Got a job. Various small DIY projects around the house. Nothing software though really.
Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
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#362https://pdfcrun.ch
Part time, and now working on the V2 table detection algorithm.
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#363Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would love to donate to such projects (and already have, but you sound neat too).
Thanks for the support! Would love to share donation link but it has not been set up yet :)
(Moral of story: don't announce genuinely amazing new initiatives without taking the time to get the donation links working first!)
Curious how/why something like PayPal/Stripe integration couldn't be done in a short amount of time. Not as a criticism, just "is this actually technically hard?" (or is it just a time issue?)
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#364I quit my job as a software engineer at Google early this year to teach people how to code. I started paying people $15/hr to learn so they can make ends meet while learning instead of working at Walmart. I thought about all the missing pieces in my engineering growth and created a curriculum that welcomes students from 0 engineering background and plugs in all the holes that were black boxed to me in my engineering…
I would love to donate time to build you a website/online presence if you need it. email is in my profile if interested!
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#365open source stuff i've done:
* release ghostdriver 2.0.0 [1]. this is the implementation of the webdriver protocol for phantomjs. unfortunately phantomjs 2.5 was never released :(
* create chrominator [2] a high level api for chrome remote debugger. now defunct... use puppeteer
* created chromedriver-proxy [3] to help me extend chromdriver without having to recompile the c++ project. it also handles pooling browsers. the coolest extension i've built so far is recording video on headless chrome. still a work in progress but has proven stable for the real world test suite i support.
[1] https://github.com/detro/ghostdriver/releases/tag/2.0.0
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Did you speak to a lawyer? Firing you for that sounds illegal.
It was at-all employment so they can fire me for any reason here in the USA.
That’s not quite true. There are still illegal reasons for firing (discrimination, retaliation for whistleblowing, etc) though fighting back can be difficult and costly.
But if you’re okay with the current state of affairs (I was with my own previous incident - the company was awful) it can make sense to just move on.
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#367Left $150k software engineering job (well got fired for making video called "9 Ways to cope with having a boring 9-5 job" which somebody found and sent to HR) to make videos about stuff I think is interesting ( https://www.youtube.com/c/JDiculous1 https://www.facebook.com/HonestLogic ), with a slant towards addressing wage slavery, basic income, student loans, capitalism, etc. Still in the early stages, but I'll be h…
Annoying that somebody rolled on you for that.
Yea it's pretty lame seeing as how the video was posted under a pseudonym, meaning that person did some serious digging and clearly had an agenda (I'm 95% sure who it was). It's all good though, I had been wanting to leave for a long time but had kept putting it off for the "right moment". I'm glad that that decision was made for me because now there's nothing to regret.
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#368Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would love to donate to such projects (and already have, but you sound neat too).
Thanks for the support! Would love to share donation link but it has not been set up yet :)
If at all possible, let me respectfully suggest you make that a priority. I realize with an NPO it is a bit more complicated than for an individual.
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#369Earlier quoted context omitted.
It was at-all employment so they can fire me for any reason here in the USA.
That’s not quite true. There are still illegal reasons for firing (discrimination, retaliation for whistleblowing, etc) though fighting back can be difficult and costly. But if you’re okay with the current state of affairs (I was with my own previous incident - the company was awful) it can make sense to just move on.
That's true. I should've mentioned that they tried to play down the effect of the video and made up some vague performance reasons. But yea I'm fine with it and had been planning to leave for a while, so no hard feelings. The best retaliation would be me achieving success in my new endeavors.
Re: Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?
#370I've been working on a flash card app. The app imports Anki (apkg) cards, but is easier to use and based on multiple choice questions. I'm hoping it will find use in literacy. I'm using Cordova to compile the app: https://github.com/phil4literacy/LWimport