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Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
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Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
(To the OP) Maybe change "ads" to "posts" globally in the frontend? Adblockers are are always going to block anything called "ads", even if it's a legit component of your site
I suppose it's a philosophical question: if you go to a job ads site, and the adblocker blocks it, is that really unexpected behavior? :)
Well, you could also go to a job postings site. ;)
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think what the poster meant is that the twenty-somethings will just want to hack things up on the quick in Python or Rust while the old guy says whoa, let's sit down and write a specification first, and think about how we could architect this thing, and let's make OS packages out of all the components.
That isn't the problem. The problem is that the young guys THINK that the old guy will do this.
Sorry, I'm not clear on what you mean: they think that the old guy will write the specification and architect everything, or they think he will hack stuff together with them?
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#144Congrats! Small note, none of the listings appear when using uBlock Origin [ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... ], a popular ad blocker. It seems related to your /js/ads-controller.js file (it gets blocked because of the "/js/ads-" portion in the path). I would suggest fixing that (and preferably minimizing your JS into one bundle).
If enough people use ad blockers I think they should just make ignoring files and divs with "ad" in their name part of the HTML specification.
Hah! This is great.
"Wait all descriptors containing the letters 'ad' are ignored?"
"Madness."
"This is HTML!"
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#145I wish folks like Bray had championed this cause 20 years ago. It may not have done much, but... it feels a bit weird to hear old people complain about discriminatory impact. I can't say he was a contributing factor to the ongoing 'youth culture', but... it wasn't hard to see this coming. My situation may be somewhat unique, in that I've had grey hair since I was 18. Not a HUGE amount at 18, but... people noticed. By…
I have the same problem. I have more grey than not at this point and I'm only a hair past 30. I've been thinking about dying it for interviews but the moment it washes out people are probably going to be put off by the charade regardless if it's right or wrong. Not to mention it signals insecurity. So I'd have to dye it and stick with it which sounds like a real pain in the ass.
In my younger years (mid 90s), we respected and learned from the grey beards. Embrace it.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#146Congrats! Small note, none of the listings appear when using uBlock Origin [ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa... ], a popular ad blocker. It seems related to your /js/ads-controller.js file (it gets blocked because of the "/js/ads-" portion in the path). I would suggest fixing that (and preferably minimizing your JS into one bundle).
This is a good reason to never prefix generated Javascript with hex hashes, at least without swapping out vowels. We rolled the dice one and had this happen on Wikispaces once; it was utterly infuriating to debug.
Why is there a problem exactly? It seems even if hash contains "ad", uBlock origin is not blocking it. Does this problem exist for some specific ad blocking software?
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#147I wish folks like Bray had championed this cause 20 years ago. It may not have done much, but... it feels a bit weird to hear old people complain about discriminatory impact. I can't say he was a contributing factor to the ongoing 'youth culture', but... it wasn't hard to see this coming. My situation may be somewhat unique, in that I've had grey hair since I was 18. Not a HUGE amount at 18, but... people noticed. By…
Same here (30 now), and I'm dyeing my hair every month (1 day before going for a haircut, to be exact). I like looking younger myself, but I've also noticed a different perception from clients (I'm a freelancer). Got some grey showing in my full beard as well, and might dye it too once it bothers me. Dyeing takes about 45m in total, and is really good for a month if done around the time of haircuts. That's for short…
Isn't it the other way around when you are freelancing? I remember that people didn't really take me serious when I was around 25... Now that my first grey hairs are appearing (I'm 30) people start treating me like a grown-up.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#148Just a idea which I am sure would be easy given what you currently have, femalegeekjobs.com
Yeah. Suggestion for OP: register the domain and just mirror the exact same site content.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#149@johnwheeler: Their loss for not hiring you. I thought I was hot shit when I had 5 years under my belt, too, just like those whipper snappers. Took another 10 to recognize how full of shit that idea was. I think there's a certain niche that wants to hire experienced, disciplined and reliable "old" geeks like you (or actual old guys like me...still grinding code at 50). Looks like you're going to own it. Well played.
Totally agree, thought I was a solid engineer in my early-mid 20s. Had no idea how much I'd learn. I'm frightened by how much more I could learn now (42).
I waste much less time, still make silly mistakes, but much less often.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#150Here's the deal: Employers will exploit your age no matter how old you are. There is no "perfect age" for a developer. When you're young, they exploit you because you are inexperienced (especially at negotiation). When you are "old" they exploit by trying to play the age card. "Not a cultural fit"--LOL--fix your stupid culture and stop exploiting people, you smug fools! So what is there? A ten year "ripe" age range w…
Read this comment nodding, but it sounds like a zero sum system. There's got to be a better way to attract and enhance talented developers.