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For software developers: how to find a job with relocation to Europe
Original EnglishWe pay €400/month because we're in the highest income bracket, but even that is being phased out next year (and up to now was only …
The Mother of All Interview Questions
Original EnglishWe knew the maximum long term revenue because of the capacity we had in mind.
Freelancer.com is destroying my life
Original EnglishI've started offering 10% discounts for payment upfront—even some of the larger, "corporate" clients can get pre-payments through their strictly-net-45-billing department.
Ask HN: Why can't I make as much as I make?
Original English("A 5% increase in conversion rates does this to the value of your stock options.") This is a nice place to be in negotiating.
Clean Up Your Mess – A Guide to Visual Design for Everyone (2011)
Original EnglishI try my best to use the paper-as-a-cost analogy...the reason print media got so adept at stuffing more and more on a page was because …
Introducing Bing Code Search for C#
Original EnglishThat's what we're still dealing with but we have LLVM which slings code out much faster than anything we've had before.
What was it like to self-learn programming before Stack Overflow? (2016)
Original EnglishI spent about 15% of my total income for that machine, and never regretted it.
Technical interview performance is kind of arbitrary
Original Englishthe process I saved a client $20K/month in EBS costs. …
Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes
Original EnglishFor example, let's say I run a non-profit hospital.