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scotthtayloron My billion pound company has no HR department

Bit of a silly video, that didn't really tell me anything.

scotthtayloron Six-page narratives tackling our biggest challenges

Thanks so much for the comment! You can check out the live progress on the memos here: http://publish.obsidian.md/stim

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Ordered!

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Great explanation, thanks for taking the time to write it!

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Yeah, I agree with you (nicely put btw) — what I find disconcerting is the fact that it's happening so quick, i.e. I notice myself evolving and changing over weeks/months and becoming increasingly reliant upon the external data stores. Pretty crazy we can adapt that quick!

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Awesome write-up!

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Agree 100% — nicely written up!

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Exactly, I agree. Think about 100 years from now — our bodies won't have evolved quick enough (much like our fight or flight mechanism dealing with the stresses of today) to be able to cope.

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Actually a good point!

scotthtayloron Are we losing our ability to remember?

Haha, not at all an advert. Simply saying that I use networked thinking apps (Obsidian, Roam Research, etc.) to help take the load off my working memory.

scotthtayloron SEC Issues Record $114M Whistleblower Award

Goldman Sachs 1MDB? Or what else could have reached this level of payout (Whistleblower awards can range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected when the monetary sanctions exceed $1 million.)

scotthtayloron The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Haha, agree!

scotthtayloron Roam Research reaches $1m ARR in 6 weeks

Yeah, I have to agree. I made the jump to Obsidian — the app is great!

scotthtayloron Medium is not the home for your ideas

Bundle, unbundle, rinse, repeat.

Tech's virtuous cycle will forever run...

scotthtayloron Ask HN: How do you read long PDFs?

Like others, I import mine to Goodnotes on my iPad then use Apple Pencil to annotate / mark-up etc. Can also export in whatever format (inc. PDF) if I want.

scotthtayloron Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?

https://st.im -- I write about building AI products, self improvement and general curiosity.

I also have a '10 Minute Guide' book series -- the most recent one being '10 Minute Guide to Mental Fitness'.

scotthtayloron How Justin Kan fundraises

So you're introducers, taking a 5% fee?

scotthtayloron How I made 10% of my side project’s incomes with a bot written in 4 hours

"How I made 10% of my side project's incomes with a bot written in 4 hours"... "then decreased my products lifetime earning by 15% permanently".

Now that it's publicly known, why would anyone sign-up immediately? Surely this addition has now done more harm?

scotthtayloron How Not to Bomb Your Offer Negotiation

Such a silly article; not a great way to start a relationship with your new colleagues.

scotthtayloron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)

London, UK - miDrive

1) Front end developer (HTML/CSS/JS) 2) Javascript developer (Node, Angular, Cordova) x2

Great offices, located in High Street Kensington.

info@midrive.com

scotthtayloron Lookback 1.0. Record bugs and feedback, now on Android, Mac and iOS

Great :)

scotthtayloron RC fighter model UAV build in Jet engine 360+mph [video]

Amazing, would love to see this advance to have a camera capable of relaying a camera feed to an Oculus Rift.

scotthtayloron Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

Terrible editing by Bloomberg.

scotthtayloron [dead]

miDrive (http://www.miDrive.com) - London, Full Time

Write to me: scott.taylor@midrive.com

=== Position ===

Javascript / Mobile Developer

=== About miDrive === Have you got what it takes to join our small and hand-picked team of talented individuals, working for a fast-paced tech startup as a Javascript Developer?

miDrive’s mission is to reinvent learner driving with technology, and, with our online marketplace and apps for iOS and Android, we’re well on our way to changing the way people learn to drive forever.

From our office on the Kent coast, our small team have built a community of driving instructors, have developed and launched two awesome apps and are engaging with a community of over 15,000 learner drivers each and every day.

We’re not stopping there though. We believe miDrive has the potential to change the way people learn to drive all over the world, and our next stop is Europe.

=== You Should Have ===

Real-world experience of Backbone.js (any knowledge of other JS MVC frameworks is a plus)

Good working knowledge of development and debugging with Chrome dev tools

Knowledge of the pitfalls and workarounds of building hybrid mobile apps

Dogged determination to create the best app possible within the constraints of a start-up environment

=== You Should Be Willing to Learn ===

How to build hybrid apps with Cordova

New emerging frameworks (eg famo.us or similar) that improve performance of hybrid mobile apps

Best practices for js app testing

How to work in a weekly sprint-based workflow

scotthtayloron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2014)

miDrive is hiring (http://jobs.midrive.com) Peeky is hiring an iOS developer

scotthtayloron Show HN: Solo - An app for sharing solitude and loneliness

You should check out http://www.peeky.co ;-)

scotthtayloron Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

Currently working on: http://www.peeky.co

scotthtayloron Google glass now in UK

I don't want to get punched, so won't be buying one. But eagerly await seeing my first glasshole in the flesh.

scotthtayloron Show HN: A collaborative newsletter for product managers

How many 'product manager' groups and newsletters do we need.

scotthtayloron Ask HN: How do you earn your money?

Building blocks.

You are going to learn processes, insights and experience failures when working for someone (and help with building their dream). This is learning on someone else's dollar. It's mutually beneficial and £30k is certainly not something to sniff at.

Very few people walk out of university, raise money and launch the next Facebook.

It's all about de-risking. Make yourself investable over the next few years. Branch out and learn other areas of the business (marketing/sales/etc).

Plan what you want to do and make sure you have calculated steps to reach them.

You'll also probably want to be tinkering with stuff on the side. These could potentially get you some money, but more realistically will provide you with invaluable learning.