I'm Begging for Work • Hacker News Board

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by mcv » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 3:04 PM UTC

igravious wrote: post #108

enneff wrote: post #58

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Be honest. I'm happy to answer questions as to why I believe this is good advice.

Oh I see. Sorry. I didn't mean it to come across like that. Just had a recent personal situation I'd rather not go into on a public forum that would have turned out a whole lot better if me and the truth were more in alignment, sad to say : / Anyway, one lie begets another. Just tell the truth, less cognitive overload, less trust issues. Easier said than done I know; we all want to save face, we all have our shame to…

I'd say if you can't trust each other in a long term relationship, you have no business being in that relationship. You're in it to support each other. This is a situation where you need support.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by Rudism » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 3:13 PM UTC

NoCulturalFit wrote: post #223

ecliptik wrote: post #23

I'd suggest the following, active twitter account completed Linkedin profile active github account active website (Github Pages allows free static hosting) For a remote job search, sign up for a free RSS site (I recommend https://newsblur.com/ ) and add some remote-only feeds, https://goremote.io/rss https://jobs.github.com/positions.atom https://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/feed?allowsremote=True Other good remote…

Thanks for the list, I appreciate it. It's close to impossible to get a remote job by the sheer amount of people wanting them. And no place will let you negotiate less salary for a job. :-/ I find myself as the same place as the the dev who wrote this. I don't even need a "dev-salary", we could live on the 44k a month and I would be happy with that as long as it's remote. Could go less, but it has to be a job that ex…

I could also quite easily live on $44k per month.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by nolite » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 3:27 PM UTC

NoCulturalFit wrote: post #223

ecliptik wrote: post #23

I'd suggest the following, active twitter account completed Linkedin profile active github account active website (Github Pages allows free static hosting) For a remote job search, sign up for a free RSS site (I recommend https://newsblur.com/ ) and add some remote-only feeds, https://goremote.io/rss https://jobs.github.com/positions.atom https://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/feed?allowsremote=True Other good remote…

Thanks for the list, I appreciate it. It's close to impossible to get a remote job by the sheer amount of people wanting them. And no place will let you negotiate less salary for a job. :-/ I find myself as the same place as the the dev who wrote this. I don't even need a "dev-salary", we could live on the 44k a month and I would be happy with that as long as it's remote. Could go less, but it has to be a job that ex…

You have a profile? CV?

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by hwstar » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 3:48 PM UTC

gliese1337 wrote: post #130

Bonogongo wrote: post #87

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It sounds like you have done this in the past, and it is blackmail. And I understand that you don't want to see yourself as a blackmailer. "I'm more worth than that" and leaving is standing up. "Give me more money or I leave" is blackmail. "Regarding your Wikipedia quote, leaving a job in which you are abused and underpaid is not at all unjustified." Leaving is not the blackmail part, threatening to leave is the blac…

"Give me more money or I leave" is not blackmail. That is called an "ultimatum". Blackmail is defined as a demand for money in exchange for not revealing compromising or injurious information. "Give me more money or I will publish these naked photos of you" is blackmail. One of those is illegal. The other one isn't.

Think of it like that Jaba the Hutt/thermal detonator scene in Star Wars episode 6:

"This bounty hunter is my kind of scum, Fearless and Inventive"

When dealing with sociopaths,, to negotiate from a position of strength; you need to have an offer in hand from another employer, because it is very likely that you could be fired on the spot when you confront this type of individual. The sociopath doesn't care, and will just find someone else to exploit.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by webXL » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 4:13 PM UTC

angelofm wrote: post #116

I'd like to donate some money and I am sure other people would do that as well, how can I donate a few $$$? After having kids and be broke myself in the past I really feel for you.

Uh, how do you know this is legit?

I feel for him too, but let's be wise.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by FilterSweep » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 4:15 PM UTC

gknoy wrote: post #270

FilterSweep wrote: post #257

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To be fair, Twitter is filled to the brim with noise. And I'm just as jaded as you are WRT to the massive scale pandering to Twitter-mobs going on in current society. With that being said, Dev communities tend to be quite different on twitter. I'll have to take the plunge as well, so I'm speaking to myself as much as I'm speaking to you, make an account _solely_ for your developer persona .

I think my problem with Twitter is, I have no idea what I would tweet about. Do you just use it to follow things and post replies to people looking for help? I have skipped Twitter for years because I didn't feel a need to micro-blog (esp publically), but now I regret that and don't know where to start. I'm worried that maintaining my feed (?) would be a huge time sink. I like your suggestion about my "developer pers…

>I have no idea what I would tweet about.

That's essentially why I don't use the service in a nutshell, and find it in its entirety much ado about nothing.

