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How would you be able to network as effectively as you do now, if you were outside the valley?

I'm in a similar situation to yours with similar numbers now. Just curious, what technology are you using? I'm on Rails, outside the valley, but my clients are inside. Ironically enough, 2 years ago I was working for $500/week, and working twice as hard as I am now

Start breaking their code and not telling them.. Be the real life version of Netflix's Chaos Monkey

http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/chaos-monkey-released-in...

this is surprisingly cool.. I need lawyers with international specialization though.. as soon as you guys hit this, i'm on board

what does "on your own" mean..? something I just want to putz around with, or does something that I'm hoping to start a company around qualify?

what do I get beyond google voice for these prices?

very very nice!

Why do you need to access my connections, and send messages and invitations as me? http://d.pr/i/Ikf2

Not signing up..

whats an example of a signaling server that could be used with something like this?

a time machine

apologies.. I completely inverted the meaning of your comment... and yeah, I think the other commenter is right.. the second line would be an appropriately sarcastic response if it actually said what my brain interpreted it as.

That said, given the number of upvotes, it seems like a ton of people misread your comment as well.. quite interesting...

is this US centric? or applicable to EU audiences as well?

I agree... but the "best" doctor is also 5k miles away from me, and out of my immediately budget, since insurance doesn't cover it.. so.. I'll settle for "effective"

I suffer from a cross disciplinary illness, in which very few doctors have experience (because it doesn't fit into one of the major well defined specialties). You can't imagine how happy it makes me when a doctor tells me "I have to go look that up", as opposed to.. no.. there's nothing to worry about, you're just imagining that, or whatever

this seems way cooler to me than the ones that use visual input.. looking forward to the dev kit!

I'm more of a web dev than mobile, but have been diving into Titanium for a week now. Looks slower than developing for the web, but web skills are directly transferable over to building in Titanium, which has its pluses. And since its all JS, that helps too..

Looks nice! How did you develop this? Was it in each native language, or through something like Titanium?

Considering this now, Singapore or Hong Kong

maybe cause some things are more important than money?

hope that means I have job options for another decade

I'm not saying the contrary.. but I'm a dev, an engineer (the real kind), and also a scientist.. I know how amazing entities in the US are at those fields, but I've also seen how well places outside of the US can keep up right behind. I think the legislation in the US has helped it keep is head start in alot of ways, as the environment just isn't up to par in many countries. But as far as raw skill of individuals goes, there are many many outside of the US who can keep up, or completely blow us away in all of those fields

I did not know this existed =| Seems like alot of companies are definitely jumping on the bandwagon now

I'm going to confess.. we Americans (I use the term "we" loosely..) often have a tendency to think that we're the center of the world, and everyone else out there on earth are no more than a bunch of barely literate savages, that at best, we have the divine obligation to go bomb, liberate, and introduce to democracy, freedom, and God. And our media reinforces this belief, so.. why consider otherwise. From the age of 4 years old, we're drilled with the doctrine of "We're #1!!" and hold our right hand over our hearts every day before school, and recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag http://www.wvsd.uscourts.gov/outreach/Pledge.htm

(my gf thought I was making this up)

So yes, there is a cultural barrier. No, its not fair.. neither is life. I hate it, and even as an American, its still a struggle for me to find remote jobs. But you know what? honestly? screw them. Money talks in the new age, and the rest of the world is catching up very very quickly

Oddly enough, I'm an American developer outside the US working remotely for a US company.. I'm going to be starting my own company soon (as soon as we wrap up this funding agreement) and will focus uniquely on hiring remote (distributed) developers. As you've said, there is a ton of amazing talent outside of the US, and its actually a win/win by hiring remote. I will consider it as a competitive advantage until all of the "leading edge", "innovative", and "groundbreaking" companies out there in SV decide to catch up

sorry, do you mean chef server is better, or this looks better?

Confused... is this an alternative for chef server?

this looks nice, but i'm confused.. how do i actually use it on my webpage?

> not when jobs need you more than you need the jobs.

THIS!!!!

you hiring?

Definitely want to know about your toolset.. would like to structure my new startup this way. What are you using for making and hosting screencasts?