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My employer pays for its software developers to attend one conference per year. While software conferences can be terrific learning experiences, most of us consider this perk to be…

The nice thing about learning Chinese is that no matter where you are in the world, you can find Chinese language exchange partners. If you live near a university, post an advertis…

I am a one man indie shop. My freelance work supports the time and design expense that I use for my side-projects which make peanuts.

I disagree with this post. The author is setting himself up for a bad reputation. Those unhappy customers that pay exorbitant fees will make it their business to tell others to avo…

Agreed. I was in a similar spot (trying to sell online to local biz). I was walking door-to-door, meeting local businesses, and at one restaurant, the owner happened to be sitting …

A very simple formula worked for me: a full LinkedIn profile and a technical blog. I've found that many people land on my LinkedIn profile, then some continue to my website where t…

Economic Reformation completely transformed the government, causing it to be a shadow of its former self by killing millions of jobs at government owned companies. The party surviv…

I think sponsorship is a great idea. Look at the success Meetup has had with this strategy. The nice thing about sponsorship money is that once a contract is signed, the revenue wi…

"Their only agenda is the economic advancement of China and the stability of it's government." I disagree: Their geopolitical agenda includes unification plus securing rights to na…

My interpretation is that Nvidia caused the Chinese to lose face, and this what will doom them to lose future contracts. I've been living here in China for 6 months now, and the so…