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So true, I've worked for agencies and clients that spent advertising dollars but still could not get individualized support. The only company that I worked with that had a dedicated rep was an agency that managed Nissan, Infiniti, and many other global brands. They just don't have the bandwidth to do individual support, which is why they direct to the FAQs.

Life is too short to do what you hate. Either follow your dream or you'll work for someone else to build theirs. You're in control.

As cliche as all of that sounds, it is totally true. I fired a bunch of toxic clients last year and don't have savings. Screw it.

That's exactly what I thought.

My favorite is a fictional one from "The Office" television show in the US. The one where Jim created a program that changed Dwight's name to diapers every time Dwight tried to type his name on his computer! I've been waiting for the chance to do a similar prank

Yes!

In addition to the great responses already...

Do your research ahead of time on the company and people. Check out their social media, etc. Ask if this is a new position or are you replacing someone. If you're replacing someone, ask how long they were in the job. Ask about turnover.

I was saddened to hear this when I woke up this morning. I've listened to his music my entire life and can't remember a time without him. Cancer sucks!

I agree - less things. Simplify!

Happy New Year to you, have a great one!

What an awesome gesture, thank you for your generosity and best of luck. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Los Angeles! May your code have no errors and your servers experience no down time!

My failure was not following my dream sooner. Once I realized this I fired toxic clients and got rid of toxic people in my life. Now I am back to actively working on MY dream, and yes there is less money involved right now. However, I've simplified my life and really reeled in the spending and it's working. I'm getting a lot more interest in my new project and funding is just around the corner - I fully expect first seed funding in Q1 2016. In the end you have to do what makes you happy and the sooner you do it, the better your life will be.

AWS and Rackspace are awesome. Scale up and down as you need.

Reading more books.

Your #1 is the same as mine. I don't know any of the others except for The Gift of the Magi, that's a good one also. I'm a huge fan of The Year Without A Santa Claus and this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfgVEk-mxQ

I know that's not what you meant but I love, love, love it.

Other than what you've listed we use Google Hangouts.

You're ONLY 24. I went back to college at 26, got a BS and an MS and have changed paths many times. Get that "no reason to live" nonsense out of your head and get it together. You have many, many years ahead of you. Like others have said, doors are shut only to those that give up. I agree - get a job and practice coding and build up your portfolio.

Yes, those of you that can should. I wish I could call my mother but I can only visit her grave.

I thought the same thing!

Subscribe to newsletters from Udemy, StackSkills, Stone River Academy, and the BGR Store. They often have specials where you can get a whole bundle of online courses AND there are several that have a project that you complete and can add to your portfolio. They've had deals where you can pick up 10+ courses for $20. I also echo the recommendation to go through the MIT or Stanford courses. Check out edX for many of those. As someone else said, it really never has been better. I even attended a free CSS3 tricks class from Noble Desktop earlier in the week. It was a gift for being a subscriber to their newsletter. It was live and they created a GoToMeeting for me and the instructor took my questions and paid me plenty of attention. Great free two hours of my time!

Good luck, you CAN do it!

That would be fantastic, especially if it was a high resolution and if it didn't damage the environment around it.

I've used my real name on every online forum since I've been online. I never like to hide behind a screen name and don't trust others that try to hide their true identities.

Have you seen this guy's solution?

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/13580-homeowner-gets-...

Pretty humorous but could lead to retaliation.

My most enjoyable is williseeashark.com and the point hasn't been profit as it's really a passion project. It looks at shark behavior along the California coast by compiling data from scientists, social media and fishing/whale watching boats. I have quite a bit planned for it in the future.

Why not both? Start your portfolio and freelance.

Perfect! Thank you for the reminder.

There are two things that clue me in - attention to detail and the ability to follow directions. I give a test that has explicit instructions and it works every time. The test has both math and non-math problems but is mostly logical. The questions are more broad so that I can see their thought process.

I also weed candidates out immediately in the job description by throwing in a sentence in the middle that instructs them to send their resume with the subject line "entropy" or some other key word. When I get emails with resumes I simply delete those that don't have the key word.

1. I make myself carve out at least 2-3 hours per week to learn something new. If I start reading/watching something that doesn't measure up to my expectations I "fearlessly ditch it" much like bklassen suggests with boring topics.

2. Choose what will be the most beneficial for furthering your current situation. For example, I'm currently focusing on learning more Python programming as it is necessary for an algorithm I am creating.

3. To keep myself creative, I've taken a hands-on art class (yes, my first one), read some mindless fiction, and did an online language course. I fully believe in broadening your experiences and exercising parts of your mind that you don't use as much.

Hope all of that helps, best of luck!

These boards are especially great for mushy days. Another great board is the 5'8" Sushi fish if you like shorter boards. I have one for the smaller, weaker days and it's a blast.

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Me too, I can't do it!