TheFullStack

"I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering" - funny, my ex wife said the same!

This is not advice but as someone who does a lot of contract work, it is repugnant to me that a "client" even consider the option of simply not paying for services rendered. By your own account, those services were rendered in satisfactory manner. The fact you are considering lurching on payment puts you in a worse light than all the faults of your co-founder in my view.

Honor your commitments.

you da real MVP

This question comes up every so often. All I can say is money talks. I know money isn't everything but I'll be damned if I ever go through another battery of interviews, code tests, behavioral screens etc just to find the position pays $50k. Never again.

Money talks.

Stealth Startup | Full Stack Developer | San Francisco, CA | Remote

Passing this along on behalf of a former client. He is hiring a mid-to-senior full stack engineer for his startup in the real estate space. Founder is a proven tech entrepreneur with a very successful exit to Microsoft and has raised about $2mm seed for current startup. Development team consists four developers and this role is intended to support the team across frontend and backend. The role is fully remote though preference is given to those in US timezones. Here are the tech specifics:

- Comfortable with a TypeScript & React JS.

- Optional experience working with NextJS, Vercel, and MySQL / PostgreSQL.

- Serverless architecture

- Ability to think both in terms of high-level technical architecture, as well as dive into low-level business logic.

- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

- We move fast and launch fast; you will need to be open to learning new tools and skillsets.

- Highly proficient in English both written and spoken.

Compensation is competitive by US coastal standards and includes an equity vesting schedule. As I mentioned earlier, founder is a former client and money was never an issue. I would take this role if I had time.

If you are interested or know someone who might be, please check my profile for contact info. Thanks and happy new year!

I seen him!

First World Trade Center bombing was feb 1993, not 1994 as stated in this article.

This is a standard resume-farming strategy that dev shops often use. They don't actually have a current opening but are hedging their bets for when a need comes up. In the meantime, you get to fill out a long application and do a take-home test! Fun right?

If you see the same company post the same opening month after month, that's what they are doing.

I understand that. I’m not asking for these jobs and small startups to match FAANG level pay. I just want transparency. There’s a big difference between $50k and $150k and both are still well below FAANG pay. Just be upfront is what I’m saying.

These remote job aggregator sites have been popping up everywhere lately but virtually none of them solve the problem I face routinely - transparent compensation. Companies often post stuff like "competitive pay" or "market rate" but that means nothing. Further, conversation regarding pay with these types of companies usually comes up after an initial screen, a tech screen and maybe a take-home assignment. All that just to find out the job pays $55k? Yeah, no thanks.

If you can create a job board that has pay listed upfront and prominently (nothing cagey like a massive range), then not only would I sign up for the service, I would pay for it. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-$20 a month.

I have been consulting full time for about 8 years, mostly with NYC and SV startups. Here's what I use for branding:

- LinkedIn - Youtube channel - Udemy courses

I work through an LLC structure but my clients view me as an individual contractor, not an agency. I don't blog or incessantly tweet for exposure.

Like others mentioned, it's all about sales. I have gotten very attuned to identifying warm leads, nurturing them and closing. Because of that, I don't "spray and pray" either. Each month I contact maybe 3-5 outbound leads and on average 2-3 get back to me. From that, I close 1-2 and sub out to junior devs. Average contract value is around $40k.

You have to sell, there's no other way around it. Not only do you have to sell, you cannot be afraid to sell otherwise it will show. I enjoy the selling process, in particular the "close" - that's like hitting a game winning shot. I'm doing a sales call on Tuesday with another SV startup which I have no real bandwidth to take on. I'm doing it mostly to stay sharp and to a degree, for fun. The sales process is actually fun for me. That's how far you have to go with sales if you want to thrive as a consultant.