I cannot advise well, but I thank you for your metaphor! Creating from the heart is an endless process as people always change. It is convenient to make choices on the basis of money, but a profession with a good ethic is priceless and serves the better good. Perhaps break up your passions into those of curiosity and those of necessity, and unpack from there. Less is more some times.
Hourly rate x member of staff implementing it. That’s for a fixed outcome. You also need to identify all other needs- copy writing, branding, user experience design, feature specifications. Whatever the figure arising, add 30%.
I would suggest creating a git repository on GitLab or GitHub to get started. Then learn about nodeJs, npm and create a build project, storing it on your remote git repo (GitLab private repo). Once you have started developing these skills try submitting to an open source project, getting feedback. When you feel you know enough about the process, look for small gig work and build up your resume from there. Lots of perils, but worth it. Good prep for the business skills you need.
Good advice @golem14. Similar thoughts. I wouldn’t have espoused techniques for passive identity mining though. But that said, the more dark patterns discussed, the better precautions people can take. Whatever of the technical possibilities, clearly and truthfully declaring why a service requires certain authorization steps is generally best practice IMHO - ethics before profit.
My circadian cycle has been screwed for years. Even with militant reduction of device use, avoidance of caffeine, sugar or stimulants, for whatever reason, no matter how tired I am, I wake up fully around 9pm, feeling clear and generally “awake”. It’s hell. I did have success for a limited period of time by getting up at 4am and shifting my cycle from “late night” to “early morning”. It did feel better, but I was still out of sync with the 9-5 cycle which is by itself, completely out of sync with seasonal time. I don’t know about you, but the older I have become, the more sensitive I seem to be seasonal changes! I suppose once choice is to try early starts or late nights?
If you are an audiophile, that is, if you care about the color and texture of sound, no. Not at all. Yes, codecs exist and there are methods to artificially round or shape the audio (eg. equalization biases, stereo width etc)... but hyperprocessed audio, just like food, is horrible. The data transmission technology may be here, but the aesthetics, the important part, are absolutely awful at the moment. We are not there yet. Stay critical.
Its a good start, but I would recommend abstaining from declaring a preferred salary level unless you are looking for fulltime work as an employee of another business. Clickable links in the portfolio section would also be reassuring, as their absence could lead to some unfair suspicion by some. I don’t see any need for you to encapsulate your identity with your nationality unless you specialise in i18n, but that’s just a personal opinion. Apart from that, well done. I wish you well!
I agree with point made by 300bps - concrete information is necessary, but such 'tolerated' behaviour by the institutions affiliated with the Irish government is not unknown. This is not necessarily down to vice, but to a bizarre fastening to a cultural dysfunction that is rampant and "normal" in the Irish government if you were to accept their duplicity. No-one can get fired, there is no accountability, their stance on life and well being is well out of line with most modern Irish people (which thankfully voted yes recently), and intergenerational guilt prevents them from separating the catholic church from state. To be clear, I say this as an Irish atheist and with an already exiting intention to leave. Apart from the amount of hurt and pain that these absolutely unfounded "traditional" practices have, they serve no valid purpose and there is no one to blame. Such a duplicitous culture. Such an island of backwards savages if you were to assume the government represents the people who actually live here. Apologies for ranting. I hope the human beings that have had their identities distorted have the courage to find themselves and to accept themselves unconditionally.