welshguy

I have an unhealthy fish. What brand would you recommend?

Don't. It's not right is it? And, morals aside, if it became widespread knowledge, it could tarnish both your own and your company's brand. Are you funded? What would your VCs think? Focus on your business and your friendships, nothing more.

Yes, for the reasons you suggest. It's not about pure speed - you are very fast without the proper technique. It will take you a week or two, blending the exercises in with whatever else you have going on.

To quote Margaret Thatcher: "You soon run out of other peoples money"

I love it :0) I tried grammarly, and typed in a remembered poem. It informed me that it had detected significant plagiarism.

Edit: It's still not advice I would pay for, though.

Eclipse.

I'm wondering as well! Been a UK-based API-level tech author for 10 years and in product marketing (and sales, even) before that. I've programmed as a hobby for 25 years, and love technology so much I'd like to spend the next 10 doing it professionally. It doesn't even have to be a great job :-) But age goes against me, despite an enduring passion in tech and having learned several languages on my own dime.

Similar story here. South Wales steel town -> Oxford (Engineering Science). Late 1970s. I'm certainly wealthier than my parents and home town peers (you can still - easily - buy a reasonable 4 bedroom house there for 100K) but the baggage is still a burden. To misquote a popular aphorism: You can take a man out of the poverty, but you can never take the poverty out of a man.

For thousands more easily accessible examples, see LinkedIn.

Color me flabbergasted. Props to these guys for launching an MVP and all that, but seriously - what a value proposition: "Why order online when you can get someone else to do that for you adding an undisclosed middleman fee?". First world problems.

Some of the early computer magazines often contained listings of games. I remember one where you were required to type in about 1000 lines of Basic data statements, liberally sprinkled with checksums. Finally, after a couple of days typing, I typed 'Run' and hit the enter key expectantly. The screen cleared, and two big red words appeared: "April Fool".

Good bosses will want to design a system where you're incentivised to hell, so that you can all be successful. Selling new business is vastly different to selling to an established customer base (upgrades etc) - this would typically be acknowledged in a higher commission rate. Personally, if I were a sales manager, and other things being equal, I'd find it really difficult to pay you the same as a commission-only rep - things have to be seen to be fair, as well as to be fair. What if the commission-only rep found out you were on the same commission rate as well as drawing a salary?

Often, sales reps are paid on a sliding scale, geared to pay higher commission rates after a certain amount of revenue is achieved. There are many ways to skin a cat!

As a reference point, when I worked in a new business sales organisation, my commission plan awarded me 10% of revenue (not profit) which I regarded as wonderfully incentivising.

You're right. I get 10+ javascript developer jobs in my inbox every week from headhunters, yet my CV says I'm a tech writer who can merely read javascript.

Me too :-)