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Say hi at brendan [a in a circle] brendancullen.com
Or hit me up at
http://brendancullen.com http://bottlerocketarmada.com
Remote: Sure
Willing to relocate: Can't :(
Technologies: UI/UX design, HTML, CSS, JS
Résumé/CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brendancullen
Email: brendan at brendancullen dot com
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12650865
And of course as you said, our brutal, brutal winters.
I was more agreeing with knoepfle's comment in rolling my eyes every time one of these articles pops up and gets shared all over my twitter, linkedin and facebook feeds. There's many reasons a lot of our talent flees the west coast or Chicago or NYC, and we'd rather read these fluff pieces instead of acknowledging and trying to fix the issues that would keep them here.
Also, we can't even type "silicon" properly :D
My non-anecdotal evidence: https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/silicon-valley-keeps-winni...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-17/silicon-va...
EDIT: typo :(
If hard scifi is your thing, Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.
And can't go wrong with the classics (Dune, Foundation, Hyperion)
Remote: Sure
Willing to relocate: Can't :(
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, UI/UX design
Résumé/CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brendancullen
Email: brendan at brendancullen dot com
No pushy salesperson watching you awkwardly laying on a bed in a brightly lit open room and 100 nights to test it out? Sold
Assuming I didn't completely tank both interviews, I got the sense in feedback afterwards they both wanted a magical front end/back end/ designer dynamo and are holding out/hoping for that person to apply.
I think companies initially define a FED role they need, and then in interviews find everyone has slightly different but overlapping skillsets/specialties. Someone says 'hey wouldn't it be nice if we could find a dev that has all these" and spin their wheels endlessly searching for the unicorn rather than hire 2 complimentary people. Especially when they're already pushing their budget limits.
Measured the PD myself, totally worth it
Remote: Sure
Willing to relocate: Can't :(
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, UI/UX design
Résumé/CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brendancullen
Email: brendan at brendancullen dot com
Remote: Sure
Willing to relocate: Can't :(
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, UI/UX design
Résumé/CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brendancullen
Email: brendan at brendancullen dot com
Remote: Sure
Willing to relocate: Can't :(
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JS, UI/UX design
Résumé/CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brendancullen
Email: bcullen at gmail dot com
I've stayed at jobs with an under market salary because I believed in the company/boss, but eventually can't ignore the onslaught of recruiters on LinkedIn with better paying gigs.
It seems to me this mindset comes from not being comfortable with the employees having the leverage over the employers.