Becoming a high performing software developer working from your bedroom

Post by xvector » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 6:04 PM UTC

rjkennedy98 wrote: post #156

vsareto wrote: post #111

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There's really no other words for it: a six figure job from the comfort of your own home/office is fucking magic Everyone should get the chance to experience it.

Yes, and some of us reject it. When you work with people you never or rarely meet in person loneliness can be a big issue. If you have addiction problems, having the freedom to drink, game, smoke, ect whenever you want can also be a huge issue. Yes, not having a commute can be great, but if you are young you can usually find apartments close to your work (I bike to work for instance). What I feel is best is having th…

Post by nuclearnice1 » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 6:07 PM UTC

krn wrote: post #210

Ididntdothis wrote: post #145

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Agreed. You can’t assume that the current upswing will go on forever. People learned this in 2000 and 2008.

Nasdaq-100 dropped by -41.89% in 2008, and then went up by +53.54% in 2009. That's it. The only other negative performance since 2002 was in 2018 (-1.04%). If you are a kind of investor who starts selling off in the middle of an economic downturn, of course you will lose.

Post by jldugger » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 6:18 PM UTC

Post by krn » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 6:23 PM UTC

nuclearnice1 wrote: post #213

krn wrote: post #210

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Nasdaq-100 dropped by -41.89% in 2008, and then went up by +53.54% in 2009. That's it. The only other negative performance since 2002 was in 2018 (-1.04%). If you are a kind of investor who starts selling off in the middle of an economic downturn, of course you will lose.

How about 2000?

Post by polygotdomain » Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 6:27 PM UTC

nickjj wrote: post #84

petargyurov wrote: post #5

> Buy a whiteboard and write the goals for the day on it, for instance As a solo dev the biggest productivity booster for me, from a physical and mental aspect, was purchasing a whiteboard. It honestly feels like some sort of hack. Prior to having one I would use pen and paper but that didn't quite scratch my itch - if I made a mistake I would have to scribble it out and that space was now wasted. I can't quite expla…

I picked one up almost 3 years ago for my home office. Also happened to document the process of building one here: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/build-your-own-8x4-foot-white... I don't mind spending money but it's hard to pass up $15 worth of materials at home depot and 20 minutes of work instead of buying a pre-made whiteboard for $200. If anyone is curious, even ~3 years later with a decent amount of usage it wor…