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encorekt··on How to Improve Your Programming Problem Solving
"How do you keep muscles from growing weaker over time? You keep exercising them." - I need to increase my problem solving reps.
encorekt··on How to Recognize a Pyramid Scheme vs. MLM
Well, one is legal and one technically is not, so knowing the difference let's you know what, if any, legal options you have should you get super screwed by one.
encorekt··on Hiring for tech jobs has increased more than 100% in these Midwestern cities
I think it runs the gambit, but for sure medical, biotech, and ag companies are huge. One of the biggest and fastest growths we've seen in Madison (even if we weren't cool enough to make the list) is Exact Sciences -- a company that provides and tests mail-in poop kits to test for early signs of colon cancer.
encorekt··on Hiring for tech jobs has increased more than 100% in these Midwestern cities
That's not wrong, but as a Midwesterner, I think you also have people have legitimately enjoy experiencing all four seasons. And in cities with good public transit systems (like Chicago and Minneapolis) the damper of driving in crappy weather isn't as present.
encorekt··on Dogs Align Their Poops with Earth’s Magnetic Field and 22 Other Dog Facts
Ugh. Well, that's just heartbreaking.
encorekt··on Dogs Align Their Poops with Earth’s Magnetic Field and 22 Other Dog Facts
3.8" is an absurdly small dog. How long did this dog live?
encorekt··on The MLM Epidemic in 13 Maps
Absolutely -- it's that promise of financial freedom and products that "basically sell themselves" except you're stuck with the inventory because 10 people are working on the same friends to get them to buy Younique mascara.
encorekt··on How Not to Do Time Tracking for Software Developers
I make those a pretty broad category -- "email" "time waste" (that one's just for me). If the time tracker is simplistic and intuitive enough, then it doesn't have to be a headache.
encorekt··on Ask HN: Advice on acquiring clients for private beta?
You're usually better off starting with people you have relationships with -- SaaS owners that fit the bill. And depending on the relationship, you can see if THEY have relationships with others that might be interested and leave an open invitation to get in touch with you.

Have you parsed out your own target audience at all? Have you made a list of SaaS companies you would like to approach? Are you attempting to reach them through cold email? What have you tried that's not working, or are you having trouble segmenting your audience in general?

encorekt··on Sears has another chance to avoid closing down
Yeah, I think you're completely on point. Sears has been on verge of folding for at least a decade, and they've done little to nothing to implement any innovation that would give them another swing. It left plenty of opportunity for smaller startups to swoop in and stay ahead of the market Sears lost out on.
encorekt··on What makes a great developer? A story of an extraordinary blacksmith
Looks like just themselves -- a team of developers I guess. Or horseshoes?
encorekt··on Ask HN: Where can you find newsletters by topic?
Thanks so much! I'll check it out.
encorekt··on The Grim Crime-Scene Dollhouses Made by the ‘Mother of Forensics’
Thanks for this! I just obsessively love well-crafted miniatures -- and a good history lesson.
encorekt··on Motivating Software Engineers 101
Yes, that is absolutely true. I think the point here is that salary isn't ENOUGH to keep people motivated; that while you need to pay well, you can't shirk all other aspects of morale.