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Re:Ask HN: Advise on CV, etc? on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @01:50PM (#13231580)
I use both
Re:Ask HN: Advise on CV, etc? on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @09:41AM (#13229432)
Thank you =) I'll send you an email now
Re:Ask HN: Advise on CV, etc? on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @09:41AM (#13229425)
Thanks, I really appreciate it =)

What's the best way to contact you?

Ask HN: Advise on CV, etc?

I've been unemployed for about 3 months and am about to be homeless. I've been applying for jobs for the last 3 months unsuccessfully. I'd really really appreciate someone with some knowledge looking over my CV and past cover letters to perhaps find out how I can improve things.Over the last couple of weeks I've been rejected at the application stage so I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong. I...

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Hm, I can't remember exactly what the condition is, but I know there is a situation in which they won't except PayPal because it's happened to me before. I think that might be if your order is under £10, or if you're collecting or something like that.
Not all users are equal though. Do you mean 100 free/trial users?

In general it's going to be much harder to convince 100 users to sign up to a $100 service compared to a $5 service.

It's also going to be much harder to get 100 users to sign up for a terrible product. Are you saying I could create a crappy MVP then pay $2,000 knowing that you'd probably only achieve 10 users max and then get my money back?

It sounds like you need a more complex metric than just number of users.

Ask HN: What do put on your public GitHub?

I want to polish up my GitHub as I'm currently looking for work. I currently have a few Repos on my GitHub, each with a number of forks as it's quite useful generic code - which is why I put it there in the first place.But I have a number of little apps I've built when testing new frameworks, etc. Not anything useful that would be forked, but perhaps employers would still like to see that on my...

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Ask HN: Is there still money to be made in ecommerce?

Just wondering what the consensus here is really.I've been involved with eCommerce for about 10 years now, and I've noticed that it's slowly got harder to compete with so many great general eCommerce stores like Amazon and so few niches that haven't got at least a few decent eCommerce stores already set up to serve it.I'd be really interesting if hearing if anyone here has started a successful...

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Re:Ask HN: I'm not seeing it anymore on Saturday December 10, 2016 @05:54PM (#13148375)
Thanks.

I've never been the best at getting consulting gigs. Do you have any advise beyond just browsing various boards for contract positions? I tried cold emails before without before too.

I'm actually looking for remote positions at the moment as I agree with the consensus here that would be preferable for me. However, I live outside the US so opportunities are much fewer. And even with remote jobs there is still an interview. My anxiety remains noticeably severe even over Skype, and my speech problems are also very obvious.

Re:Ask HN: I'm not seeing it anymore on Saturday December 10, 2016 @12:54PM (#13146847)
Oh, I'm sorry. I should have been clearer.

I'm not stressed about not being a millionaire or anything like that. I'm old enough not to be aiming, or expecting that anymore.

I just want something that's somewhat rewarding which can also provide a roof over my head.

Thanks for your comment.

Ask HN: I'm not seeing it anymore

I'm not sure what I'm looking for here, although I trust the advise this community has to offer more than most.It's 2 weeks until Christmas, and about 3 before I lose my house and almost everything else I have.I worked for 5 years with some company, and got let go on the spot. 5 years of my life, no one even said goodbye. I'm told that's normal.I've worked hard since I was 15. I've been working...

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