However, I mentioned I need to follow this advice as well because I often meet developers from other companies, and many in my local area are involved with each other on Twitter. Particularly, the UX and RoR communities of my area are both quite strong on Twitter (I'm a C#/Python guy, but it still applies). In sum, They are much better aware of what's going on and where to find a new job, should they need one.

I'm in the same boat as you - in order to further develop myself I'll inevitably have to cave and make a Twitter account.

> Do you just use it to follow things and post replies to people looking for help?

In a nutshell, yes. Or dev jokes, or your current project(s), or really anything that builds up your following. The metrics are available....use them! "Retweeting" other developers you follow should help as well.

> I'm worried that maintaining my feed (?) would be a huge time sink. > Do you have suggestions for tools or tactics for making sure the signal to noise stays high?

It is a huge time sink. But unfortunately the "powers that be" place a premium on having both an online presence, and online "clout." While a Github profile and personal website is certainly more important for reputation as a developer, your Twitter serves as a mouthpiece for your work and is (again, unfortunately) ultimately the first _and_ last thing looked at.

Maintaining your feed, I guess, would be easy as a developer. You have normal user level things - ie: only follow the accounts in your developer sphere - and you can also use management systems and third party software to filter out more of the noise. Hell, you could even write your own and use that same tool to build up your following! I believe most of the timesink in that aspect would be front-loaded - once you're up and running, you don't need to put much more work in.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by DanBC » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 4:20 PM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #206

DanBC wrote: post #202

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Sure, but you know that you shouldn't call put nastiness by being nasty.

No, I don't know that. I think I did the right thing. Thanks for chiming in, though.

A search for dang and for the word nastiness turns up many results of him asking people to stop being unpleasant.

Most relevant:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9658134

> Responding to nastiness with more nastiness is the surest way to destroy HN. The way to help is to gently point out that we all need to follow the site guidelines.

But there are very many others.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by webXL » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 4:22 PM UTC

calibraxis wrote: post #172

jlarocco wrote: post #91

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I guess beggers can't be choosers, but you're describing an employer I would never work for. > Remove any controversial political views or disparaging remarks about previous employers. If a person keeps their stupid political views to themselves while at work, it's really not any of their employers business. As far as disparaging remarks go, if it's an awesome company to work for, there shouldn't be anything to worry…

Workplaces are intensely political. Corporations are huge donors to political campaigns. Of course, politics goes beyond the pageant of professional politicians we call elections. (For example, saying "corporations are illegitimate entities" is political. Or "corporations are structured as dictatorships, and that's where you spend much of your lives". What would we expect a corporate gatekeeper to do, upon seeing tha…

My haunch is that most donations by corporations are strategic and don't have an ideological bent.

Yes, there are plenty of hiring managers who let their ideology get in the way of making decisions that benefit the business. The companies that have a lot of those won't be around very long. But if you make any political comments online, just pretend that you're on TV and everyone can hear you. In other words, don't be an ass.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by dba7dba » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 4:22 PM UTC

giaour wrote: post #57

Best of luck, brokedev. The only piece of advice I have is that you should see remote work as a long-term goal, not an immediate solution to your problem. Remote jobs are generally harder to find, usually pay less, and are almost always more competitive. The easiest way to get a remote job without years of experience is to perform well enough at a non-remote role that they trust you to work from home full time. (Abou…

I second this. Pretty much a lot of tech workers prefer remote jobs over onsite job, for good reasons.

The only ones that get remote jobs are either very senior, have proven track record or they are free-lancers. So I'd say keep looking for it every once in awhile but focus on getting a local job.

And always be learning. Always try to work on side project. It will help learn and also may turn out to be an income source.

Re: I'm Begging for Work

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Post by Mz » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 4:36 PM UTC

gknoy wrote: post #270

FilterSweep wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, Twitter is filled to the brim with noise. And I'm just as jaded as you are WRT to the massive scale pandering to Twitter-mobs going on in current society. With that being said, Dev communities tend to be quite different on twitter. I'll have to take the plunge as well, so I'm speaking to myself as much as I'm speaking to you, make an account _solely_ for your developer persona .

I think my problem with Twitter is, I have no idea what I would tweet about. Do you just use it to follow things and post replies to people looking for help? I have skipped Twitter for years because I didn't feel a need to micro-blog (esp publically), but now I regret that and don't know where to start. I'm worried that maintaining my feed (?) would be a huge time sink. I like your suggestion about my "developer pers…

It does not have to be a huge time sink. Like anything, it will take some time to get your bearings. But the messages are short and the way it works is very favorable to popping in when you feel like it. It is as much of a time sink as you are willing to make it.