wow... best application process in the last 10 years... kudos... loved it :D
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great job :)
About 5 years into my career I was asking myself the same thing. At the time I must have gone through 10 - 15 full time gigs, either quitting or getting fired so I knew something was not right. I could do the work but definitely never saw myself in there for the long run so quickly lost the passion for it.
Co workers were always friendly and sociable, but with very different interests, I'd also never imagine myself as them in 5 to 10 years. Sounds judgmental but it's important to sometimes look at who's around you as you more often than not end becoming them. Looking back, it was a lot to do with me not being that confident in what I wanted to do or become and a little lost.
I started working remotely which gave me so much more freedom as far as traveling and training in other things that I've really enjoyed the last 3 years. To the point where if I'm not coding for a couple of weeks - I really miss it.
I'm grateful everyday for the amount of freedom and money you can make programming when you compare it to SOOO many dead end careers out there.
TLDR; Keep asking questions, keep trying different roles, hang out with people doing jobs in completely different industries: service industry, sales... keep at it, something will click :D
We're a well funded startup based in Santa Monica, CA building the next generation of interactive video. Fuisz Media enables object-level interactivity in video, at scale. We automatically tag products, people, and other objects in videos, and build beautiful interfaces to make them shareable and shoppable.
Press
http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/02/fuisz-media/ http://recode.net/2014/07/02/a-new-way-to-breathe-life-into-...
http://mashable.com/2014/07/01/fuisz-interactive-online-vide...
Demos
http://demos.fuiszmedia.com/walmart
Roles:
Node.js Back-end Engineer ----------------------------------- Job Description We're looking for a highly talented Node.js developer with experience managing and automating systems on Amazon Web Services. You would help us finish the development of our back-end system while getting ready to launch our platform into production. Among your tasks will be to get us to zero-downtime deployment on a single command, to design & develop automated tests and architect our internal reporting system. Skills & Requirements Write clear, simple and scalable code Master deployment in AWS (EC2, S3, Cloudfront..) Full domain of Javascript and Node.js Full domain of MongoDB and Redis Experience on Linux environment and Shell scripting Experience scaling Node.js applications on AWS Awareness of authentication and security best practices Ability to design and develop automated tests Experience with automated testing tools Familiar with Git and Github
Flash VPAID Expert ----------------- Job Description We're looking for a talented flash/as3 developer who would like to help us implement our video interactivity framework and build cool UIs on top of our interactive videos. Skills & Requirements Write clear and simple code Full domain of Flash/AS3 and design patterns Familiar with javascript Experience building Rich Media Ad Units Familiar with the IAB VAST/VPAID standards Experience building responsive UIs Ability to write tests Familiar with Git and Github
Javascript Rich-Media Developer ------------------------------------------ Job Description We're looking for talented Javascript developers with experience in Rich Media who would like to help us architect the workflow to deploy our interactive video experiences as Rich Media Ad units. Skills & Requirements Write clear and simple code Experience with MRAID, DoubleClick studio and various ad formats Full domain of Javascript and design patterns Experience building rich UIs Ability to write tests Familiar with Git and Github Familiar with Node.js and MongoDB ᐧ
email jon@fuiszmedia.com
Pdf such has http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/the-rapid-fat-loss-handbook have helped me structure great nutrition programs.
here are some excerpts from the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbtbbdA4kUM&list=PL1A1FEDA47...
also the book is also amazing
http://www.amazon.com/The-Animators-Survival-Kit-Principles/...
and only $30
if you need any excerpts or advice on this stuff, tweet me @jonathanmatthey happy to help :D
By Richard Williams
Not that they write better code, they're just prettier :D
https://news.layervault.com/stories/8613-ask-dn-your-workspa...
Definitely worth watching, honestly told.
That webpage is well designed too.
Here was a nice article on spendin a Christmas working in beautiful locations rather than stuck home.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/aug/12/working-holiday...
identical icons, graphs, colors, animations.
John Bonham, Dave Lombardo, Bill Ward, Peart, even Dave Grohl is better than Rick Allen.
It's Aaron Koblin's work.
He speaks about the project on this ted talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...
His Johnny Cash project with Rick Rubin and Mr Doob is breathtaking.
It was fine when you were younger and you said to yourself that one day it'll work out... cause it always does. Whether it's the gold medal, job, girl, song, music career, as long as it was in the future, that gives you a little comfort in thinking, well I'm not there now, but maybe later. There's a point where you realize... you're never getting there.
That fuckin hurts.
All i know is the pain usually comes from that gap, the gap between where you are, and where you want to be, and how you see NO way to get to it. All those fallacies of 'work hard, apply yourself' aren't working, they've worked in other areas of your life but there's just things you've lost that you'll never reach again, completely out of your control. Whether it's because of your race, your starting circumstances, a disability, your genes, your parents, your timing, whatever it's out of your control.
All I can say this is a lot more common than you think.
I'm guessing you're in Tech as this is hackernews, stop for a moment and have a look at fighters and athletes.
They suffer from exactly the same thing and on top of that their stretch is usually never more than 4 or 5 years... There's a moment in their career where no matter how many hours they put in the gym, on the bike, on the road, in the pool, they'll never be at the top, never, they start drinking... and it's game over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjvzJO-6ESc
Rickson Gracie is an absolute legend... he has a couple of quotes in there, about really wanting the win, after so much training, effort, and dedication, while at the same time, not really wanting it. It's a strange paradox. He's closed one chapter of his life and moved on to something else
"I don’t think about competing, I’ve competed my whole life. Why would I want to compete anymore? So that’s out of the question. The fans are the ones who just don’t understand, and the fans who would like to see me fight, are just going to have to live with it. Unfortunately, that’s the way it is. I don’t live and I’ve never lived by someone else’s expectations. I never fought for the fans. I always fought to honor my Jiu-Jitsu and my family. Now there are others to do that. Competition is over, it’s behind me now. I don’t want to move forward thinking about competing. I want to go forward thinking of supporting society, setting a good example for kids, teaching children to become better people, not hitting machines, as there is in MMA today. I am the philosophy of Jiu-Jitsu, the philosophy of good relationships between dads and sons, between respect, discipline, and honor… All these things that have made me what I am and have really stood out in my life. No longer a victory or a possible defeat. I think I can live without the money I could make. But I can’t live knowing that because of the money I got in there and lost. I’d be fighting for the money and that in itself brings a loss to me. I never fought for money. So, I’m not going to start now"
He looks kinda happy... who the fuck knows...
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Artists are the same, if you're not deluded, you'll never be Raphael or Vermeer, never, and you have to deal with that every day. I guess the trick is about turning that gap into ambition and something creative, using it to drive you forwards into something constructive.
Like you say the rational part of you kicks in after a week or two when you realize those steps you're taking aren't really getting you there.
Good luck !