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In my experience if you need to convince them its not a good fit. An employer needs to embrace remote work as part of the culture for it to work well...in my opinion.
a primer on design principals, which imo has some design-fails of its own. at least when viewing on mobile
i’m curious why the internal tools would fail testflight beta review. i had an app fail beta review, but was still able to distribute with testflight after explaining to the reviewers it was for internal use only...
for some reason this strikes me as spectacularly unnecessary
oh geeeeez that’s right! thx for the correction
if they use the curl binary so they have to disclose their source code? i could see using libcurl triggering the clause...but the cli tool?? i must misunderstand gpl :(
i have lot count of the number of browser projects that positioned themselves as an alternative to XYZ existing product. not saying it doesn’t happen (chrome) just that there are often several attempts made that rise and fall quickly. adding cryptocurrency may be an interesting spin...but in the end it’s just a spin and the core loop is not much different. best of luck to them!
We offer a whiteboard for the onsite if it will help a candidate communicate comfortably. Narrative is totally fine, gesticulations, metaphors, interpretive dance, whatever means of communication works to get the point across. We send out a small HW assignment before an on-site, after a phone screen. Not all candidates enjoy it, some expect an algorithm driven whiteboard experience. Our process delivers for us, and we tend to naturally attract a good culture fit as a byproduct.
In practice we do end up at a board day to day explaining ideas and so on, and everyone seems more than comfortable (with the exception of handwriting insecurity).
Interesting solution! Aside from the glue component selection and placement, how does this stack up against an autorouter, like you find in a package like altium?
One aspect of board layout is maintenance/testing, so like test points and such and another is fit/finish for integration into a product (switch and button placement, etc). Does the system allow some guidance around placements?
First, congratulations on growing your business to this point! Most don’t make it that far!
Second, to echo some of the advice here, networking really helps. You likely have some connections at shops that do something similar and may be able to strike up a relationship with leaders and bring it up organically.
Another route is to identify your “best”/“most dedicated” client and approach them about bringing your services in-house. Depending on the nature of your business this could provide this client a diversified product offering if there is some synergy with their core competency; worked for us.
Regardless, best of luck!!
I love slack, and I also love open source alternatives to services I value! It’s not likely we will move off slack any time soon...however I greatly appreciate having innovative options! Looks great, keep it up!
That’s a pretty neat strategy. Elm really brings a lot of cool (and fun) sugar to dev flows. I’ve been looking for a reason (project) to use it in so I can transition from an enamored fan-person to a true evangelist :)
I try to encourage everyone to define a contract, code to that contract, and update the contract when it is no longer accurate. The exact nature of the contract is contextual, sometimes a schema, sometimes a well documented comment header or perhaps a project README.
A lot of great advice in these responses, advice applicable to anyone feeling stressed at performing the duties (perceived or otherwise) of their role/vocation.
I echo those who emphasize taking steps to avoid stressing out, and also those who advise considering other roles where your degree could come in handy.
Also, roles that have nothing to do with tech. Something excites you; take a swing at it.
I love the “ancient tech” topics :) as time marches on I tend to think “...wow...I used that!” BBS, Gopher, and other tools which are still (maybe not commonly) used like Pine and Lynx are a few items that come up in conversation that prompt a sense of wonder in me. Things have come a long way since I first started to dabble...and I’m not even “that old”!
a swing-and-a-miss is still a swing...something few people are willing risk! best of luck on the next leg of the journey
Ha! Referencing your own tweet, from earlier this month. Awesome!
I disagree mostly. I’m pretty full stack from UI down to circuit design, but that’s after almost 20y in the business.
AutoCAD has a MacOS build, last I checked.