Sorry, it's US only right now. In fact, it's mostly local work (NYC or SF) so even US-based remote devs are at a disadvantage.
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by leknarf 13y ago
Great article overall. I particularly liked the three mistakes you pointed out: I nickled-and-dimed a client on change requests, alienating that client and making myself appear less professional. ... I would have been better served by her
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by leknarf 13y ago
We started Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ) as an Elance/Odesk competitor for precisely these reasons. Most of the people looking for developers on the big offshoring platforms aren't the types of clients we'd want t
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Recruit Engineers in Less Time(sequoiacap.com)
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Growth versus capital efficiency(versiononeventures.com)
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by leknarf 13y ago
In our case, the explanation is even simpler. Most of our work is for local devs, where the clients prefer to be able to meet the freelancer face-to-face occasionally. Even for a project where most of the work will be done remotely, kick-of
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by leknarf 13y ago
That's right for the customers side: it's a lot of personal networking and referrals. For consultants, we've had a lot of resonance with various social media channels. It's really nothing fancy or surprising, just making
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by leknarf 13y ago
Even with two technical co-founders (we're both developers), we're still following this strategy with Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ). With the exception of our homepage (which is a Jekyll site), we haven't written
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by leknarf 13y ago
SEEKING FREELANCERS - NYC or Bay Area preferred - Remote is okay Lambda is a talent agency for freelance developers and designers. We help you find clients, negotiate for higher rates, and take care of the business side of freelancing.
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by leknarf 13y ago
I've heard this suggestion before, but most of the professional freelancers I know do not spend a large amount of time working on nights or weekends. Why would they? It's fairly straightforward for a freelance developer to earn 6
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by leknarf 13y ago
Shameless self-promotion: I run Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ), which is a talent agency for freelance developers. We're essentially like odesk/elance, but we screen every developer on the network and we curate a short
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by leknarf 13y ago
Having visited the bay area from NYC, the point about travel time (1 hr on average) is useful. Before visiting the area, I had heard that things were more stretched out than on the east coast, but I still underestimated how much time we&#x2
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by leknarf 13y ago
That's interesting. I love to talk with you sometime about your experience with those higher priced jobs. I'm particularly curious about what kinds of clients are mosting higher price jobs on elance, since our experience has been
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by leknarf 13y ago
Most traditional recruiters charge around 20-30% of the first year salary. 10% of the first 2 years is actually a bit cheaper.
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by leknarf 13y ago
Our startup Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ) competes with both, but we're not the least bit concerned. I already thought of elance/odesk as being effectively the same, in the sense that they're both known as places
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by leknarf 13y ago
Yes, I strongly agree. You'd be better off applying directly. A machine readable CV just makes it easier for someone to match keywords. Those matches are almost always terrible. I.e., I see you have the word "javascript" on y
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by leknarf 13y ago
There's definitely a glass ceiling on developer salaries that tends to cap developer salaries at around 150k. That's problematic for the profession, given how early someone can max out his earnings early in his career. A proficien

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