LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years
47 by ro_bit | 11 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: How can an older worker going back to CS after a break find a position?
How can an older worker going back to CS after a break find a position?
12 by exaltation | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I recently spoke to a woman in her 40s or 50s who would like to go back to work after two decades of not being in the workforce. She worked for the US army as a programmer before she had kids, but took a long time off to raise them. Just talking to her I could tell she was quick, conscientious, and would learn fast, but she doesn't know current frameworks in depth. (For reference, she learned COBOL in college.) She's also looking for flexible or part-time hours, so that she can be home for her kids. I think there are a lot of companies that would like to hire people like this - not FAANG perhaps, but smaller companies who would want someone smart and with life experience, and are willing to train a new employee in their specific technologies. She'd be happy to do a trial period or internship first. But we weren't sure how to reach such companies. Does anyone have experience finding jobs that would fit this profile? Where would you look? (If you would like to hire such a worker in the NY area or remotely, PM me!)
12 by exaltation | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I recently spoke to a woman in her 40s or 50s who would like to go back to work after two decades of not being in the workforce. She worked for the US army as a programmer before she had kids, but took a long time off to raise them. Just talking to her I could tell she was quick, conscientious, and would learn fast, but she doesn't know current frameworks in depth. (For reference, she learned COBOL in college.) She's also looking for flexible or part-time hours, so that she can be home for her kids. I think there are a lot of companies that would like to hire people like this - not FAANG perhaps, but smaller companies who would want someone smart and with life experience, and are willing to train a new employee in their specific technologies. She'd be happy to do a trial period or internship first. But we weren't sure how to reach such companies. Does anyone have experience finding jobs that would fit this profile? Where would you look? (If you would like to hire such a worker in the NY area or remotely, PM me!)
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you generally build a product?
Ask HN: How do you generally build a product?
4 by tr1ll10nb1ll | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Okay, so, you've got ideas in your to-do list probably if you're anything like me. I want to know how do you find the time to build that idea out and even during that process of building, do some of the good ideas get left out? Is it partially because you don't have the right kind of developers to work with? If you had your developers friends working with you, would you get more products built? How do you tackle this problem generally and ultimately, what does the process ends up looking like when you turn that to-do list idea into a product?
4 by tr1ll10nb1ll | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Okay, so, you've got ideas in your to-do list probably if you're anything like me. I want to know how do you find the time to build that idea out and even during that process of building, do some of the good ideas get left out? Is it partially because you don't have the right kind of developers to work with? If you had your developers friends working with you, would you get more products built? How do you tackle this problem generally and ultimately, what does the process ends up looking like when you turn that to-do list idea into a product?
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