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Available for hire. Reach me at: contact(at)ayoubelk(dot)com
It's been pretty helpful for us moving our analytics queries from mongoDB to clickhouse.
Going through tough times sucks, but it's extremely helpful to keep in mind that it will eventually pass.
Stay strong.
In order to be able to land high paying projects as a consultant, you would need to showcase your skills somehow (open source, portfolio, etc...). This can happen later on though and as a start the easiest way would be to ask for referrals and make it known to your network that you're looking for consulting opportunities.
Making this transition though would imply that you'll need to think about it as a business instead of a job, and start cultivating new skills i.e. communication, marketing, sales, etc...
Work wise, I've tried many chairs, which evidently were not all the most ergonomic, but what I noticed was that it's mainly caused by weak core/back muscles.
So I just want to mention that an ergonomic chair wouldn't be a solution by itself if you're in the same situation as me, strengthening your core should be a very important thing to take into account as well.
I could have:
- Picked a better hostel to stay at
- Backed up my data properly to minimize damage if it eventually happens
- Been more wary of other guests (99% of them were cool people but you still need to be aware of who's there with you)
- I used filevault, but forgot to enable find my device
I used all of my savings to go on an extended trip to Asia, the idea being that I'll travel around, work on my own projects, and do some freelancing to cover my expenses.
Things didn't go as planned though, I got robbed in the hostel I was staying at and lost my macbook. Eventually I decided to cut my trip short and go back home where I started freelancing (which I'm still doing currently) and I would say it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
For local news, if something is important I usually end up knowing about it through friends/acquaintances.
1. Don't automatically click on short links. There are plenty of url expanders online that you can copy & paste the link into that will tell you where the link goes.
2. Be very carefully clicking on links you don't already trust. That doesn't mean they are all malicious, most aren't. Just use your judgement.
3. Use https whenever possible. Things like banking sites & anything your are entering your banking info into or social security number etc; should always use https, no exceptions. Otherwise it's possible for hackers to monitor your traffic & steal your info. Look for the "https everywhere" extension. It's available on Chrome & Firefox & maybe others.
4. Watch the end of the url (the .com, .org, etc;). They're called Top level domains (TLDs for short). Government sites will always end in .gov, Military is .mil .org is generally organizations, .biz is for businesses .com or .net can be pretty much anything else. Two letter TLDs are generally for countries, .us is The US for example. There are also special ones like .bike for bike shops. There used to be a whitehouse(.com) that targeted people who didn't realize it should be .gov & when they clicked on it, they were redirected to a bunch of malicious sites that downloaded & installed malware without their knowledge.
5. If possible avoid using sites like banking sites in coffee shops/restaurants or anywhere else where you don't know you can trust the wifi connection like at home. Hackers sometimes create fake (but working) wifi networks hoping people will connect to them thinking they are the one setup by the business & when people connect them they can see everything users do & steal any data they send like login info for websites they visit. If you must use them there at least use something like tor to hide & secure your traffic from potential hackers.
Incredible achievement!
Can you speak about what it took to achieve this? (required knowledge, process, etc...)
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Not at this time
Technologies/Skills: Codebase architecture, Javascript/NodeJS, ES6, ReactJS, Cloud infrastructure, Rest APIs, Microservices
Resumé: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11hK8rX3lVSHGTbPamwPxw1wV342...
Email: (Check the resumé)
Technologies/Skills: Codebase architecture, Javascript/NodeJS, ES6, ReactJS, Cloud infrastructure, Rest APIs, Microservices
Resumé: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11hK8rX3lVSHGTbPamwPxw1wV342...
Email: (Check the resumé)
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Not at this time
Technologies/Skills: Codebase architecture, Javascript/NodeJS, ES6, ReactJS, Cloud infrastructure, Rest APIs, Microservices
Resumé: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11hK8rX3lVSHGTbPamwPxw1wV342...
Email: (Available on the resumé)
NodeJS Backend engineer and architect, I'm working exclusively as a consultant, I contributed and handled a wide range of projects in different fields over the the past couple of years. Reviews from my previous clients available upon request.
Technologies/Skills: Codebase architecture, Javascript/NodeJS, ES6, ReactJS, Cloud infrastructure, Rest APIs, Microservices
Resumé: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11hK8rX3lVSHGTbPamwPxw1wV342...
Email: (Available on the resumé)
Congrats on the success!
Normally it was in the $200-$300 range.
Not sure if this is a corona related discount though.
I already do this.
> Seriously, this must be the pinnacle of the "I'm a software developer, therefore I can make big contributions to anything, without knowing the first thing about it" illusion that's so rampant on HN.
There is no illusion. I'm not implying that I can make big contributions to anything without knowing the first thing about it.
Since I don't know much about this, I'm asking the more experienced community what they think it is I could help out with, if anything.
Thanks anyway.