jbuss

Location: MN, United States

Remote: Yes, remote only please

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Android, Java, Kotlin, etc

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessedbuss/

Email: jessebuss08 [at] gmail [dot] com

Hello- I'm an Android engineer with over 8 years of experience, the last 2.5 years at Square. I'm looking for a remote role.

Location: MN, United States

Remote: Yes, remote only please

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Android, Java, Kotlin, etc

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessedbuss/

Email: jessebuss08 [at] gmail [dot] com

Hello- I'm an Android engineer with over 8 years of experience, the last 2.5 years at Square. I'm looking for a remote role.

Thanks! If you (or anyone else reading) want a study plan for free, fill this out out https://chessgoals.com/contact-us/, mention HN, and we'll send you whichever one you want.

I co-run a blog[0] that gets a few hundred hits a day. We sell a handful of products per week at $40 a piece.

[0] https://www.chessgoals.com

I work remotely for a company in Silicon Valley. I worked on site for 2+ years before that.

I work 40 hours a week, no more, no less and I have good performance reviews. I think the trend for programmers is to work 40 hours a week and have a balanced life. There is tremendous pushback against working 50 or 50 hours a week lately, and I'm thankful for that.

I played the classical game on lichess.

Here's some data collection: https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/

Here's a blog post along the same line from a few years ago: https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-rating-compariso...

Yesterday I played a classical game vs an opponent rated higher than me and lost. Afterwards I analyzed the game in a lichess study, and my opponent was nice enough to share his thoughts in the study. It was an awesome experience. There are great parts of the community as well.

Lichess is an excellent website. Open source[0], truly free[1] and provides an amazing UX. Lichess is a true gift to the chess community.

[0] https://github.com/ornicar/lila [1] https://lichess.org/features

Hadn't considered that. Are there others you would recommend?

Using a chrome extension[0] to block social media sites during work hours.

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-site/eiimnmi...

I have worked remotely for just about 1 year right now. This answer may not please you, but I became remote by starting on-site for the company I now work remotely for.

After about 2 years of working in the office I told my manager that I would be moving to another state and that I was interviewing for remote positions. I also said I would stop interviewing if they gave me the ability to work remotely, which they did (and I was very, very happy to stay). It is going to be difficult to find your first remote job, but this is how I did it.

I've never thought about it that way, nice perspective

The behavior itself is in a moral gray zone. I wouldn't feel good about myself at the end of the day if I made money preying on people going bankrupt. Morality aside, it is bad advice because it isn't feasible to do that in today's world, and it isn't a valid career track. To me it sounds like he's selling a get-rich-quick real estate scheme in an infomercial.

I found "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" to be horrible. He said he built a lot of wealth by camping outside bankruptcy lawyers' offices and buying the houses from people filing for bankruptcy for super cheap. Then he'd turn around and sell them for full value. He seems like a total charlatan.

> these slick guys come in and take all the credit for the work of the engineering and design teams.

The PMs that take all the credit are bad PMs. The best PMs I've worked with do a ton of behind-the-scenes work and give all the credit to the team. Having a PM that takes care of...

> analytics, user feedback, market trends, business concerns, etc.

..will boost productivity for any engineer or designer.

Here is a lot of them https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...

It's pretty minimalist in terms of design, which was the intent of the post I believe

The plan is to go once per quarter for a week. We try to plan it around product kickoffs or team (for fun) off-sites.

We don't do a ton of pair programming at our company, but yes I have definitely used it. Very helpful!

I joined my startup 2 years ago on-site. After my wife and I had a baby it became very difficult to live in the bay area. Housing is obviously ridiculous there and I had to live an hour away from the office. I told my manager that we would be moving and I was interviewing for remote jobs. They ended up allowing me to work remotely, and I have been for almost two months now.

The whole transition has been much smoother than I could have ever imagined. My team relies on slack so I definitely feel just as connected to everyone. We do regular video calls on Google Hangouts, and even have a robot[1] that makes daily standup fun and convenient for everyone.

I feel like I am able to focus for longer periods of time being away from the office. There are no distractions to play ping pong and interruptions are fewer and farther between. I also have much more time since I'm not commuting ~2 hours a day. I have time to spend with my wife and 1-year-old and I have time to go to the gym. I feel much more well-rounded as a result and I feel like I'm a better father and husband, and a much better employee. Overall, I think my output has gone up and my productivity has increased, though I have no data to support it.

[1] http://www.doublerobotics.com/

SEEKING WORK

Southeast MN - Remote OK

I've been an Android Engineer for ~2 years for a startup in San Francisco. I am working full time right now but am willing to fill another 10-15 hours in the evenings/weekends if the opportunity is right. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessedbuss

That's awesome! I'd love for you to give some more details if you could. Do you sell the app or is it from ad revenue? What sort of app is it?

Location: San Francisco, CA. Looking for work in Minnesota or remote

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes (to Minnesota)

Technologies: Android, Java, C#

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0RcsZE6tP-Ka0NsYVVHSTlfWTQ...

Email: [email protected]

Works for me in chrome.

It's not necessarily bad, but "best" books should be judged on rating, not recognition. With this rating system a book with 1000 reviews rated at 3.5 stars would score higher than a book with 500 reviews rated at 4.5 stars.

The Goodreads top books list is just a popularity contest. People vote for the books they recognize.

There will always be people willing to pay more for a better developer.

Here's a live stream: http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed/