zerobrainwash

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by zerobrainwash 1y ago
Apologies, I meant Ukraine war, should have been more clear, it is that simple there.
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by zerobrainwash 1y ago
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by zerobrainwash 2y ago
Congrats from a fellow braliukas on producing such a great movie!
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by zerobrainwash 2y ago
Yeah, it’s a silly segway. The team could have moved somewhere “safe” at any time before the acquisition lol. I’m from the Baltics as well, we are not moving anywhere from our land, photo editing features can wait.
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
Relieved to hear I’m not the only one. I always blamed myself for not understanding it deeply enough. But admittedly, it is a shit snow and the most frustrating part of development.
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
Been there and there is no easy answer. Personally, I’ve tried switching jobs, doing new hobbies on a side but it was not enough. I’ve burned out much deeper than 1-month vacation or a new job, doing essentially the same, could fix. In the
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
Thank you for sharing this! Planning to embark on a similar adventure and having some fears, this is reassuring.
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
Nice! What kind of consulting and where would you suggest to look for these guys? I’m EU based.
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
Thank you! Any advice on where to find those? Is maritime experience required?
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Ask HN: Adventurous IT Jobs
3 points by zerobrainwash 3y ago|6 comments
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
What about short-term stays? Is it usually only as a visitor, or there might be volunteering opportunities?
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by zerobrainwash 3y ago
Does anyone know how to get a foot in the door for jobs in places like this? Not necessarily Antarctica, could be Greenland or other remote, harsh places. I am a regular software engineer from the EU, would be over the moon to pursue someth
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by zerobrainwash 4y ago
Such a great comment, absolutely agree and going into "construction" is indeed the remedy for the bleak worldview. We truly do live in amazing times but it's also overwhelming.
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by zerobrainwash 4y ago
Great, thank you for the insightful response! I’ll think about it more. I’m reading the Dune right now coincidentally, the observation about fear is very interesting.
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by zerobrainwash 4y ago
Could you expand a bit more about what you mean about hiding insecurities? Are you hiding them from yourself, or from others? I am reading this as learning to deal with your insecurities but not sure if that's what you mean. Do you hav
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by zerobrainwash 4y ago
In my experience layouts is consistently the hardest and most important part of CSS. I’ve tried to master it and am pretty good but still struggle sometimes. So simply creating smaller prototypes to see how a certain layout should be implem
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by zerobrainwash 4y ago
I’m very bad with selling, or at least I think so. I also associate it with sleazy car salesmen but I realize there’s much more to it. Do you have any resources to recommend?
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by zerobrainwash 4y ago
I see, thank you! That’s what I thought. So keep doing and showing good work, the rest will come.
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Ask HN: How to find clients in the US?
3 points by zerobrainwash 4y ago|4 comments
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by zerobrainwash 12y ago
I personally started low, competing on price and earning 2 dollars an hour, if that, after all fees and all hours that came into building something. This is because at a time I also had to learn a lot. However, I still did my best with each