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gdiocarezon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)

Location: Baguio City, Philippines

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Résumé/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-TbPXZUMZIieqeg61Ex1pdHTFTU...

Email: gentlyawesome @ gmail.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gentlyawesome

Technologies:

Programming & Web Technologies:

Frontend: ReactJS, NextJS, AngularJS, Ionic (React), HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Tailwind, JavaScript, TypeScript, jQuery, Ajax, AR/VR with AR.js

Backend: NodeJS, ExpressJS, Ruby on Rails, CodeIgniter, Spring Boot, Spark

Blockchain: Solidity, DAML, Web3

Real-Time Communication: WebRTC, WebSocket

Software & DevOps Tools: Vim, SSH, Tmux, Docker, VSCode Jenkins, Git, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines

Databases: MySQL, SQL, PostgreSQL (PgSQL), MongoDB, NoSQL, CouchDB, PouchDB, Firebase

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Unix

Development Methodologies & Security: Test-Driven Development (TDD), SonarQube (for quality code analysis) Agile/Scrum methodologies API security and WebSocket security

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2020)

  Location:Philippines
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Javascript, NodeJS, Express, Angular, Docker, kubernetes, Cordova, Ionic
  Résumé/CV:
   - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nyi8pO628Da1Z4gd8a_HlwEv7-fKtO6U/view?usp=sharing
   - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gentlyawesome
  Email: gentlyawesome@gmail.com

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Where do I start in DevOps?

I have an overview but just overwhelmed by how many tools you could use.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Where do I start in DevOps?

I have this but probably need a deeper understanding of each

gdiocarezon Ask HN: SaaS startup with open sourcing the code?

I have seen a similar process on some open-source blockchain projects where they just award people who fix issues within the code.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Why did your startup fail and what did you learn?

Why it failed: Getting an office that can't be paid off with low income from startup. Learning: Don't get an office.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: What has HN given you?

I'm a drop out from school. All my technical skill are through asking stackoverflow.com. Not until I found hacker news, I got the best tools to use, have a community that supports the site. And overall, I never end the day without opening it.

gdiocarezon Game developer’s guide to graphical projections

Drawing is an art.

gdiocarezon I made a talking emoji using regular emojis and JavaScript

This is an interesting take on making javascript do animations.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: What is your side project for 2018?

I have a point of sale system for mobile devices. https://posangel.com

gdiocarezon NW.js based operating system

Awesome!

gdiocarezon POS Angel – Point of sale and inventory system for mobile users

Thank you so much for this feedback.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Which developing nations have interesting tech stories at the moment?

prepaid electricity

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How to price properly to get maximum income?

Thank you!

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How to price properly to get maximum income?

Awesome. That is a good insight. I currently had scrap this project until a client needs on then. By the time I continue developing it I was lost and do another readings on where I left off.

I think monthly fee and checking the app would be good for right now. It seems that I'm going to where your story is saying. Having it sold and not knowing anything about it after months might bite me in the future.

Thanks for the advice.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: When did you feel to resign/leave your last job?

When management is not being prioritize and we can't focus on client needs because everyone is doing different projects that causes delay of deployment to clients.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

I wrote a school system using ruby on rails 2 due to the upgrade on rails 3 syntax change. It was not able to migrate database and change code since I was 1 man team on the company. I asked the company for another to help me out with the migration or change because there are parts of the system that is memory hog. It was my first project and don't know much about memory consumption of the app. Until, we are consuming more cloud resource cause I don't know the bottle neck is.

All the employees are more on PHP than ruby. It was sold to 3 school and 6 years after. It's still in use. I'm out of the company and suggested to move it to PHP for the developers to easily manipulate and maintain the app.

I went out of the company due to increase in task/ duties that I can't handle them all (customer service/ programming/ server maintenance/ explaining to my boss that I need another ruby programmer to help me out)

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

Yes, currently he gives me that. With no equity.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

What do you mean by market salary?

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

I see what you mean now. Currently he isn't being paid back but and I think your right. He's buying some of his equity.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

Thanks for enlightening me. Currently the 2 guys do the business stuff and we do all the development.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

Were getting paid by my partner in the US. My partner is funding us at the moment.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

Basically it was 2 of us at first then hired 2 people from my side. Right now he's the one paying for all of our salary. Does that even count? I'll try to talk again about this.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How much equity should I be getting?

Right at the moment we have none but we are already getting a lawyer to set this in papers. Which concerns me in the long run.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: How do you make something people want?

I think, talking to them is the first step then telling them what you can do for them can help you make something.

gdiocarezon Wine 1.8 is released

I just happen to install it. I can't open exe files. Hmm.. weird.

gdiocarezon The Many Ways of WeChat

I thought it was just for meeting up or online chat.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: The best app to keep a work diary

Any.do helps you and reminds you your daily and future task. Also "Discipline" should always be imposed.

gdiocarezon Ask HN: Software developers, What happened when you were fired/laid off?

It was 4 months ago. A company that I wish to see myself heading towards my dream (Vancouver, Canada). It was the first startup that I have entered. The team are all seniors and I applied to be a programmer. When I started, I found out that my 3 years experience in Ruby on Rails is not enough for me to match my seniors. So I started as a junior programmer. But I didn't start work as what the job that I applied to. First I was sent to work on customer service. Answered tickets, answer calls, learn the product, etc.

As I continue on the job I was changed to QA (Quality Assurance) I haven't question why I have change roles or responsibility. I remember that it was on the contract but I haven't signed it because they forgot to give it and even remind them of it repeatedly. Anyway, after sometime I go on errands checking on the devices that run the app, do some test then report.

I wasn't happy about what I was doing and the seniors are very busy programming. Although they offered to give me a mentor but it didn't happen. It was a pressure to learn programming at the same time when you were exhausted doing work for 12 hours 6 days a week. So I wasn't able to really focus on programming as I start to burn out due to the long work hours. Then after a while they found a person that is more suited in QA. Eventually, I was moved to data entry position. At that time I know that it's time to quit. Then, Monday morning they asked if when am I leaving.

I learned a lot at the startup and also how organized the developers take bugs, feature and enhancement. And then I started to do my startup. It's a challenge but because of my learning form the startup, I was able to get an idea to move from programmer to entrepreneur.