Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — zerobrainwash

zerobrainwash

HN member
Joined
Sat, Jul 19, 2014, 1:51 PM UTC
HN karma
8
Public activity
20 items

About zerobrainwash

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #43749942

    Apologies, I meant Ukraine war, should have been more clear, it is that simple there.

  2. comment
    Comment #43749803

    [flagged]

  3. comment
    Comment #42622557

    Congrats from a fellow braliukas on producing such a great movie!

  4. comment
    Comment #42027295

    Yeah, it’s a silly segway. The team could have moved somewhere “safe” at any time before the acquisition lol. I’m from the Baltics as well, we are not moving anywhere from our land…

  5. comment
    Comment #38369078

    Relieved to hear I’m not the only one. I always blamed myself for not understanding it deeply enough. But admittedly, it is a shit snow and the most frustrating part of development…

  6. comment
    Comment #37905071

    Been there and there is no easy answer. Personally, I’ve tried switching jobs, doing new hobbies on a side but it was not enough. I’ve burned out much deeper than 1-month vacation …

  7. comment
    Comment #37776543

    Thank you for sharing this! Planning to embark on a similar adventure and having some fears, this is reassuring.

  8. comment
    Comment #37510526

    Nice! What kind of consulting and where would you suggest to look for these guys? I’m EU based.

  9. comment
    Comment #37510515

    Thank you! Any advice on where to find those? Is maritime experience required?

  10. story
    Ask HN: Adventurous IT Jobs

    I love IT and I love outdoors & adventures. Reading stories of someone working in Antarctica makes me feel happy for them, and also brings envy. I know the standard recommendation …

  11. comment
    Comment #36256941

    What about short-term stays? Is it usually only as a visitor, or there might be volunteering opportunities?

  12. comment
    Comment #36254496

    Does anyone know how to get a foot in the door for jobs in places like this? Not necessarily Antarctica, could be Greenland or other remote, harsh places. I am a regular software e…

  13. comment
    Comment #34561504

    Such a great comment, absolutely agree and going into "construction" is indeed the remedy for the bleak worldview. We truly do live in amazing times but it's also overwhelming.

  14. comment
    Comment #34379334

    Great, thank you for the insightful response! I’ll think about it more. I’m reading the Dune right now coincidentally, the observation about fear is very interesting.

  15. comment
    Comment #34302547

    Could you expand a bit more about what you mean about hiding insecurities? Are you hiding them from yourself, or from others? I am reading this as learning to deal with your insecu…

  16. comment
    Comment #34129054

    In my experience layouts is consistently the hardest and most important part of CSS. I’ve tried to master it and am pretty good but still struggle sometimes. So simply creating sma…

  17. comment
    Comment #33951469

    I’m very bad with selling, or at least I think so. I also associate it with sleazy car salesmen but I realize there’s much more to it. Do you have any resources to recommend?

  18. comment
    Comment #33940475

    I see, thank you! That’s what I thought. So keep doing and showing good work, the rest will come.

  19. story
    Ask HN: How to find clients in the US?

    I’m an experienced dev and am now in the process of starting an agency, or venturing out on my own as a contractor. I’m based in Eastern Europe but my goal is to find US clients to…

  20. comment
    Comment #9058481

    I personally started low, competing on price and earning 2 dollars an hour, if that, after all fees and all hours that came into building something. This is because at a time I als…