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Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2017) on Saturday September 02, 2017 @03:20AM (#15154764)
SEEKING WORK - US / Remote

I'm a fullstack and Android developer with 3 years experience both in the industry and freelancing.

Skills:

- Node.js

- React.js

- Android

- Python

- Django

- Docker

- AWS

email: [email protected]

linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/tmidao

From what I read, I don't think OP knows. My dad came here on a J-1 visa as a student which meant my mum, my sisters and me came here on a J-2 visa since we were dependent on his visa status.

It took us 10 years of constant applying, thousands of dollars spent before we got our green cards. I still remember my interview because I got my green card in 2015 and it was the most invasive thing I've ever gone through. I still even remember all the interviews we had to do before we got our visas to come to America.

In my opinion, I don't think OP really knows how difficult it is to get to America in the first place as an immigrant. It's not as simple as the media makes it out to be.

Re:New Common Lisp website on Saturday May 14, 2016 @01:08PM (#11697044)
Ah I see. I guess I got confused somewhere. Thanks for the clarification.
Re:New Common Lisp website on Saturday May 14, 2016 @12:46PM (#11696920)
Can someone explain to me the main differences between a language like Common Lisp and Haskell?

I'm planning on learning on a purely functional language this year and I've narrowed it down to Haskell and CL but I don't know which to pick. Haskell has sort of been winning due to my friends knowing it and using it.

If you have any resources as well, please let me know. I don't know if this is the right place to post this.

I deleted the comments but it doesn't mean I'm not going to fight. I'm just trying to be civilized. Exposing the company could make things more complicated and I don't really want that.
Ok. How do I go about deleting comments? It seems I've missed the time to delete the comments.

I do agree with everything you've said though. I now wish I didn't mention the company but I guess it's too late to change that.

EDIT: I emailed [email protected] about deleting the comments. Hopefully that helps.

EDIT 2: seems like the comments are gone.

I should mention that I've managed to curb my addiction for the past year and a half now. Coming up to two years clean in December.
Thanks Krish. <3
I'm deleting the article tonight but I wanted to make sure people got the whole story and I didn't mention the company at all.

I'll definitely look into getting an internship gig and probably spend all of tonight and tomorrow applying for the software gigs that I think I'll be a good fit in. Still debating suing.

Actually I live in Indiana but very close to Chicago and commute to Chicago daily for work....well I did. My boss was from Indiana and I don't think he was either Christian or Mormon.

I see a psychiatrist and a therapist twice a week. Obviously they're are cutting into my runway but I figured it's worth it since I've been doing much better ever since I wrote the piece of writing.

You can read the piece of writing I wrote here: https://medium.com/@tmidao/confession-55fa5d4a3c0b

I'm always happy to clarify on any part that wasn't clear or you need more information on.

Ask HN: I was let go for writing about my depression. What should I do?

So this happened around the middle of October and ever since, I've been trying to process my mind around it. I wrote about my depression and shared it with others. I wrote it as way to sort of come to terms with things and let people know that they aren't alone.A couple days after I wrote it, I shared the piece of writing with a couple people on Twitter. I'm going to guess that my boss must...

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Ask HN: What to do on a gap year?

Tuesday would have been the day I left home and moved to college. But after thinking for a while, I realized that I was rushing a bit quickly into things. Going from high school to college within the span of 3 months was a bit too quick for me so I requested for my admission to be deferred.I now have a year to pursue the things that I want to pursue. The thing is apart from web development and...

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[1] I'm leaving highschool in june. I've heard it's much harder to make friends after high school.
I didn't know that was actually possible. I'm going to find out where to go on Monday after talking to my counselor. Just need time to think about things.
Would getting a transfer degree at a community college be better than getting an associates that ties in with the field I want to study? I intend on studying until I get my Masters but I don't know if I should go for an associates in something that relates closely to CS or get a transfer degree in science.
Where would I need to look for that? Also judging from your username, I have a feeling you are Nigerian just like me and I find that pretty cool.

Ask HN: Rejected from nearly every college. What can/should I do?

I'm such a failure. I was supposed to be the one. The first one to do things differently. The first one to go to college. The first one to lead my family out of poverty. Growing up I was bright but I don't know what happened. At the beginning of freshman year, I was two math classes ahead. It's senior year and I'm a class behind. I'm at the point where I'm killing myself of school and not being...

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Re:A Hackathon for High Schoolers on Sunday March 16, 2014 @08:41PM (#7412175)
really wish i could make it. sigh.
Re:135 new currencies at Stripe on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @01:07PM (#7219103)
I also as a Nigerian would like to know. If I charge someone in Naira, how does that work?
Re:She's a beauty and a geek: Supermodel is a coder on Monday January 20, 2014 @11:24PM (#7093427)
When I think minorities, I think African American and Hispanic. I grew up in Nigeria and I'm lucky that my parents decided to move to America where I picked up on programming. If there were more notable blacks in SV, I would have decided on programming sooner.

Non white immigrants to me are not minorities but I could be and I probably am wrong.

Ask HN: I want to learn Ruby. What do you have for me?

I know JavaScript fairly well but I want to learn another language. I'm pretty much set on learning Ruby but if you think I should learn another language, feel free to add your opinion.What books/websites/tutorials do you guys think I should have a look at to learn Ruby?Edit: I'm also looking to learning Rails and Sinatra in addition Ruby

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Oh. Sorry. I'm a bit tired and I'm a bit out of it. While I could make that much working full time, there are no jobs that pay that rate around here. Most jobs I've found around here pay minimum wage. The most I've found for someone like me pays $11.50/hr.
Does that really matter? At least it's something.

Ask HN: Is there a way I can make $10,000 before the end of December?

I want to earn $10,000 before the end of December. I'm a student and an app developer (iOS and Windows Phone). I took the fall semester off to do some more work but my apps aren't really making much money.My goal was to develop more apps which in turn would net me more money but I don't think it's a viable plan. I just want to make enough so I can get through school without any problems. That's...

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Ask HN: Room needed in SF

I got accepted to the MakeGamesWithUs summer internship in San Fran but I don't have a place to stay and I don't know anyone out there. I'm from the midwest. Being 17 kind of makes my situation a little tougher. I really want to go to the internship but finding a place to stay is my problem. I plan to be there for 4-6 weeks which makes my problem even bigger because I don't know if anyone will...

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