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Re:Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions on Thursday January 11, 2024 @10:17AM (#38953320)
I do not perceive transactional relationships as a tragedy. It's the best feedback loop there is.

You achieve the goals that are aligned with the business - business pays you.

I've been a contractor for 10 years and never took a dollar unless the goal is achieved. Ended up getting full-time position as a head of engineering hefty compensation by one of my clients.

Re:ChatGPT for Teams on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:51AM (#38952910)
no training on API as well. I integrated it with Telegram over a year ago. For convenience rather than for cost savings. Been paying $2 per month on average ever since. And "No training on your data" is included.

Ask HN: Would you pay for a good RSS TTS reader?

I like listening non-fiction audiobooks. There are a lot of pro-s comparing to text books, but this is not the main topic. What matter is that there are a lot of people who prefer audiobooks, judging, at least, by audible.com scale.Why on earth there is still no service for articles TTS reading? There are some ways around, like Pocket app, that has terrible TTS functionality and some other apps...

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Re:Ask HN: Can Freelance be free? on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:37AM (#17082729)
How can i find such people?
Re:Ask HN: Can Freelance be free? on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @11:35PM (#17079838)
can you tell more about this? What exactly do you mean by "brokers"?

Ask HN: Can Freelance be free?

I think pretty much everyone here is aware of the nasty things Upwork does. High fees, totalitarian policies, sudden suspensions and just marvellous support.Essentially, it's highly regulated labor exchange, with centralised authority. They CAN instantly ruin your career, or at least incapacitate it for a long time by just banning you and forbid to create another account. May be they will...

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What do you watch at morning?

Tldr: i'm looking for daily ~10 minutes-long videos about business and tech, very intensive and positive like Techcrunch, intellectual and without business-training-ish bullsh*t.I used to listen to various podcasts, but sound-only sources are usually too calm - doesn't set the right rhythm for a day. And the most intensive business-ish podcasts i know contains a lot of useless demagogy, which...

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