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Re:Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @04:29PM (#3212906)
Don't let it get you too discouraged- Leah doesn't last very long with any one project so you'll be fine in a few months.
Re:Amazon Won’t Pay Self-Published Author For Books It Mistakenly Gave... on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @09:39AM (#3210852)
It's got a ISBN along with the name.
Re:Growl fork maintainer banned from Growl mailinglist after fixing bugs on Monday November 07, 2011 @07:55AM (#3206058)
If you want to develop for iOS you have to use a Mac.
Re:Ask HN: Startup promised me a job, then backed out after the intern... on Sunday November 06, 2011 @03:58PM (#3203817)
Perfect link!

Take today/tonight to make a game plan. Identify companies on that list that you like, map them, and go out and talk to them. If you're "in the area" it's really easy to pickup a few coffee meetings and eventually one of them will lead to something bigger.

When you meet with them be completely up front about your situation in the US, but DO NOT dwell on why the last job offer failed. Talk about their company/products/space- show that you've done your homework. That should lead to discussions on your passions/experience and if you've researched them and they have a position open, great! If not it's perfectly ok to ask them about other companies looking for someone with your talents.

Edit Xtify is hiring in NYC and they're pretty awesome! http://www.xtify.com/jobs

Re:Slider.js: Slideshows with jQuery, CSS Transitions and Canvas on Monday October 31, 2011 @11:03AM (#3177580)
Agreed! Was more impressed with the nav, but that's probably because I'm on old hardware/slow connection so the slideshow was very sluggish for me.
Re:Arrington, Race, and Silicon Valley on Saturday October 29, 2011 @12:30PM (#3172190)
Is there a link to this specific anecdote?
Re:Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation? on Friday October 28, 2011 @06:18PM (#3170329)
It says it was headed to a scrap yard in Italy.
Re:Ask HN: Where exactly does wikimedia spend $28M+ this year? on Friday October 14, 2011 @04:25PM (#3112781)
Can we assume that Mozilla's software development is more technical than Wikimedia's software development? I think the only thing they have in common is that they're both non-profits.
Re:Monsanto chooses Cloudant to power its genome analytics on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:21PM (#3105735)
We don't discuss PR on HN. Public relations is beneath PG.
Re:CodeSprint: Apply to multiple startups simultaneously on Sunday October 02, 2011 @04:09PM (#3063870)
Why would you want to apply for that many startups, simultaneously? Seems to me like they would all be working with wildly different technology solving wildly different problems...

I don't know about you, but I want people excited working with me.

Re:Try Python, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, QBasic, Forth ... on Friday September 30, 2011 @08:33AM (#3056687)
Awesome work guys! Keep at it and I would love to play around with tutorials in the future.
Re:Oracle Calls Out Autonomy CEO on Thursday September 29, 2011 @10:26AM (#3052520)
This! We'll watch it on Chill.com and serve e-popcorn
Re:Introducing Amazon Silk on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @11:28AM (#3048330)
Does anyone have a link to the discussion about Amazon doing more tech-related disruption than Google?
Re:Anonymous Correctly Predict The De-listing $1B Company on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @05:53PM (#3045410)
"...based on the evidence in this report ,as well as information we have decided not to release, we believe Chaoda may face delisting."

Read: this report is bullshit.

Re:Anonymous Correctly Predict The De-listing $1B Company on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @05:45PM (#3045372)
How do we know Groupon isn't anon?
Re:Help, I’m on the IRS hit list on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @11:08AM (#3017838)
LOL. You know what the riots in Cairo were about, right?
Re:Obama's job aid plan - $10,000 to $13,000 in assistance for entrepr... on Monday September 12, 2011 @10:19AM (#2987361)
That's not true at all. SBA and SCORE offices help entrepreneurs all over the US get outside funding. Silicon Valley may have the largest numbers, but it doesn't mean the rest of the country isn't investing...
Re:Twitters new and blazingly fast interface on Friday September 09, 2011 @08:49AM (#2977893)
I've been using m.twitter.com for awhile since I have dialup here in the mountain house. New twitter wouldn't even load beforehand :(
Re:$200,000 from Kickstarter = 1 year of runway for Diaspora on Thursday September 08, 2011 @10:16PM (#2976501)
LUXr...LOL.
Re:Show HN: Codecademy.com, the easiest way to learn to code on Thursday August 18, 2011 @06:23PM (#2901395)
I like the idea. Did you borrow inspiration from www.tryruby.org ?