> I spent some time working as a consultant
Did you consult on your own or work with a company? If you were on your own, how did you find clients? I've got a business entity ready to go and am heading to meetups to try and network. What else should I be doing?
Any tips on how to get this off the ground? I've got the business entity set up and I'm going to meetups to try and network. What else should I be doing to land my first clients?
I've been laid off 3 times in the last two years, with the most recent just occurring recently. I've worked in tech for a little over 10 years now.The frequency and absurd reasoning for these layoffs is really getting old, and I'm sitting here wondering if I should just expect this every 6 months to 2 years working in this industry, and if so if I should switch career paths altogether.To be...
Lots of layoffs in tech these past few years.If the tech sector were to unionize, could that union be used to effectively push back and prevent any layoffs or acts of "doing more with less" via an aggressive PIP culture?
In a pre-COVID world, I used to have recruiters in my LinkedIn 24/7. Now I cant even get an initial interview when proactively applying to hundreds of jobs.Its a different job market we're in that requires more cleverness to be noticed.What tricks do you use to stand out and quantifiable increase callbacks / recruiter reachouts on your resume or LinkedIn?
As a runner, I would imagine anything that brings smoke into your lungs (assuming that’s how it’s ingested) would make them less efficient at gas exchange and consequently any aerobic exercise like running
Nothing against the stuff, just guessing it impacts performance
They manufacture basically everything and export a ton
We need more support for employees like this!
Lots of comments about the F150 Lightning but I feel like the Rivian is the real competitor for the cybertruck here. Different buyers
Isn’t he already at Microsoft? Or was that hypothetical
What if I’m the 5th messaging app? How do I get a place over the first 4? How does Samsung decide?
What if I’m the 20th or 50th? Do I deserve a shot? If not where is the cut off? How do I become a winner and not a loser in this situation as the first N shown will have a huge growth advantage
Does this mean I can get that money back? Who do I talk to/where do I go to do so? My bank? Zelle itself?
I feel like I’m stuck in a rut and I have nothing that I’m passionate about.I want to find a job where I feel fulfilled or at least a hobby that I get actively excited to do. Maybe start my own company based on the above.But I have no idea how to find that “thing”.When I was a teenager, I had a ton of excitement about specific things and the energy to go learn every little thing about them, but...
I take propecia to make sure those portals to the demon world stay _closed_
I’m an entrepreneur looking to start a business in the EU so I can sell to people in that market.
If location in a specific country doesn’t matter to me, what’s the path of least friction to getting long term residency and a business started?
the path of least friction to EU citizenship assuming my business adds value to the EU?
Do I need to _also_ set up an LLC in Florida to make this work or is my SC LLC sufficient?
If yes, do I need to do this in all 50 states if I want to do business with entities in each, or how do individuals acting as contractors handle that?
I feel like I’m stuck in a rut and I have nothing that I’m passionate about.I want to find a job where I feel fulfilled or at least a hobby that I get actively excited to do. Maybe start my own company based on the above.But I have no idea how to find that “thing”.When I was a teenager, I had a ton of excitement about specific things and the energy to go learn every little thing about them, but...
I bet you could get a really good price on them
This theme comes up time and time again on HN, has anyone attempted to solve this?
Who’s the new big community desktop distro?
What I’m asking, is concretely, day to day, what do these people do to move towards that?
What are the tasks they perform to get there?
Assuming we’re at a mid to large sized tech company, where these people are managers of others and do not directly run a product, what do these roles do day to day?As someone who’s been an IC their whole career I’ve never really understood what that looks like.I can tell that these people are extremely busy, and at the higher end even need people to schedule their calendars.But because I...
I’m going through a bit of an existential crisis and would love to understand more about what we know about our universe, how it works, and maybe even how things like quantum mechanics/physics play a role in thatI loved Neil Degrasse Tyson’s series on this, and want something that’s a little bit more in depthAlso, if anyone has found a reasonably good answer to calm themselves about the...
Have we ever built a working prototype/plant that does this?
I feel like a few years ago all the rage was that Amazon and other retailers were going to deliver things via drones, straight to your doorstepFood delivery companies as well seemed to be testing out robots that would bring your food to you albeit in a more sidewalk bound wayIts been a few years and I have yet to have a single thing drone delivered to my houseWhat happened to that alternate...