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New comment by noahc in "Luna Cryptocurrency Collapse: How UST Broke"

noahc — Fri, 13 May 2022 22:14:27 +0000

Are there other examples of commodities that turned into investments? Tulips? Is that how all many bubbles form?

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: Switching to a career in software development in my 30s?"

noahc — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:46:06 +0000

Search for church content management system companies, etc and apply for jobs on their dev teams. You would have valuable product insights.

New comment by noahc in "I’m 22 and I’ve failed"

noahc — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:48:35 +0000

If you match 40% of a job posting, you should apply. Those requirements are there as an ideal, not actual requirements.

New comment by noahc in "(I'm non-technical) What is the best back end framework to use for my web app?"

noahc — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:05:31 +0000

You could do a lot worse than to choose Ruby on Rails.

New comment by noahc in "Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage"

noahc — Mon, 18 May 2020 12:18:58 +0000

I think he’s saying the owner will comp him deliveries. Not pay him back.

New comment by noahc in "Show HN: A tool to scrape senators' stock transactions for your own analysis"

noahc — Fri, 15 May 2020 13:44:34 +0000

> I still say for the poor level of diversification within & around asset classes that I don’t see a lot of shining examples of how to achieve success.

Wouldn't you expect a poor level of diversification in a stock portfolio based on corruption? They aren't dollar cost averaging and diversifying. They're doing the exact opposite to maximize the trade.

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2018)"

noahc — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:10:22 +0000

Location: IA

Remote: Preferred

Willing to Relocate: Yes, to Orange County

Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Heroku, etc

email: noah@noahc.net

I'd love to talk to companies that are looking for a Sr. Engineer that has spent the last 6 years writing ruby on rails code. Currently work in a healthy work environment that focuses on code quality, having tests, and practicing agile principles to build software that works for our customers. I'd like to work in a customer focused environment.

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: Get paid to interview/vet candidates"

noahc — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:06:08 +0000

Depending on the complexity of the ecosystem and the experience of the developer 2 weeks to 1 month might not be enough time. You'd also want to be worried about the code slinger that just starts throwing code at a problem and looks like a rockstar in the first couple months, but by month 6 has ground to a halt because they can't change the code they wrote a few months ago.

New comment by noahc in "[dead]"

noahc — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:30:22 +0000

What do you want to have happen with this post?

New comment by noahc in "Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities"

noahc — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:38:33 +0000

I don't see why it couldn't be done by almost anyone given that they live close enough to work. Anything less than 10 miles is doable assuming you have a good route.

New comment by noahc in "Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities"

noahc — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:12:44 +0000

I've cycled through winters with wind chill in the -15F range and up to a half foot of snow on the ground. So, it is more than doable to do in both those cities.

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: What is your favorite deployment/hosting choices for Rails 5?"

noahc — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 02:21:15 +0000

Yeah. I think you need a corporate account though. Do you have metrics in place to see if you can improve performance? Have you played with dyno resizing based on load or time?

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: What is your favorite deployment/hosting choices for Rails 5?"

noahc — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:09:57 +0000

Have you worked with Heroku to lower your bill?

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: How to raise 10M for a SaaS product?"

noahc — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 01:15:26 +0000

You've already answered your question. Be someone that does non-f500 for a decade, then slowly introduce the f500 features and in a decade you'll be where you want to be.

New comment by noahc in "How to know if you're not smart enough to be a great programmer?"

noahc — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:37:23 +0000

You should give up now. You're smart enough to program, but you're getting in your head too much and until you fix that it won't happen.

New comment by noahc in "Ask HN: Getting direct contacts for jobs I'm not qualified for"

noahc — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:33:47 +0000

Just go along with it. It's up to them to figure out where to place you in the company.

Ask HN: How to get started Moonlighting for established companies?

noahc — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:30:14 +0000

I’m wondering if anyone has any practical advice for getting started moonlighting, in particular with ‘boring’ companies and industries. I’m not all that attracted to ‘change the world’ and typical startup hype. I’d prefer a company that’s been around for 45 years, that I can layer technology on top of and see person weeks per month saved because of small, focused projects to capture efficiencies. It isn’t about size really, it’s about process maturity.

My ideal client is someone that could benefit from technology automation in their business process. Think excel spreadsheet to web app. Or maybe they’re using what is now considered a ‘legacy’ system and need functionality added or need it moved to a modern platform that allows for faster technology development. I have a lot of experience moving from legacy systems to more modern systems in a way that keeps the business moving, but also delivers business value along the way.

What I’m looking for is something is semi-long term (or at least could be), where I’d work 10-15 hours a week, and ideally would be using Ruby on Rails. I’m not attached to Ruby on Rails, but I feel that is how I could provide the most value to whoever I’m working with.

Is what I’m looking for a unicorn? Even if I’d be moonlighting? If not, how do I find the first couple clients?

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New comment by noahc in "Show HN: Whiteboardfree – Developer Jobs at Companies That Don't Whiteboard"

noahc — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:54:16 +0000

> If a company wants to try me out, I'm more than willing to do a contract to perm, but my hourly rate is going to be enough to cover self employment taxes, make up for not getting paid for time off and at least two or three weeks between employment.

What does that number look like? 10k a week?

New comment by noahc in "Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering Role"

noahc — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 01:03:57 +0000

As an experiment, I was able to do this in under 3 minutes with ruby. I'd say I'm an average programmer.

New comment by noahc in "Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering Role"

noahc — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:47:12 +0000

> Ruby is hard to get a job in, so you are off to a rough start.

Why do you say this?