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I think it's a possibility if targeting earlier stage companies or startups.

Larger companies are unlikely to make a drastic change in process to suit one or a few candidates, especially considering this idea is something risky from a legal & social perspective.

  Location: Calabasas, CA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: With a good relocation package, willing to relocate to DTLA/Santa Monica
  Technologies: React, Vue, Redux, Ruby, Rails, Postgres
  Résumé/CV: E-mail
  GitHub: github.com/matisoffn
  Email: noah at matisoff dot me

Looking to do full-stack development ideally with React or Vue and Redux, and some back-end development ideally in Ruby, Python, or JavaScript.

Would use if had anonymity. If I'm going to prank my friends I don't want them knowing it's me instantaneously.

Of the two (money coming in and money coming out), you can only restrict money going out so much.

You have your basic expenses you need to live (food, shelter, water), which cost most people at least tens of thousands per year.

If you live miserably only allowing money out to expense those needs, you're still only saving tens of thousands.

You have a lot more ability to increase money coming in than money going out.

I think this is the point OP's father was trying to make. Don't get stuck in a loop of allowing your employer to pay you $xx,xxx (or $1xx,xxx) for decades and restrict yourself for your whole life just to retire old and live an average lifestyle. Take control of your life and control your success.

Maybe that works for you, but you'll never be strong/look strong weight training weekly. If you're "overtraining" from one weight training session per week, there's something very wrong. The average human only takes 48-72 hours to fully recover for most muscle groups in the body.

It's also been proven that HIIT is much more beneficial for your system than LISS.

It might "seem" more beneficial to you, but likely is not more beneficial than the alternatives. However, something is definitely better than nothing, and do what works for you and makes you happy.

WOW. This infuriates me.

Darn, sounds like a cool opportunity but I'm down in LA right now. Best of luck.

I've seen some people here insist that they want their work station and/or laptop ready to go. If I were in the position of hiring an engineer, and made a hire, I would ask said engineer what they would prefer. Having everything setup or letting them unbox and setup, or maybe a combination of both.

Other things not specific to work environment should be ready to go. Their e-mail account, phone (if applicable), or any other virtual or physical materials used on a frequent basis.

As others have suggested, prefer something like a 75/25 social/engineering split for the first day. Introduction to team members and others, company processes, goals, HR stuff, go to lunch, etc.

It's tough to weed out the bad resources on the internet, but you've come to a good place to find the good resources that are available (free or paid).

You'll get out of it how much you put into it. If you spend countless hours learning and then building projects you will learn new things very quickly. Don't get caught watching tons of videos & screencasts while not building anything.

You can read 1,000 books about surfing but when you go to surf you'll fail repeatedly. The same goes with building software. Read code and then write code 5x as much.

The courses are good for beginners, but to take it to the next level you need to build a sizable app and get it to production. There are things you'll learn from putting a project to production that you wouldn't learn otherwise. Remember: software is built for users & actual people, not just machines.

Wow, so cool.

There are many, many reasons that a startup may have failed (or is failing) and there still may be a product-market fit.

Some products & markets require you to go out and get users more than others, and they may not have done that.

It's on a case by case basis, just be sure to get validation for your project. Make sure that you're making something people actually want, and if they want it, how much they will pay for it. Can't stress it enough how important it is to go out and talk to potential customers, ideally hundreds, and figure out if they'll pay and tell their friends about it.

Marketing is important -- having a good landing/marketing page, getting press, etc. But at the end of the day the product is what will create retention. Looks get the first date, but your personality is what will get you the 8th date.

That would be an interesting application. What could the range be?