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Poster previously requested help after death, coma, physical rehabilitation, and drug abuse. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2312566
I read this comment to mean "he asked for help finding work four times, with four different reasons" until I clicked through the link.
Poster previously requested help after death, coma, physical rehabilitation, and drug abuse. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2312566
The reason I am writing this is because I up voted this comment before checking in detail and now I cannot take it back.
Poster previously requested help after death, coma, physical rehabilitation, and drug abuse. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2312566
Else a repeating pattern of self-destructiveness (self-sabotage) would continue.
I wish you luck, but there are warning flags in your appeal. Do you have someone to talk to about the "some reason" that your other leads/gigs/contacts have gone cold?
It's all too easy unfortunately.
Where are you located and why can't you post the link right here for your LinkedIn/Github?
Sorry I feel uncomfortable about this situation and didn't want to show who I was publicly. if you email me at the above email I will gladly give you more info about me.
Poster previously requested help after death, coma, physical rehabilitation, and drug abuse. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2312566
I wish you luck, but there are warning flags in your appeal. Do you have someone to talk to about the "some reason" that your other leads/gigs/contacts have gone cold?
There are also things in the appeal that make this sound legit, in particular the part about running out of money working at startups. Sure an outsider could figure this out and make a false appeal (like is often done on reddit) but they usually aren't that clever.
To christmasgift, I would again suggest being sure to have a deep conversation, with someone who knows you well or is an expert counsellor, to understand how things reached this point. To those offering work, I would suggest checking references.
Whether this is a rough streak of bad luck for an earnest and talented person, or something else, such considered steps will help all involved.
Poster previously requested help after death, coma, physical rehabilitation, and drug abuse. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2312566
I wish you luck, but there are warning flags in your appeal. Do you have someone to talk to about the "some reason" that your other leads/gigs/contacts have gone cold?
In my experience a couple of really good freelance gigs can be enough to cause all of these problems. The problem is there aren't enough hours in the day and so if a project starts getting behind you work at it harder, forego things like marketing yourself (because you can't commit anyway to anyone else) and pretty soon your presence is down. It's a painful lesson and I have been through it. When you combine this wit…
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In my experience a couple of really good freelance gigs can be enough to cause all of these problems. The problem is there aren't enough hours in the day and so if a project starts getting behind you work at it harder, forego things like marketing yourself (because you can't commit anyway to anyone else) and pretty soon your presence is down. It's a painful lesson and I have been through it. When you combine this wit…
exactly this, if you're a lone worker it becomes so easy to be consumed by a project and forget about the things that bring in work after the project has ended.