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Article subtitle says it all: It’s become fashionable to claim that other countries hate the U.S. Having traveled the globe for three years, I can tell you: That’s absurd.

This is a great idea, look forward to reading. I work with founders, devs, and execs as a mentor & coach. So I find tools in this topic valuable for people and the community to be in their best flow. Feel free to reach out if I can help

Another chapter of classic software comes to a close. I have always been a fan of this office suite, as it has been a reliable workhorse for my needs. Many thanks to the developers.

This is an important topic, yet IMHO the article forgets to ask some important questions.

* What kind of environments are healthy for children to grow up in, to become well-adjusted adults?

* What are the characteristics of healthy communities, which function well for the participants?

* Do all communities have to follow the same values and beliefs, or is it OK for different communities to have different values and beliefs?

Yes indeed, I have a couple mentors and they are great people to have in my life, for both professional and personal development.

One of my mentors I met organically, the other one formally. So IMHO the two best ways I know to find mentors are:

• Organically: Talk to lots and lots of people. Especially in real-world situations. Attending events which you enjoy, whether work-related or not, is also a great place to meet potential mentors.

* Formally: Look around online and ask friends if they can recommend a coach / mentor. (I'm a mentor and coach myself). Talk to a few people and see if you find someone with a potential fit. Most coaches will offer the first session for free (I do as well).

Hope that helps. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to chat.

Congrats on achieving your MVP! Marketing (and sales) are a crucial function of your launch and future success, assuming your business model and MVP are solid so far.

Finding the right marketing person will determine how much revenue you take in. This can lead to great success, or a total flop if the marketing & sales don't work.

Keeping that in mind, there's about 100 questions to consider for such a candidate, which you can find in the list of questions for cofounders or business partners.

I strongly recommend a phased approach to collaboration, with an initial trial period, and benefits or rewards coming only after proven results.

Ultimately, when you work with the person for at least a full year, you will know if they are "not a fit", just mediocre, or totally amazing for your business.

Feel free to DM if I can help further.

It's a good question, yet I would propose the question itself is limiting. Being efficient includes being accurate and correct, as much as possible, over and over again, and such skills are developed with consistent practice, not with any "hacks", and usually taking more than a day.

As basic as they sound, my top 3 here are: Priority planing, execution management, and psychological self-management.

These do take more than a day to learn and implement, and after that, you are the most amazing professional possible.

For several of the companies I do hiring for, we focus on how well a person fits for the job. We're not concerned about the location of the person, as long as no time zone issues or legal issues with payment come up.

That being said, that's not always the case. Lot's of companies can still only pay staff in their own country, or just a few countries. Some companies also want local work authorizations, even if the person is working remote. (An unfortunate situation, yet common).

So your search will be very different depending on if you have a US work authorization, and depending on how the company is able to pay you.

Another option is to setup a small company in the US to sell your consulting services and do your billing on a B2B basis.

I would suggest starting now, to network with people on LinkedIn, who are in your target locations and industries. With a 1-2 year lead time you can definitely figure everything out and have some good options organized.

That sounds like a good idea. I wonder what percentage of companies are offering substantial referral bonuses?

To your questions #3 and #5, my suggestions would be threefold:

1. If you decide to switch to data engineering, talk with your professional network, and grow your current network, to find the new role. It can be pretty tough to change roles via the conventional hiring process, and finding a new role "organically" leads to some of the best jobs.

2. Evaluate your current situation and do a little writing: What's good? What's bad? What do I want for the future? Putting these answers down on paper, and revising them over the course of a couple weeks, enables you to achieve clarity, which then leads you to constructive actions.

3. Speak with a career mentor or coach. Because of inherit human bias and observation effects which we are all trapped in, we suck at self-evaluation. While friends indeed help, there are limits to what friends can do, and over-doing this with friends will damage friendships.

The job of a professional mentor/coach is to give you rational feedback, free of constraints such as friendship or working together. In this way, you learn and solve your problems much faster than you would alone. (Source: I am a career mentor and coach myself).