tejay

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by tejay 9y ago
Thanks for the shout out. Most freelance platforms should be happy with ~20 hours/week of consistent work. One freelancer that mainly works with us at that volume had enough stability through Gun.io contracts alone to get a mortgage, w
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by tejay 9y ago
Thanks for mentioning Gun.io. I'd also add a recommendation to spend at least a third of the time you spend doing billable work in building up your own pipeline — regardless of whether you're using a freelance service like us or n
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by tejay 9y ago
Hi there - I'm the CEO of Gun.io. Shoot me an email at teja[at]gun.io. Our average rates on platform are 10x higher than that. In fact, that's why we started the business.
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by tejay 9y ago
I don't think this is terrible news for entrepreneurs. It forces more operating discipline in the earlier stages. And, I believe we could do with more discipline as an ecosystem. As long as there's growth capital around once the b
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by tejay 11y ago
CEO of gun.io here - thanks for the kind words :) we're not perfect by any means, but i'm happy to see there's love for what we're about!
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by tejay 11y ago
i work for a company that helps people find freelance work, and i agree 100%. i always say think about our site as the equivalent of a BATNA: always find work via referral, but we're here when you can't :)
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by tejay 11y ago
You're welcome at gun.io any time. :)
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by tejay 12y ago
really really sorry about that - can you email me at teja@gun.io when you get a chance?
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by tejay 12y ago
No doubt, the best freelance gigs are the result of close, pre-existing relationships. Easier said than done tho if you're just getting your start. Try using the sites mentioned within the thread - pickcrew, gun.io, etc. - these sites
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by tejay 12y ago
Much love :)
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by tejay 12y ago
yay Nashville! Affordable, centrally located, and has okay food.
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by tejay 12y ago
Wow, this is a great take on the classic infoproduct genre :)
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by tejay 12y ago
> my clients just contact me to small short projects, I want it to change What type of work are you looking for? Part of the problem is you're using freelance sites that have tiny gigs and force you to work within their platform. I
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by tejay 12y ago
Nice post. While I abuse caffeine, I manage to limit alcohol to a drink or so every few months. My completely unscientific take: I feel noticeably grouchier ever since I've started doing this, but the physical benefits have been pronou
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by tejay 12y ago
This appears to be an older post, but I think what the original author meant was that hard work alone isn't a sufficient condition for success (I'd argue it is a necessary one, though). The real answer is there probably isn't
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How to start a project (and complete it)(gun.io)
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by tejay 13y ago
As a Tennessean, I'm pretty proud of this. If you want a really cheap city to work in that still has a fairly sophisticated technology community, consider Nashville!
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by tejay 13y ago
i think the problem you've raised is that 'most significant accomplishment in your career' is too narrow, and i agree. 'what is your most significant accomplishment to date' is much more telling. pg is not hiring fo
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by tejay 13y ago
I dunno man. If you looked at the recent TechCrunch/VC exit data, your chances of 'exiting' with a VC funded startup are actually pretty bad. And that's what VC-funded startups are ultimately designed to do. I'd arg
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by tejay 13y ago
no doubt - thanks for pointing that out! i thought i had accounted for that, but maybe i didn't do so clearly enough! that said, you train hard every day? respect, but jesus, better you than me ;)
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by tejay 13y ago
not to nitpick, but there are other, dare I say, more important variables that you gotta consider as well - workout intensity being the main one. there's no 'correct' intensity - just like there's no 'correct'
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by tejay 13y ago
That's surprising. I feel bad for talented freelancers =/.
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by tejay 13y ago
What about profit-sharing instead of options/warrants/shares? We've found that it dampens the 'build-to-flip' mentality and lets us all enjoy the fruits of our labor while we're building the company, not afterw
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by tejay 13y ago
> If you agree that teaching people to code will result in more professional software developers, which seems reasonable to me, we'll have more of them and the cost of any one of them will be reduced. If I may disagree - you're
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by tejay 13y ago
If I lived in SF I'd totally jump on this. I was so productive in college because I lived right next to a gym and my dining hall had unlimited eating from 7am until 8p, every day.
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by tejay 13y ago
I really think Jobs could've been right at the time. But, Dropbox now is much more now than what it was once was. In fact, this is how most successful software companies get their start - right? They begin with very narrow product - a
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by tejay 13y ago
I am probably naive, but I still doubt the ability of the US Government or even the National Security State ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security#National_secu... ) to be tightly wound enough to advance togeth
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by tejay 13y ago
> Working remote is not all that it's cracked up to be. It took me several years of actually doing it to realize this. I love my job at this awesome company but if I could work onsite and still have my family here with me, I'd
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by tejay 13y ago
Much love :)
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by tejay 13y ago
Throwing Nashville, TN into the hat for similar reasons as other places listed in this thread (affordable living, good weather, etc). If anyone does head there, give me a shout. I'll put you in touch with some nice folks :)

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