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fullStackOasis

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my email: fullstackdev+hn@fullstackoasis.com

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fullStackOasis··on Trump wins presidency for second time
> the above rights have no particular appeal at all to people who are neither pregnant

This doesn't sound right to me. You don't have to be pregnant to be interested in keeping abortion legally accessible. You don't even have to be a woman. Keeping a fetus in your body for 9 months when you don't want it is a horror movie scenario for me, and I'm guessing most other women feel the same way. And there are surely many men who want that option available for their partners, as well.

FWIW I also support (2) for those who want it.

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2024)
SEEKING WORK | NY USA | REMOTE

Full stack developer available up to half time.

Current focus is Java native Android, or React Native frontend; Node.js/Express.js backend, Firebase RTDB and Firestore for data storage. However, I'm equally happy with SQL or noSQL. Some iOS, MongoDB, React (for web) etc experience. 10+ years software development work experience.

I prefer to arrange fixed price contracts with 50% up front, but it's negotiable.

I like working on existing projects to fix bugs or add features. I also like developing proof-of-concept applications. If any of that sounds like something you're looking for, please email me for further discussion! fullstackdev@fullstackoasis.com

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Alternatives to the Pomodoro technique?
> Some days I forget to eat lunch, and I usually end up naturally coming out of it after about 7 hours

I used to be like this myself. In the last few years, alas, I realized that this behavior was unhealthy for my physical body. Just a word of caution. What your mind prefers to do is not necessarily the best for your entire self.

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: I'm burnt out: frustrated, distracted, pessimistic. How do I fix this?
For context, could you tell us when this started, and how long you have you been running your startup?
fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Do you hate your job?
I used to hate my job. Actually, I had a couple of jobs that I hated. I had started to wonder if it was me, or just having any job.

However, I had a couple of jobs that I liked, early on. These were days when I didn't have to support myself (still living with my parents, so I saved almost all my pay). The jobs paid extremely poorly, and I wasn't doing them full time. But I liked them.

The things that I liked about those jobs were (1) I didn't have to work all day long so I had plenty of free time for other stuff. (2) I didn't have much responsibility. No reporting to people about what I did. I just did the work. It was obvious I'd done my job, and my bosses were clearly satisfied and appreciative. (3) They were not desk jobs. In one, I was working outdoors. In another, I was moving around a lot indoors. (4) Most importantly: I felt hopeful about my future. These were not dead end jobs I'd have for the rest of my life. I was making more money than I needed, and the future was open and filled with potential.

When I look back at the jobs that I hated, I see a few things. (1) No hope for the future. I felt stuck. (2) I didn't feel appreciated. Unfortunately, most of the time, money was a proxy for appreciation. I felt underpaid for what I was doing and hence not appreciated. (3) The working environment involved a toxic person in both cases; someone who was overtly or covertly hostile. (4) In one job, we had an open office plan. People would chat incessantly within earshot, and it drove me crazy. (5) In one job, I was cold all the time, even wearing a sweater in the office.

I think it's only in hindsight that I can pinpoint the specific reasons that I hated those jobs.

I wish I had some tips to make it easier to deal with. Based on my experience, I'd say identify the problems, and then hunt for a job that doesn't have those problems.

I have a friend who took a couple of different jobs, and hated them all. He just decided that all jobs suck, and stuck with the last one for a long time. That worked out for him, in one way, since he has a nice salary and retirement package. So that can work, depending on what you want.

However, I feel like life is too short to be miserable when you have a choice not to be, and it's worth hunting around for better. All jobs have some suck factor, I guess. But I know from experience that jobs don't have to involve lots of suffering (at least, for me this is true). Also, there's nothing against job hopping in the US. Seems you'll wind up with a higher salary if you time your job hops correctly (probably better not to do it in a recession). I wish I'd done that more.

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Do you hate your job?
> the only way out is to quit and just live life how I want

Could you expand on how you want to live your life? I am curious. Sometimes, it's possible to get closer to the life you want to live without being so drastic as that.

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: If you're so smart how come you're not rich?
How much money do you want to make?

Sometimes, I do wonder why I'm not rich, even though I'm smart in many ways. But I really know the answer. I haven't actually tried to get rich, because I don't value that very much. I try to maximize my time for things that make me happy. So it's not really a mystery that I'm not "rich" (a relative term).

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: One-man teams that got into YC, etc., without much self-capital?
I can't answer your question about YC, but you mentioned that you are looking for inspiration. For that, I recommend taking a look at Indie Hackers https://www.indiehackers.com/ and Failory https://www.failory.com/ - if you haven't already done so. Oh yeah and https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ - if you aren't looking to build a megabillion startup.
fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Freelancer Rates in the US
You are certainly correct, and those are nice to have.

It pays to keep in mind that in order to deduct an expense, you have to pay the expense. So as a freelancer, when I pay for my computer, that's $1500 out of pocket. Then I don't pay quite so much in taxes. But I've still got $1500 less at the end of the year than if I worked at a business and they were paying for my computer.

$50K+ into your retirement is also great, but it's most useful for those who are making so much money that they can afford to put that money away and not touch it until they're 62. Some people can certainly do that, but I doubt that it's very common. Even FTE often don't max out their 401K. Here's a fool article that claims the average is rate is 7%: https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/01/15/average-americans...

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Freelancer Rates in the US
Your assuming that the freelancer is billing out 2000/year. That's not usual. Some freelancers can, but many cannot. The risk of long periods of downtime are bundled into that rate. Other expenses can be legal, own equipment, development, training, own office, etc. It depends on the freelancer's situation; you might wind up putting a lot of money back into the business. In that case, $75/hour is not really very much in the US.
fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Freelancer Rates in the US
Like someone else said, the agency is Russian. From their "about" page: https://soshace.com/aboutus

197183, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Polevaya Sabirovskaya street, 54А, office 335

fullStackOasis··on Ask HN: Is there anywhere as intellectually curious as kuro5hin used to be?
For anyone with historical interest, here's that last HN post by kuro5hin's owner: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609308

> Hey so this is Rusty -- What happened was basically that Internap shut down the data center we were in and had to move the servers, and I conspicuously failed to Deal With Things around that. The content is probably not gone foreve

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