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Re:Ask HN: Should I quit my job and start up? Need Advice on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @04:18AM (#11244266)
This is was I was thinking.
Re:Ask HN: Should I quit my job and start up? Need Advice on Monday March 07, 2016 @02:50PM (#11241126)
Generating $2k a month might take anywhere between 6 months to a year. There's always some possibility to fail, but that's what starting up is all about. I currently have enough savings to keep me going for next 3 months. Paid most of my savings towards downpayment for my apartment.

Ask HN: Should I quit my job and start up? Need Advice

I've almost decided to quit my Job and start something of my own. I currently make $48k a year and it's pretty good amount in India. I currently need to make at least $2k monthly to pay for my house mortgage and personal expenses.What are the options to make decent side income? Should I take up a part time/consulting job? Can I find any remote jobs which can pay me $2k a month? Need...

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Advice needed, Mid-Life crisis

I have been with my current company for more than 5 years now and currently I'm working as a Director of Engineering (I'm one of the early employees). I make around $40k salary and I have $300k in equity as well (I live in India and $40k is decent money here, though I've got offers for $150k in India) . Right now, I think my career isn't going anywhere and I don't see any personal growth in the...

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Ask HN: Need Idea for a product

I have pretty good idea about emberjs, node/express and now I want to build something which helps me in learning these skills better. I've got an idea to build a Hosted Status Page but a real-time one. If the status is updated, there's no need to refresh the page to see the update.Before starting on this, I wanted to ask fellow HN members whether they have a better idea to which I can implement?

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Ask HN: Depressed Engineer again needs help

Almost a year back, I asked for suggestions because I was depressed (read here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5723330). I tried following advices which I got but that didn't help much. Other than a better role, nothing much has changed (no hikes for 2 years now). Now, I've kinda decided to move on. The only reason which stops me from moving on is I'm attached to the company and few...

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Re: Depressed engineer looking for advice on Friday May 17, 2013 @10:21AM (#5724491)
Thanks for taking out your time and replying here.

Fresh out of college, I joined a BIG company. Didn't like the work/culture there, so joining such company is out of question. I can be happy here, and will try conveying to company owners what I've been feeling lately. I'm very bad at this, but I've to give it a shot. :)