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Of interest to me is if this trend will or even is still continuing now that we don't rely on the slow communication and transportation methods of the past. I'm currently working for a company slightly past "startup stage" with a bunch of smart people in as rural a location as you can get in the North East and we constantly fly out and teleconference with big partners and clients in San Francisco without much or any net price/hassle if you factor in all the cost/time/stress savings of our location.
Add exercise and you got it.
Re:New RFS – Breakthrough Technologies on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @10:03PM (#7433361)
Really great question...I'm hoping someone chimes in here.
Good rule of thumb in gave development: assume people don't read anything...literally, anything.

That said, I thought the goal was pretty obvious as well.

Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected on Saturday February 22, 2014 @02:28PM (#7283224)
You can still vaporize and eat edibles.
Re:Colorado Pot Tax Proving More Lucrative Than Expected on Saturday February 22, 2014 @02:26PM (#7283218)
As far as easy to grow, I don't know, I don't have the greenest thumb in the world, but it's been pretty darn hard for me. Then if you start talking about real quality, as far as I've seen from some documentaries, it requires a lot of dedication and knowledge to get the kind of quality that I'd smoke consistently.

I guess my point is, practically speaking, I see 99% of people still buying it even if it's totally legalized and not taboo.

Re:Becoming A Software Consultant: My Backstory on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @01:55PM (#7179496)
Your comment implies that "divine intervention" has little to do with it, but I would argue that he was at the right place, at the right time, with the right passion, and then did a lot of hard work that could have easily turned into nothing (financially), but just so happened to turn into something. He implies that he was close to working in a cube farm himself.

Just supplying the more jaded view here...coming from someone who has tried to take his skills into the freelance market for a few months and is now going back to the cube farm. :)

Re:Ask HN: Stackoverflow Careers – what does "remote" mean? on Friday January 31, 2014 @05:14PM (#7159530)
Yup, North East USA, applying all over the country.

Ask HN: Stackoverflow Careers – what does "remote" mean?

I'm living in the middle of nowhere right now, and thought I might try finding remote work instead of relocating. So I'm applying to a bunch of supposedly remote jobs on Stackoverflow where I meet or exceed the qualifications, and I'm hearing crickets. I haven't had problems finding on-location work in the past. Even when I was right out of college, at least I got responses even if they were...

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Re:Ask HN: Find new job while winding down startup. on Sunday January 05, 2014 @01:23AM (#7014842)
Oh, all the co-founders are in the same boat...everyone knows it's sinking :-)

I've heard contract work takes longer to land than full-time, so I'm leaning towards the latter...any advice on quickly finding contract work?

Re:Ask HN: Find new job while winding down startup. on Sunday January 05, 2014 @01:19AM (#7014835)
"In interviews, coming from a startup is going to be a red flag for larger companies."

I'm a little worried about that, yes...in my case, my startup has permanently burned away any desire to attempt one again...nothing more I want to do now than focus on code and let other people make the big decisions...I'm hoping that comes through...maybe not that fatalistically :P

Thanks for your reply.

Ask HN: Find new job while winding down startup.

So my startup is winding down over the next month or two and I'm still officially associated with it. But, I have to start looking for full-time work now because of my financial situation.Has anyone been in a similar spot? Are employers a little hesitant seeing that you're still an officer in another company? What if my company was (well, is) technically a competitor?I can't afford to wait...

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