redspark

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by redspark 12y ago
Actually I would bet hiring on skill rather than personality, relationship with an employee and culture fit are responsible for more company kills than vice versa.
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by redspark 12y ago
this... You will end up throwing out much of the initial code, but use what you know in order to get in front of customers and collect feedback. Your customers don't care what language/framework is being used, they only care that
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by redspark 12y ago
How long does it take to receive the pdf? It has been almost an hour and am still waiting on my email with pdf attached.
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by redspark 12y ago
I was about to make a call to Jesus, and see how this could happen.
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by redspark 12y ago
Surprised this isn't a more popular response. Vagrant/Puppet for local development * this way every developer has an identical dev environment. Git for code versioning - Github/Bitbucket for repo hosting * each feature has a
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by redspark 12y ago
I suppose Shaggin' Wagon was already registered.
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by redspark 13y ago
Exactly, I am more efficient working remotely and not dealing with the BS, so I am not sure what it would take, but the result would not be worth it for the company hiring me. Why do so many operate under the assumption that remote worker
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by redspark 13y ago
Have never used it nor considered it. The driving force behind most of the new languages I have adopted; is a friend with experience who plants seeds, then can offer support and answer simple questions as I am learning. I have no friends t
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by redspark 13y ago
I would have them split the expenses. Seems like the fair thing to do.
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by redspark 13y ago
I went through the interview process with a major startup and was basically told the same thing. "You will get bored as a software engineer for our company. Looking at your past history, you are probably not a good fit for this posit
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by redspark 13y ago
SEEKING PROJECTS - Distributed Remote Team We have extensive experience implementing and teaching lean principles. We primarily handle backend work, but have a designer and UX guy at our disposal. We love analytics and customer feedback.
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Ask HN: Dev Team? Seeking Dev Team? (November 2013)
6 points by redspark 13y ago|1 comments
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by redspark 13y ago
so wait, your domain expired, you ignore the emails sent, then after the redemption period is over, GoDaddy legally sells it. Somehow they are the bad guy. I know that is an oversimplification, but do their terms and conditions say they gu
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by redspark 13y ago
Wow, I didn't even notice that I got that wrong.
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by redspark 13y ago
I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen? Photos -> http:&
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Captain American in a Turban(salon.com)
38 points by redspark 13y ago|17 comments
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by redspark 13y ago
offline networking, blogging, word of mouth = 90%
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by redspark 13y ago
A full pipeline with fun work and great rates. You might think about narrowing your question down a bit.
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by redspark 13y ago
Pretty cool. Much easier to drive when going offroad doesn't slow you down. :D
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by redspark 13y ago
I don't know of anything like that, but could definitely see a market for it. We do some of that in a consultancy masterclass I am part of, but nothing that organized.
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by redspark 13y ago
1. Pick a niche or industry you want to work with. 2. Get in touch with owners/managers in your chosen area. 3. Take them to lunch and discuss their business. Watch their face and when they show you a pain point, try to pinpoint the c
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by redspark 13y ago
If you actually read the story you would see that this happened in South Africa. USA may in fact be worse than Russia for gays, but your proof needs to be more thoroughly vetted.
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by redspark 13y ago
I think a class like Noah Kagan's "How to make your first dollar" would be good for you. There are problems all around us that need solved. Most people only want to solve the sexy problems, but find a niche that you know well and start doi
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by redspark 13y ago
Are you worried that if you tell HN what you are selling, everyone is going to want it and swamp you with sales? Tell us what it is and we can give you better information.
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by redspark 13y ago
If you work on a mac, I have had some luck with ScreenHero http://screenhero.com
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by redspark 13y ago
Have to totally agree. Looking right now for a house around North Denver. The search part of the equation is horrible.
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by redspark 13y ago
Are you a developer? Any good developer should recognize that encoding. :-)
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by redspark 13y ago
I have been waiting for this... :)
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Why aren't we serving rss feeds as json?
3 points by redspark 13y ago|4 comments
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by redspark 13y ago
would something like flippa.com fulfill this need? If not what features is flippa or others missing. On patent transfer, I am not familiar with that, but I would assume that process is much more complicated than transferring ownership of a

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