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by mtbcoder 11y ago
We can't since the OP would like us to first solve the "ageing problem" before anything else. But I suppose war wouldn't easily nullify your potential of advanced age if you close your eyes hard enough? Perhaps those liv
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There's still the matter of war and poverty to be solved.
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GWU is located in Washington, DC, which as far as I know, doesn't have "right to work" laws as neighbouring Virginia does.
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
Why the mistrust? The author did an entire career change after suffering her burnout. That's not a decision to take lightly and surely isn't emblematic of someone who is faking it. Furthermore, she indicated she was putting in 11
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
> Ideally a workplace should provide a way to develop people, a stable income and clear goals. This can only happen when you have a working, stable government that is investing in its citizenry, infrastructure, education, etc. What worri
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Expanding on your analogy, the issue is when you need to start using your free car to safely haul lots of freight across the country in a timely manner, over multiple routes all while providing sound, reliable fleet maintenance with a team
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
Rates will vary depending on the technical abilities needed for the project, the client's budget as well as the contractor's experience, location, etc. In SF, going rates will be higher than the rates of someone in Iowa, however,
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
> Within the post, in fact, I wrote that these tips apply to other CMSs and other development-related jobs you outsource. Exactly, your article isn't about working with Wordpress "experts" and does not really touch on this
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
I'm not sure what this has to do with Wordpress or Wordpress developers specifically. It seems a more apt title would be "some really broad tips on outsourcing development tasks." I'm assuming this is content for the sak
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"We end up staying at home instead of going out to do stuff because we're afraid others will think they're a loser." Perhaps a bigger contributing factor may be that many US citizens simply have less disposable income th
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> I'd rather spend my time reading content on an interface that I don't have to fight against (e.g. full screen overlay ads with a tiny x to close) RSS readers solved this problem a long time ago.
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
I'm not quite sure most Americans find it 'funny' but rather do these things more so out of fear. Fear of job loss, fear of missed advancements, fear of missing out, etc. This also seems to explain why Americans as a whole t
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
>> We don't need unions. In tech, labor does hold the power. This maxim may have been true 20, 30 years ago, but with an ever-increasing pool of STEM applicants, advances in automation and the juggernaut that is globalization, th
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In the Midwest, suburbs are designed and developed around the car and the "local shops" are generally located in a series of strip malls off the major roads. On the coasts and in denser populated areas, there seems to be a renewed
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>> I think you need to be passionate about the code you write. Passion does go a long way as does working on fulfilling projects, but even the most passionate person will get burned out putting in long hours week after week. Everyone
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
> "Startups don't fail because they run out of money, startups fail because their founders give up." I'm not really seeing any insight here. The physical economic limitations that the average start up faces is entirel
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> This is mostly because the consumer culture emphasizes people's imperfections in order to sell them products and services. You walk down the magazine isle of a bookstore and are bombarded with messages: you're out of shape,
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Decreasing perhaps, but it's being offset by natural gas, which is yet another hydrocarbon and comes with its own slew of hazards and problems.
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Education seems to be just one cog in the overall scheme of a functioning, productive society. Without well managed public and private sectors in place to take advantage of an educated, skilled workforce and economic policies which truly be
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
1) Spend more time with your family before it's too late. Call your mother, father and siblings more often. 2) Save, save and save more. Spend your money on things that matter (such as visiting your family more). I worry about the futu
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
I agree. Personally, my concerns with GMOs lie more with environmental factors (contamination of surrounding areas for example) and concerns about gene/seed patenting by "big agro".
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STEM fields are not immune to globalization, crowded market places, etc either. According to The Atlantic: "Far from offering expanding attractive career opportunities, it seems that many, but not all, science and engineering careers a
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
You don't have to use Django's class-based generic views either. Nothing wrong with just inheriting from the base View if you really want.
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
Location is a big issue for people who rely on public transportation to get to their places of employment. It's not always feasible to live far away from where the jobs are and not everyone can simply telecommute or otherwise work from
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> Choosing your own hours, working only on things you want to, setting your own salary based on how much you want to t work. I've said this a few times before, but to pull this off takes a tremendous amount of work, effort and luck.
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I'm not too surprised by this since car ownership is quite expensive over the life of the car. Combine that with the rapidly increasing costs of living, high rents, stagnate wages, etc and things start to give. Not to mention the overw
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Unfortunately, in this scenario, since a freelancer does not receive paid vacation time, they suffer 100% of the opportunity costs of missing out on billable hours as well as lost funding for things like retirement, paying for healthcare or
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The problem with freelancing is that you are essentially becoming your own company and shifting the burden of finding continuous work, as well as absorbing all the inherent risk of running a business, on to your shoulders. Given that there
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
Has anyone been able to successfully monetize check-ins? It seems that if it were that straight forward to monetize as you suggest, someone would have done this by now. Even Facebook's check-in system seems to have faded in popularity
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by mtbcoder 11y ago
> More options: - Go solo. As someone who has been 'solo' for a very long time, I have to heavily disagree with this opinion. Going solo isn't as simple or easy as what the OP seems to be implying. Going solo means you are

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