braveheart1723

About 5 years into my career I was asking myself the same thing. At the time I must have gone through 10 - 15 full time gigs, either quitting or getting fired so I knew something was not right. I could do the work but definitely never saw myself in there for the long run so quickly lost the passion for it.

Co workers were always friendly and sociable, but with very different interests, I'd also never imagine myself as them in 5 to 10 years. Sounds judgmental but it's important to sometimes look at who's around you as you more often than not end becoming them. Looking back, it was a lot to do with me not being that confident in what I wanted to do or become and a little lost.

I started working remotely which gave me so much more freedom as far as traveling and training in other things that I've really enjoyed the last 3 years. To the point where if I'm not coding for a couple of weeks - I really miss it.

I'm grateful everyday for the amount of freedom and money you can make programming when you compare it to SOOO many dead end careers out there.

TLDR; Keep asking questions, keep trying different roles, hang out with people doing jobs in completely different industries: service industry, sales... keep at it, something will click :D

Comment · 11 years ago

Really well run, some of the most passionate volunteers i've seen and program's growing year on year !

Comment · 12 years ago

Fuisz Media ( Santa Monica LA, NYC or REMOTE )

We're a well funded startup based in Santa Monica, CA building the next generation of interactive video. Fuisz Media enables object-level interactivity in video, at scale. We automatically tag products, people, and other objects in videos, and build beautiful interfaces to make them shareable and shoppable.

Press

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/02/fuisz-media/ http://recode.net/2014/07/02/a-new-way-to-breathe-life-into-...

http://mashable.com/2014/07/01/fuisz-interactive-online-vide...

Demos

http://demos.fuiszmedia.com/walmart

Roles:

Node.js Back-end Engineer ----------------------------------- Job Description We're looking for a highly talented Node.js developer with experience managing and automating systems on Amazon Web Services. You would help us finish the development of our back-end system while getting ready to launch our platform into production. Among your tasks will be to get us to zero-downtime deployment on a single command, to design & develop automated tests and architect our internal reporting system. Skills & Requirements Write clear, simple and scalable code Master deployment in AWS (EC2, S3, Cloudfront..) Full domain of Javascript and Node.js Full domain of MongoDB and Redis Experience on Linux environment and Shell scripting Experience scaling Node.js applications on AWS Awareness of authentication and security best practices Ability to design and develop automated tests Experience with automated testing tools Familiar with Git and Github

Flash VPAID Expert ----------------- Job Description We're looking for a talented flash/as3 developer who would like to help us implement our video interactivity framework and build cool UIs on top of our interactive videos. Skills & Requirements Write clear and simple code Full domain of Flash/AS3 and design patterns Familiar with javascript Experience building Rich Media Ad Units Familiar with the IAB VAST/VPAID standards Experience building responsive UIs Ability to write tests Familiar with Git and Github

Javascript Rich-Media Developer ------------------------------------------ Job Description We're looking for talented Javascript developers with experience in Rich Media who would like to help us architect the workflow to deploy our interactive video experiences as Rich Media Ad units. Skills & Requirements Write clear and simple code Experience with MRAID, DoubleClick studio and various ad formats Full domain of Javascript and design patterns Experience building rich UIs Ability to write tests Familiar with Git and Github Familiar with Node.js and MongoDB ᐧ

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Comment · 12 years ago

I recommend Lyle MacDonald, http://www.bodyrecomposition.com he's quite scientific to his approach, plenty of material can be found on youtube and on those 'sites' you know of ;)

Pdf such has http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/the-rapid-fat-loss-handbook have helped me structure great nutrition programs.

Comment · 12 years ago

any offers / coupons / deals for hackernews readers ?

Comment · 12 years ago

Sorry, a friend got me the book and videos so had no idea how expensive they were... Guess I have just found out I have a good friend :)

here are some excerpts from the videos: