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How are you storing and sharing these docs? Is it a common Sharepoint library or something similar? I've found the biggest problem is often getting people to look at the document r…

Fantastic. Thanks very much for that.

Does anyone know if there's a decent, comprehensive library that handles all authentication / login for .Net Core apps? Bonus points if there's a SSO addition (even if that part is…

Medium hate comes up again and again here, and I get it to a degree. But, Medium delivers an audience that hosting your own rarely does. Fair enough if all you want to do is post t…

What stopped you from moving to the UK? If it's Brexit, consider a move to Ireland instead. While PHP is not a strong language here, Python developers are in high demand.

Doesn't everyone know the answer to this question by now? How much have you paid for Chrome? If it's nothing, then why wouldn't they serve you ads?

Ask for a three month Sabbatical. If you've been working for a company for some time and have done well there, you might be surprised how eager they are for you not to leave outrig…

Personal: Spotify, Netflix Business: Hotjar, Medium, Statcounter, Beanstalk Yearly recurring: Fastmail, DevExpress, Add-In-Express, Office 365

Look into charging per developer, with a site license option. Libraries / components, especially for enterprise development is big business. In the .Net space you have $100m+ compa…

Contracting at medium to high rates is great if you want to bootstrap your own startup. I use it for that purpose myself. A few of the best reasons. 1. It allows you to work for 6-…

Dublin, Ireland, senior developer with 15+ years Very easy to jump jobs, though permie jobs have more hoops to jump through. Most jobs are big corporate, very few startups. Working…

You're not James Altucher are you? Cause he talks about how he did that all the time.

Connecting a company looking to raise money with a person or company with money to invest is an entire industry. It often falls under terms like "private equity fundraiser" or "cor…

Chargebacks, I think. That's why most payment collectors don't allow payments for porn sites. Husband pays for XXX.com on his credit card, wife sees the charge, husband cries out "…

A 40 year old developer is as unlikely to have knowledge of Cobol or Fortran as a recent grad. Those technologies were as old school in 1998 as they are today. More likely they sta…

Every IT recruitment agency in Dublin places contractors as well as permanent. You'll find them all listed on IrishJobs.ie. Search for .net, c#, java, and filter for contract roles…

This is very true. Management roles tend to be kept in-house.

C#/.Net. Dev jobs in Ireland are predominantly corporate enterprise software — very few start-ups. This means Java, .Net and front end Javascript roles are most common. I actually …

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Contracting in Ireland and in the UK is an easy transition as most contracts are run through agencies, so you don’t have to network or go looking for clients like you might have to…

Moving from permanent to contractor. I made the jump 5 years ago and have worked for a number of companies since, on 6-12 month contracts. The money has jumped each time, such that…

Coffee shops, preferably big brand shops like Starbucks where no one cares if you buy one drink and occupy a table for 2 hours. Do a little research into the various coffee shops i…

There's a classic marketing book written a few decades ago called Positioning that is about just this topic. https://www.amazon.com/Positioning-Battle-Your-Al-Ries/dp/00... It's a …