I've used the RailsCasts theme[1] for ST2 for 3 years now. I've tried other ones but always went back. I even use it for non-Rails development. It's just got the right amount darkness and text color contrast which benefits readability.
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In other words, is it like Bootstrap in that it's a useful starting tool, but doesn't really scale well if you want to have full design control in the longrun? Do you happen to know any notable sites using Highcharts? Thanks in advance.
No accountability or recourse in traditional cabs.
On the other hand, people face investment risk all the time, i.e. when franchising a restaurant. When Chipotle or whoever comes in and devours the fast food market, I wonder if the local struggling burger franchisee asks the city for help?
I can't speak on behalf of other cities, but anyone who has lived in SF pre-Uber has no shortage of nightmare stories from taking cabs. For people who had to wait years and pay enormous costs for their medallions, many taxi drivers acted smug, entitled, rude, and sometimes even downright shady. I know you can't say this about _every_ taxi driver, but there's no doubt that the current ecosystem treats the consumer many orders of magnitude better.
I'm glad I didn't do it solely for the money, because I think revenues so far works out to something around minimum wage. However, it was a pretty satisfying challenge and I enjoyed every minute of it. I've gotten some great feedback from people who have landed some great jobs, so it provides a sense of fulfillment.
Like many others, I relied a lot on Nathan Barry's Authority (http://nathanbarry.com/authority) to write this ebook, which I'd recommend if you're looking to do the same.
Assuming you're just a developer looking for jobs in technology companies, you should check out the monthly who's hiring thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10152809 (Sept '15).
I also like angel.co due to salary transparency and the search UI. Hired.com is also nice if you're able to pass the initial test.
But a more specific question will get you more specific answers, cheers!
I whole-heartedly believe playing video games early on helps nurture a strong competitive drive, discipline, and self-motivation. It probably depends on the game, too. I was playing Civilization II as a 9 year old, played strategy games like StarCraft and WarCraft competitively as a teenager, and eventually played online poker for a living. I don't know if simply playing Candy Crush would yield the same results.
For reference, New York has 933. You can also apply to remote roles too, but those tend to be a lot more competitive. Check out remoteok.io for instance.
Figure out what you're good at/want to do. Whatever you pick (e.g. backend Python work), focus really really hard on that and don't spread your skills too thin. You can develop your ancillary skills later, but having one solid core competency gets you through the door.
You'll be tempted to copy/paste your applications and cover letters, but I would recommend you try spending a lot of time and effort on at least a few applications.
Focus on what value you can bring to the company (maybe skills you've developed outside of programming? Do you work better in certain environments (e.g. smaller teams)? etc.), keep working on side projects and fleshing out your Github/portfolio in the meantime, and take a quick deep breath if you get anxious during interviews.
Those are just a few universal guidelines I can think of off the top of my head. Honestly there's a lot I could say on this topic—I even wrote a book on it (https://kokev.in/hired-fast). If you can be more specific about what you're weak with, what you'd like to know, what kind of company you'd prefer, etc. I'd be happy to help you out further!
If, for example, you founded a tech company, the way you described it would differ whether you were talking to: your parents, a tech journalist, a potential client, a potential cofounder, a potential engineer, a potential product manager, etc.
Each company you talk to will be different and have different needs. No one can tell you what those are—that's your job as the candidate. But to give you an idea, let's say you were interviewing for a 4-person startup. A small startup typically needs generalists who show a lot of passion for the company and their work. Someone who can thrive in scrappy environments without a lot of process and push the company forward in more ways than what you were hired for.
Now your narrative should use any relevant experience, even if it were, for example, working at your parents' pizza shop when you were 15 (in lieu of any actual field experience). "I'm a naturally self-motivated worker who really thrives in smaller, scrappier environments. For instance, my parents' local pizza store was chronically understaffed so I developed a process that could combine X and Y while doing Z so that individual productivity went up 3x. I have a great deal of passion for what I work on and always own the result from start to finish."
It's hard to find a balance, I'm not 100% positive if this is the right pricing for it. But, like the sibling poster mentioned, I offer a full refund and you can always sign up for a free sample—it also adds you to the mailing list wherein I share some useful info for free.
Like others have mentioned, this in particular is hard to evaluate without a. source code, b. demo login. Otherwise, all I can glean from this is that you know how to make landing pages :P
But I wanted to point out some design issues I found in your sites. This may or may not actually affect your candidacy, but I thought you should know about them in general as it might signal a lack of attention to detail:
a. Ex: https://i.gyazo.com/205c90719b7e16c19d29fba8b27006c9.png - the error messages are unstyled.
b. Ex: https://i.gyazo.com/fa23a197fa0adb4f8fc0a9aa88ae3797.png - the error message here is too small for me to read.
c. Ex: https://i.gyazo.com/fa3dcbe0c61735b8f958d4d556f57526.png - This is nearly impossible for me to read.
Basically this would signal to me that you're likely not too design-inclined and I would probably focus more on your backend abilities (if given source code). These would be red flags if you were applying for a position that involved design or UX though.
For us, it's a pretty painless, straightforward process. Not entirely sure how it is on the other side though.
I want to clarify that I don't think this will necessarily work for every company, especially high-growth, high-competition companies like Uber. Probably moreso for companies that acknowledge, due to market cap, that they will never be a billion dollar unicorn.
- Full-remote
- 4 days/week instead of 5
- 2-3 months mandatory PTO
- Bootstrapped
This isn't lofty or anything, it's really what I aspire to do some day soon. To me there are few sane reasons to build a company predicated on the 40 hour work week in an era where work is intellectual and not based on quantifiable throughput (like working in an assembly line). Today, I would gladly take a 20% paycut to work 20% less per week (e.g. get Fridays off), and so I'd want to build a company in the same way.
I personally think the world is already headed in this direction (with remote work being the first big change).
So I take my list of followed subreddits and identify which ones have b2b markets, which really narrows things down for me.
Second, I'm surprised that ads work to such a significant degree for DRP. My assumptions off the bat would've been a. 1000 uniques is too few to generate significant income, b. a tech savvy crowd (developers) wouldn't click on ads/are more likely to have adblock. Am I missing something?
This is why you still get companies, who pride themselves on having progressive engineering cultures, defaulting to whiteboard interviews, bland comp sci trivia, and puzzle questions even though they're proven to be awful indicators of on-the-job success.
Ten years ago this is how people were interviewed when they first got into the industry, so that's the only way they know how to interview now, despite the demographic and tooling significantly changing in software development.
A lot of countries still operate on mostly cash (like the aforementioned Japan) so getting by with only a CC isn't too feasible. Then, relying on the ATM will cost you a lot of money over time unless you specifically have a checking account at a bank with no ATM fees.
Otherwise the time spent trying to think of a unique, non-taken name that is easily recalled and spelled/pronounced is a little too much trouble than it's worth at this stage I'd bet.