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AFAIK (I'm not a historian): serfdom started disappearing from most of Western Europe around XV century. In XVII-XVIII it was mostly forgotten, and peasants were free men, who eith…

In practice, it's they who find you. Just change the address on your linked in profile to "London" and see the emails coming in. If they don't come, your CV is probably not a good …

I've found two jobs in the Who's hiring thread twice, both of them remote! And I'm not even in the US. Out of your list, I only meet the "White Male" criterion.

> Not disagreeing with the general point, but aren't bones stronger after a break? I thought that was the whole point of martial artist's punching hard stuff. They don't break the …

I think Java on the backend is still the de facto standard...

Very programmer centric. I was hoping to read advice that relates to all kinds of engineers, not just software ones.

Dynamic languages on the backend?

London is good if you have experience in something that's currently hot - for example, as a big data contractor you can easily pull £100-140k. If you don't have that, there are pro…

I think it's purely intuitive concept, with no clear definition. But without it, literally every particle in this universe is making an impact.

Regarding the pay, I'm a bit worried that it might not be the case in UK. For example, when working in Big Data positions (my current area), it's not hard to get 100k pounds per ye…

This sounds very inspiring and it's one of the paths I'm seriously considering for my own future. Do you mind asking you a couple questions? Where are you based? How does the marke…

Companies like McKInsey or BCG (claim they) do that.

Just become an employee of a consulting firm, they'll take care of these problems so you don't have to.

This is all nice, but this means you've optimised for money and career progression. It works for some people (it certainly seems to be working for you), but for the rest of us, we'…

Really? So literally every business activity (e.g. running a small grocery store on the corner) is 'making an impact'? For me, this term implicitly means making SIGNIFICANT impact,…

> Or something like patio (kalzumeus.com)... solopreneur. I think I read he works 10 hours a week but stills makes an impact? Let's not give in to SV newspeak where running a busin…

So I'm your another typical enterprise dev, making good money in a safe and undemanding job, but at the same time being bored to tears... I've been pondering switching fields for a…