rhnoble

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by rhnoble 14y ago
10% might be a good rule of thumb if the old adage that "9/10 startups fail" is somewhat accurate. Is $100M the average exit though? Anyone have that data?
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by rhnoble 14y ago
I definitely don't want it to happen either. But from Facebook's standpoint it's not a bad space to start looking at. The reasons you listed above worry me as a consumer, but unfortunately the average user isn't as scrupulous. If FB made pa
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by rhnoble 15y ago
Same here. I'll pay $5 for almost anything, and I'm certain that if it's half way decent I'll get a lot more than $5 worth of value out of it.
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by rhnoble 15y ago
Jeez, good to know. As mfalcon mentioned, freelancing would be a good fallback, but you'd still have to talk about what kind of work you were doing etc.
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by rhnoble 15y ago
Is that still a thing? It's not like you'll be applying to law firms. I've found making yourself less available only makes your demand higher.
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by rhnoble 15y ago
Since when are most designers against "true" spec work? Anytime I hear something like "the possibility of future payment and work", I run away as fast as I can. That's the kind of "spec" work the design community could do without. Crowd-sou
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by rhnoble 15y ago
I love Masonry so much. I want to marry it.
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by rhnoble 15y ago
I use J/K to browse so much that I sometimes forget it's not built into all websites. "What do you mean I can't hit the letter "O" to open that link??"
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by rhnoble 15y ago
Not to mention keyboard shortcuts! Navigating with my keyboard seriously saves me tons of time everyday.
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by rhnoble 15y ago
I agree "Programmer" is a sufficient job title, but my favourite "alternate" title I've seen anyone use is "Technical Enabler". It says "I use technology to solve problems and create value", which I think is very apt most of the time. You m
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by rhnoble 15y ago
I didn't think much of the video, but I liked the "Interactive Transcript" widget on the right side of the video.