I wonder if car manufacturers are working with this limitations in mind.
I feel cars with combustion engines suffer at 20-30 km/h but electrics seems to be okay with that.
Am I right?
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Another way to enter this market is doing some project with a big company. This means YOU do the work, and they pocket most of the money since they will have the consultants, PMs, etc while you have the developers and engineers.
Hard to enter. Not because regulations (only).
It it is a concern to you, please ask during interview.
That includes beign able to get vacation (not just me, but my team as well) when I need it.
And be able to disconnect and nothing (bad) happens.
I believe it will raise a bit prices in 2026 but not too much.
Some integrations might look like an upsell points, but they will give you insights about what customers want.
You cannot make permits, taxes, and land prices to go down. Interest can be "tamed" if you build quick and sell quick. And most material prices are driven by transport.
Before you jump into the sector remember a great technology for construction was drywall (Pladur, Knauf, etc): it lowered time (and costs) to build inner walls.
Anything electronic, like automated window blinds... etc is not interesting for the sector: prices are high, cost to deploy are also high. It won't get mass adoption unless customers want to pay 2x-10x more for a house.
Hotelbeds - Like Sabre, or Amadeus but for hotel rooms. Based in Majorca (they have an office near the airport). Nice people (and cool tech, btw)
Before I joined one team member had less than 7 vacation days in a year, and she's working in a country with less than 10 public holidays a year.
It is _very_ easy not to get vacation because you can have all you want.
Now everyone in my department MUST take at least what's legal on the country they're based.
I remember a long time ago Silicon Graphics used to build Reality Centers. Their best sales pitch was some Oil company was building an Oil rig and using VR they could find - from blueprints - some valves were installed too high and that saved them a lot of money.
I worked for a company that had a software to scan train tunnels for inspection. It was cheaper and quicker than sending technicians there, but the interface -built on PowerBI was a pain. VR could be much better...
... but you need an easy way to build that App.
(btw if someone knows about it, just drop me message)
First week is for meeting colleages (we're remote), and get rid of as much mandatory training (legal, safety, compliance etc) you can. I expect some training yet to be done still on week 6.
The new hire is invited to agile rituals from day 2, but nothing is expected. Just to get used to the vibe. He/She might pick up things as they appear with the help of a buddying engineer. But no more than one task at time.
After week 2 he/she can start writing... words, not code. Code review is Ok, but might be too much for some people. The point is to make sure s/he knows where to ask, where are some things...
After week 3 should be allowed to code :-)
I should have kidnaped and cloned him when I had the chance.
If you have all the money in the world the most expensive / exclusive phone you can get is an iPhone, Samsung Fold, or this Pixel Fold.
It's great to see someome doing side projects just because they want, not as a way to make some business on the side.
(Lost Friends and family both the hearth disease, cancer, and Alzheimer - would kill to eradicate all from the face of earth)