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Criminals can guess Visa number and security code in six seconds, experts find
Original Englishthe SMS protection because it would harm sales and the platform would sometimes completely crash. …
A blog as a client doorway: show what you solve
A consultant treats a blog as a personal brand and reports attracting client leads through Google and YC.
Write for prospective clients with specific problems.
Ask HN: How to find part-time developer work?
Original EnglishI spent 3 years of hard work networking and selling myself, but the last 3 contracts I had were acquired by people in that networking …
Ask HN: What's the worst you've ever screwed up at work?
Original Englishso, my line of code cost our little company the equivalent of almost all of our previous year's revenue -- not profit, but revenue.
After 14 years in the industry, I still find programming difficult
Original EnglishWe saved the tech talks for internal presentations with people who would get value from them.
I spent 18 years in the Linux console
Original Englishbecause they got better at opening MS files, and partly because my career shifts and the changing world around me reduced the need for full …
Ask HN: Anyone have stock option horror stories?
Original EnglishIn the end the company failed, technically the stock was re-valued, so all my stock was worth something like $0.01.
Ask HN: How to onboard yourself to a new product/industry in a new job?
Original EnglishI have repeat clients often, and referrals within the same industry so I can re-use knowledge from previous contracts, but often I'm working on software …
Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK
Original EnglishI'm not sure exactly what proportion I pay in taxes vs a salaried employee, but it's non negligible - 20% Corporation tax on all profits …