kindalost

Re:Ask HN: How do I manage the profit of a successful website? on Monday January 03, 2022 @11:00AM (#29782068)

Are you hiring?

Ask HN: Strategies to land a remote US job while not being US citizen?

Posted by kindalost on Sunday December 19, 2021 @09:08AM
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I'm not a US citizen, not living in the US, but I want to work for a US company, obviously for money as they tend to pay more. How do I achieve this? I've seen on this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29613382 that setting up an LLC would help, citing "set up a local LLC so that US-based companies can treat you like an independent contracting business. That'll make it much easier to...

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Re:Ask HN: I'm looking for a good book on the fundamentals of CS on Thursday December 09, 2021 @10:25AM (#29498361)

Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science, by Ronald Graham, Donald Knuth, and Oren Patashnik.

Re:Ask HN: Tips for a 30 year old trying to switch to IT/software deve... on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:25PM (#29386716)

I have thought about this approach (or finding a part time job), but it really depends on finding the right job to allow it. So still pending for now. Thanks mate.

Re:Ask HN: Tips for a 30 year old trying to switch to IT/software deve... on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:20PM (#29386666)

So I can live in lower cost of living country, invest most of my income and retire as early as possible. I know it won't be easy but some people did it, I want to try. If I fail I can always go back to something like my old job.

Re:Ask HN: Tips for a 30 year old trying to switch to IT/software deve... on Sunday November 28, 2021 @06:18PM (#29374271)

Thanks mate, will take those into account. Asked the question already, but is LinkedIn really worth it?

Re:Ask HN: Tips for a 30 year old trying to switch to IT/software deve... on Sunday November 28, 2021 @06:16PM (#29374252)

Thanks a lot, I'll look into it act accordingly, depending on the cost. Please excuse my ignorance, but does LinkedIn really work?

Ask HN: Tips for a 30 year old trying to switch to IT/software development?

Posted by kindalost on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:52PM
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Long time lurker here. Just quit my job and thinking about how I should go about it.Background: I have a degree in business administration, so not stem related at all. I have some money on side to live on for a around a year (more if I move back to my home 3rd world country). I consider myself tech-savvy (running Ubuntu then fedora for the last 10 years, build my own desktop).The goal: finding...

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