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I made a custom iOS app for my wife and I to monitor our workouts using their SDK and I really happy with it
Looks like they're on their way home right now
I had major imposter syndrome in the beginning but now I'm a key contributor to the product. You learn a ton on the job so it's important to apply for one before you feel completely 'ready'
If you want a job in front end dev spend time mastering vanilla javascript / es6. Practice using git and do a lot of reading to get a good grasp on the industry.
freeCodeCamp is surprisingly good and teaches you a lot about modern web development
When I got back on facebook I saw that my small town was planning to start a sponsorship group. I went to see how I could help and we formed a committee to bring seven refugee families to our town. I was able to help out by setting up the website, social media and helping with online donations (the group was mostly an older crowd).
To date we've raised over $100k, resettled 5 families and positively changed the lives of everyone involved. All the men are working and half their wives have jobs too. Some of the children are going to school for the first time in their lives and they're learning English quickly. Its incredible to see them playing and laughing after everything they've been through.
I recently moved to another city but I feel so lucky to have been a part of something that had such an impact. And I miss the coffee one of the women used to make :-/
I wish I had seen many of these small towns when the fishing industry was thriving. They are beautiful places but they're just a shell of what they used to be. So many abandoned homes, businesses, stages. If you've got FU money there's plenty of cheap oceanview property.
Has anybody ever studied HN demographics?
In my opinion you should build this for yourself if you'll find it useful but don't get too fixated on selling it to others if it doesn't get traction. If your goal is to build a business do your research first and then produce the product, not the other way around.
- download their website
- edit the images and content to add your CV details
- convert html to pdf (I used https://pdfcrowd.com/html-to-pdf-api/)
- send
In my case the job I was applying for was a campaigning/petitioning platform so I sent them a petition titled "Hire mpatobin to work at X" and had some fun with the copy.
I can send you a copy of it if you'd like.
Several times now I've been in a group chat where someone's audio or video isn't working so we go to appear.in and everything works perfectly
Nice job on shipping this project though!
The goal of reforestation in drylands is to increase shade to reduce evaporation. Once the acacia has provided enough quick shade they can (and hopefully will) plant other plants in the understory to increase diversity.
Source: industry published reading material at a farming AGM