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SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.…

SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.…

Hmm, since the demand is > 0 now, I guess I will! Not too sure how to get reply notifications on HN though, I always lose track of responses.

Wow, I could never write this well in a million years, but as I was reading, I couldn't help but feel that this was a blog post that I've been wanting to write for a while. Without…

Seems like I ended up with the opposite experience with Amazon from not having completed college. First, a bit about my background. I got my first computer 6 years ago, and within …

SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.…

SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.…

I'm in the exact same situation. Except in my case, in Canada, and (only) after 1 year of full-time courses. I also did a paid internship, for $18 an hour at a major software compa…

SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.…

I live in Vancouver. There are quite a few startups in the Gastown area, and a few small offices for large companies like Microsoft, SAP (not that small), and Amazon, and recently,…

SEEKING WORK - Vancouver/Remote Struggling to find a web developer who understands your business? I am Jay Huang, a full stack web developer and consultant based in Vancouver, B.C.…

I think one of the most common misconceptions people have about freelancers, is that we know everything about every project we throw ourselves into. That couldn't be further from t…

I also had a problem with being "overly ambitious" early on in my life. Any satisfaction gained from being first in anything quickly died off, while placing 2nd gave me nightmares …

I saw the picture of Susan Cain (the author) on that page and I thought she was awfully familiar. It was then that I realized she was the lady who gave this talk http://www.ted.com…

"The strange thing is, if you see me in the street and engage in contemplation I will probably freeze into polite fear and smile inanely until I can get away to be on my lonely own…

A great example of how important it is for us as developers to recognize the value we provide to businesses/users instead of measuring it all solely in terms of algorithmic complex…

Ha, this reminds me of an interview I had recently. After 3 hours of interviewing with 4 different people from the company, they sat me down to complete a technical test for 30 min…