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SEO is definitely a science. The formula is authoritive content + number of high quality backlinks = highly ranked site.

However, I do agree that there is a lot of bad information out there, but the process of googles algorithm for ranking sites (page rank) is pretty straight forward at the end of the day

Regardless of your political views, there’s no way anyone could watch this interview of her and think she’s a competent government official.

https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. It really opened my mind to so many fascinating mental constructs. I’ve probably read a half a dozen times and take something new from it each time I re-read it.

Why someone would move from SF to PHX area? ummm considering the average rent in SF is $3340[0] and the average rent in PHX is $955[1], I cant possibly imagine why someone would want to do that.

Plus PHX is really only that hot May to September. PHX is like other deserts and generally very pleasant outside of the summer with lots of sun, which isn’t something you can always say about SF.

0: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/sa... 1: https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/az/ph...

what is an MBE?

considering how his company came before he was really famous, I highly doubt that. It's ok if you don't care for Gary V, he's not for everyone, but saying his success is contingent on the fact the he's "famous" is simply not true. Again, if you don't know what you're talking about, you probably shouldn't be speaking on it.

I understand you're probably like most people on hacker news and don't care for people on the "sales end" of the spectrum, but he definitely didn't get rich selling advice.

He runs a really successful marketing company (https://vaynermedia.com/) a sports agency (http://vaynersports.com/), gives most of his content away for free on YouTube, wrote 4 books and is a NYT + Wall Street Journal Bestseller, and is pretty respected in the early stage Silicon Valley investment community (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/gary-vaynerchuk/investment...).

Like most things on hacker news, don't speak on something unless you know what you're talking about.

fair enough, but if that's something you believe, you're on the wrong website.

So you’re telling me if you were renting out your house for $100/night, you would be OK with a porn crew filming scenes in your bed/rooms in an effort to skirt the system (of porn companies paying thousands per day per location) instead of renting to a family of 4? Seems highly unlikely and those homeowners have every right to ensure a covert porn scene is not shot in their homes.

one that doesn't leverage AI/ML as a core piece of functionality

I think the old adage of "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" applies here. Stay out of it if you don't have anything valuable to contribute.

In China, everything has a price...

would you happen to have a url for that? searching "bliss payments", "bliss payment processing" etc doesn't seem to bring it up. if you don't feel comfortable putting it here in the thread my email is in my profile.

i think a delivery service rolling their own would be highly unlikely, and it would be much more probable that they lied about the nature of their business somewhere along the line to their processor/bank/etc to get the ability to accept cards.

I would love to donate time to build you a website/online presence if you need it. email is in my profile if interested!

In my experience, that is 100% true. I made an app and uploaded to the Play Store, but it was rejected for whatever reason, and I was told I'd hear back from them within 72 hours. 8 days later after not hearing anything from them despite multiple attempts, they got back to me only _after_ a friend of a friend connected me with someone who works at Google. The iOS store was a piece of cake compared to anything Google related.

From the post

> Previously from a unicorn startup

I think he graduated (says 2 years experience), picked the right company, and that put him on this kind of trajectory. It could be a different story if the last start up he was at was not a "unicorn".

> I disagree that it's a differentiator between juniors and seniors though.

Whole heartedly disagree. For myself, whether it's in the context of software engineering, sales, management, graphic design, etc, _the_ key differentiator outside of skill in weighing a mid-level or senior candidate is their ability to share their knowledge and inspire other members of their team through mentorship and knowledge transfer.

I think you're looking at this from a more selfish angle, with thinking that hiring someone who's good at "teaching" is a benefit only to the company because they get a free trainer.

It should also be noted, there is a big difference in "teaching" and mentoring. And it's also the human element of giving back...i guarantee when you were starting your career there was a more senior person who trained and mentored you.

> There's usually no enforcement of penalties in small claims court.

perpetuating this mindset that the average consumer is too weak to do anything to these corporations and individuals who hurt them through the court system is nonsense and needs to be avoided. From the article posted below (where my other comment is):

"Allen then reported to a local branch of the bank with sheriff’s deputies, who he instructed to remove cash from the tellers’ drawers, furniture, computers and other property. Approximately one hour later, the Naples News reports, the bank manager produced a check for $5,772.88 to satisfy Allen’s fees and additional costs."

You have a lot more power than you think against corporations and people through our court systems. even small claims courts.

If an average person can get a giant mega-corporation to pay up through small claims then there is hope for all of us :)

the only difference is a giant corp can simply say "hey sorry we didn't pay earlier" when if a consumer tried to do that we would have more penalties placed upon us.

I don't know how many times you have been to Small Claims Courts but there are multiple ways to enforce penalties in Small Claims; a judgment from a judge, a till-tap, levy their wages, place a levy on their bank account, placing a sheriff in their area of business (for a fee) and will stay there until he's collected all the funds, submit to a collections agency etc.

Don't speak on something if you don't know what you're talking about.

thanks for this info! saved me a lot of time hunting these links down myself

there is! https://www.annualcreditreport.com/ i use it every year along with being a regular credit karma user.

as someone who grew up in the HB/FV area, i can definitely tell you're from the area too based on your username ;)

that sounds great!

I'm in a similar boat to the person above (bootcamp grad working as software developer). I have been trying to do a comp-sci degree but that cost, degree requirements (classes unrelated to my major) and actually going to school after work is a major pain. I would definitely pay for a year long (or more) part time CS course if it was intense and online. I'm doing that already, but it would save me a lot of time/money of not having to actually commute to school.

Thank you for this. I remember reading this 5+ years ago. It was the catalyst for me dropping out of college, and eventually made my way up to SF to go to DBC. A hell of a journey, and it all started with a post on some forum.

Edit: I also didn't realize you're the DBC founder? I owe you so much and i owe my entire career (thus far) to DBC and the entire industry you started with some crazy idea of teaching people to code in a couple months. Thank you for everything you have done.

If this is your perception of an hourly break down, that's fine. But just because you think working 100 hours a week results in "Possible early death" doesn't mean it's like that for other people.

For example, in your chart, I'm currently in the 60-80 hour a week range, split between a full time job and a side hustle. Personally, I've never been happier, I have a life outside of work, a beautiful girlfriend, time to meet with friends, etc.

It's just, I don't spend 5+ hours a day when i get home from work watching Netflix or fucking around on the weekends. Don't equate hustling with depression, unless you're just looking for an excuse to justify why you don't want to work harder.

could you care to elaborate a bit more on that? if you don't feel like discussing here, my contact info is on my profile.

I don't think that's true. I've worked w/ GA and they use slack and they have thousands of employees.