Congratulations, I've been quite excited about this, show's how much people value you and your posts. Enjoy!
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#52You are all incredibly kind. I would say more, but today is my last day and after I get to work there are four issues in Trac with my name on them.
Done! In a mere twelve hours. I can feel myself already getting soft.
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#53Congratulations Patrick. Excited to see what your next venture turns out to be. For those who aren't aware, Patrick is incredibly helpful off-HN also. As in, if you email him, he always gets back to you, no matter how busy he is. Thanks for being so awesome :)
As in, if you email him, he always gets back to you, no matter how busy he is.
Please note that this is my aspiration but not my SLA. If you want an SLA, I'm happy to entertain offers for consulting engagements, or in the alternative you can pretend you're preparing for class tomorrow and can't download the Internet to your printer.
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#54In this article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/01/what-mak...
I remember reading this about a teacher using Patrick's product in his class:
Next, Mr. Taylor announces it’s time for Multiplication Bingo. As Mr. Taylor reads off a problem ("20 divided by 5"), the kids scour their boards, chips in hand, looking for 4's. One girl is literally shaking with excitement. Another has her hands clasped in a prayer position. I find myself wanting to play. You know you're in a good classroom if you have to stop yourself from raising your hand.
I have written tons of code for many users, but I don't think I've ever had a user "shaking with excitement" to use my software. That is my new goal. Thank you, Patrick. Keep 'em shaking!
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
there are two possibilities: 1) it's possible to self-sponsor as long as you can show a certain amount of income from part time work or, in Patrick's case, internet earnings. 2) your visa is not tied to your employer. you can get a 3 year visa, quit your job, then continue to work freelance for 3 years as long as you do all your tax etc correctly. then hopefully by the time you have to renew your visa you'll have a c…
How does self-sponsoring work? Are there any other requirements besides having enough income from somewhere ? Can anyone do it?
Most countries are more than happy to offer indefinite residency to people who can prove they're independently wealthy.
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#57This means his Mixergy interview should be coming up soon too. We agreed to wait till after the big change.
Now that is something I'm greatly looking forward to.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does self-sponsoring work? Are there any other requirements besides having enough income from somewhere ? Can anyone do it?
Most countries are more than happy to offer indefinite residency to people who can prove they're independently wealthy.
Yeah sounds good but is this reality or just your own personal guesstimate?
Also, what does it mean to be independently wealthy?
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#59Of all the start-ups on HN, yours is the one that I easily admire the most. No funding, no bullshit, just endless iteration on perfecting a simple thing and minting that. It's the epitome of entrepreneurship, far more so than some 'feature' that gets funded and a quick exit. If you ever decide to do this on a larger scale I don't doubt that you'll be very successful, it's the attitude and the time put in that matter,…
re: "The next big question is: Can you scale it ?"
I would like to suggest a potentially more interesting question (or set of questions) :
_Should_ he scale it? If so, why? Why would so many HNers assume the next step to be scaling it? Might he not instead tend to his business like a garden, to ensure that it continues to be healthy, and use his remaining time to enjoy semi-retirement?
I think a lot of HNers could do with considering the above kinds of questions a bit more often. Why are you _really_ doing your start-ups? What are you _really_ looking to get out of them? Is it just to hear the 'ding!' of the cash register more frequently? I hope you're looking for more/different than that.
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#60Of all the start-ups on HN, yours is the one that I easily admire the most. No funding, no bullshit, just endless iteration on perfecting a simple thing and minting that. It's the epitome of entrepreneurship, far more so than some 'feature' that gets funded and a quick exit. If you ever decide to do this on a larger scale I don't doubt that you'll be very successful, it's the attitude and the time put in that matter,…
re: "The next big question is: Can you scale it ?" I would like to suggest a potentially more interesting question (or set of questions) : _Should_ he scale it? If so, why? Why would so many HNers assume the next step to be scaling it? Might he not instead tend to his business like a garden, to ensure that it continues to be healthy, and use his remaining time to enjoy semi-retirement? I think a lot of HNers could do…
Because having just one stream of income, no matter how reliable it seems is a huge risk. Before you know it you can be back in the treadmill again.