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Location: MN, United States Remote: Yes, remote only please Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Android, Java, Kotlin, etc Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessedbuss/ Emai…

Location: MN, United States Remote: Yes, remote only please Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Android, Java, Kotlin, etc Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessedbuss/ Emai…

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I co-run a blog[0] that gets a few hundred hits a day. We sell a handful of products per week at $40 a piece. [0] https://www.chessgoals.com

I work remotely for a company in Silicon Valley. I worked on site for 2+ years before that. I work 40 hours a week, no more, no less and I have good performance reviews. I think th…

I played the classical game on lichess.

Here's some data collection: https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/ Here's a blog post along the same line from a few years ago: https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-rati…

Yesterday I played a classical game vs an opponent rated higher than me and lost. Afterwards I analyzed the game in a lichess study, and my opponent was nice enough to share his th…

Lichess is an excellent website. Open source[0], truly free[1] and provides an amazing UX. Lichess is a true gift to the chess community. [0] https://github.com/ornicar/lila [1] ht…

Hadn't considered that. Are there others you would recommend?

Using a chrome extension[0] to block social media sites during work hours. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-site/eiimnmi...

I have worked remotely for just about 1 year right now. This answer may not please you, but I became remote by starting on-site for the company I now work remotely for. After about…

I've never thought about it that way, nice perspective

The behavior itself is in a moral gray zone. I wouldn't feel good about myself at the end of the day if I made money preying on people going bankrupt. Morality aside, it is bad adv…

I found "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" to be horrible. He said he built a lot of wealth by camping outside bankruptcy lawyers' offices and buying the houses from people filing for bankruptcy…

> these slick guys come in and take all the credit for the work of the engineering and design teams. The PMs that take all the credit are bad PMs. The best PMs I've worked with do …

Here is a lot of them https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...

It's pretty minimalist in terms of design, which was the intent of the post I believe

The plan is to go once per quarter for a week. We try to plan it around product kickoffs or team (for fun) off-sites.

We don't do a ton of pair programming at our company, but yes I have definitely used it. Very helpful!

I joined my startup 2 years ago on-site. After my wife and I had a baby it became very difficult to live in the bay area. Housing is obviously ridiculous there and I had to live an…

SEEKING WORK Southeast MN - Remote OK I've been an Android Engineer for ~2 years for a startup in San Francisco. I am working full time right now but am willing to fill another 10-…

That's awesome! I'd love for you to give some more details if you could. Do you sell the app or is it from ad revenue? What sort of app is it?

Location: San Francisco, CA. Looking for work in Minnesota or remote Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (to Minnesota) Technologies: Android, Java, C# Résumé/CV: https://drive.go…