tirrellp

I would agree with that. When a company brings me in, the first question I ask is "What is the problem you are trying to solve?"

Most of the problems that management think are because of the team are mostly (80%+) caused by people/processes/habits/cultural issues UPSTREAM of the team.

In other words, shit rolls down hill.

Thats how it goes I guess *shrug

Scrum focuses on "systemwide" optimization where the "system" is the development of an increment of a software product from concept to completion.

Letting a good developer "rocket ahead" optimizes for that developer (localized optimization) but not for the complete system (global optimization).

A more "global" optimization of that developer's time and energy, since they can do twice the work in half the time, is to mentor, support, teach, and otherwise spend their energy helping EVERYONE get to their level. Since they can and will get their "portion" of the work done quickly, they have bandwidth to add values in other ways as a force multiplier.

From my experience people like this end up in "lead" or "architect" roles.

http://www.payton-consulting.com

Whose problem does that solve?

Sounds interesting, but the use cases get me excited. It sounds like you are brewing an interesting platform/solution for an unknown problem. My advice is to stop right now, find a clear problem people have that they are willing to pay to solve.

All-encompassing platform plays are hard to do without a solid use case to build from. However niche, you need to absolutely smash someone's problem with this platform, and once you find success there, you can go horizontal.

What does it matter?

If I have to 'call for pricing', then most likely I am not interested.

What would be a few use cases for this?

A rule of thumb I have heard is to start with your target salary/year (say $150k), and divide it by 1000 to get your hourly rate ($150). This advice is usually targeted at those who are just starting out and have "no idea what to charge."

The worst thing you could do is say "I made $100k at my last job therefore I am going to charge $50/hour." Because the economics of freelancing are not the same as the economics of having a full time salary. You will need to, at minimum, DOUBLE your equivalent-hourly rate from your last job.

After you get some successes and understand your core value proposition, you can charge more, especially if you find a solid niche.

I don't understand how this is sexist. If so, then against which sex? There is no reference to gender anywhere.

Ive seen something similar to this.

My friend has a BS in Chemistry, and the head of the academic NanoTech lab where he worked said, "I really want you in our NanoTech PhD program. Just try it for a couple years. If after 2 years you don't like it, You can walk away and I will grant you a Master's for your trouble"

Here are some observations. 1. When I go to the site, I get the understanding that I am at the site of a chocolatier, but I have no idea what makes this chocolate different/better

2. When I click on 'about us' I get educated on how stone ground chocolate is how the mayans made it, and how the chocolate is not refined through rollers, conched, or tempered. I have no idea what any of those things mean or why I as a consumer should care.

It would be much better in this case to educate me with pictures, or maybe an infographic. I went to the page and waded through the text for the express purpose of trying to understand why I should buy/eat this chocolate rather than the stuff I normally buy. Does it taste better? Does it taste different? If so, how?

I get the sense that I should prefer this over 'regular chocolate' but I dont know why?

So I think the chocolatier should do a better job of convincing my why I want to try and buy this chocolate.

I'm implying that its more often, something that is already a part of AAVE and becomes popularized in a song. This is, generally speaking, the linguistic direction that new language takes, from the vernaculars into the core.

You got it backward. Slang and pop culture are influenced by AAVE.

Does anyone know how much financing they took on?

This is awesome.

Most people in a position of hiring want to hire someone "like me."

Im interested. I reached out to you via twitter.

I really like the Jabra Halo 2: http://goo.gl/KURM6, http://gdgt.com/jabra/halo/2/

How is this different from Quora ?

How I started: - Called up past employers and let them know what I was up to. Asked if they "needed any help" - Reached out to local startups and asked if they "needed any help" - Trolled craigslist for projects, built POCs quickly, then responded to the ad with a link to the proof of concept.

My first three clients were an ex employer, 2 local startups (reaching out to startups), and a real estate company (craigslist)

Saxophone and a bit of piano (mainly to work out theory/chord changes/noodle around)

Martin, what do you use this for? and do you need help putting together documentation?

Gonze! How are you my man?!

It sounds like you are looking for a 'Cofounder', not a programmer.

point taken.

Shame indeed. My email is on my profile, but I guess those bits are only visible to PG and co. A note to others, if you want people to be able to contact you via hn, put your email in your "about"

you can reach me at tirrellp at hotmail

Why the f' does everyone keep saying nigga? Is there a meme that I don't know about?

Sbierwagen, as a white male living in Seattle, whats with the offensive faux-ebonics?

having to fill out a form to see ideas is a turn off.