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commonsense

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    Comment #1114413

    > $10k might very well buy the next facebook Get the fuck out of here. The amount of engineering the founders put into facebook far outpaces $10k. You're living in a fantasy land.

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    Comment #1114393

    I might be crazy but I swear I didn't see that they addressed everyone of my concerns... wtf?

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    Comment #1114304

    > separates the concerns of presentation and logic WHAT? The explicit purpose of this is to combine the presentation (HTML) and logic (PHP) layers.

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    Comment #1114299

    > getting enough consulting work to pay the bills "Consulting" does not just pay the bills. You're thinking of freelancing for dipshit entrepreneurs who think $10k will buy them th…

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    Comment #1114297

    > Is it possible that people are doing "consulting" work for Ding Ding Ding. Real consulting starts at $100/hr and has no cap on effective rate. One month of this should pay one pe…

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    Comment #1114256

    In my opinion this "fuzzy" separation is exactly what frameworks like Django (and many existing PHP MVC frameworks) tries to avoid - they specifically disallow things like arithmet…

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    Comment #1114249

    The separation of presentation and logic. Anyone who's spent the 1990s coding Perl CGI will tell you just how big of a step backward this is.

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    Comment #1108605

    Looks like women created a cycle that men are abusing. As a reforming beta I hope it's true. As a member of civilization I hope it's not. :(

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    Comment #1108602

    Très grandes boobies.

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    Comment #1102951

    > Could you please elaborate on that bit? No. Learn something very few other people know and it will explain itself.

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    Comment #1102947

    > There's a lot of competition for most positions Don't go for most positions. If you're a run-of-the-mill developer, of course you'll get shit wages. Learn something unique. Somet…

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    Comment #1102690

    > always try to have a new one in the queue I would take it one step further. Always have at least two active contracts at any given time. Real leverage.

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    Comment #1102548

    > grossing $65k-$75k That's my fucking point! Remember bartenders get paid in cash. And they're free to spend that tax-free cash with a MASSIVE homie discount when they go out to b…

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    Comment #1102523

    Enterprise search. But I have a degree in Economics. Think of it this way. Look at a company's overall profit margins - the profit they are making off of your labor / work should f…

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    Comment #1102474

    There are multiple business models. Witness: 1. They take % of base first year salary on W2 - their incentives are aligned with yours. A good deal. 2. They take % of base hourly ra…

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    Comment #1102454

    You're assuming that I don't have other clients. That's the #1 difference between someone who makes money, and someone who works at the mercy of their employers. > 1. Sure, but bar…

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    Comment #1102444

    The first step to asking for more money is to save enough to be able to do so.