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freelanddev commented on Ask HN: What is the status of Python2 at your day job?    · Posted by u/snovymgodym
freelanddev · 2 years ago
Non-existent and I'm happy about that.

But I'm sure there's a ton out there still.

freelanddev commented on Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language   languageworldmap.com... · Posted by u/florianwueest
lionkor · 2 years ago
In my experience a lot of this is quite incomplete. Obviously this uses a dataset like "official languages" of each country.

For example, English would grt you very far in the Netherlands, but its not colored. Dutch can get you quite far in South Africa, but its not colored. English in particular should color most of the globe, except countries like Russia, France, and a few other blatant exceptions.

freelanddev · 2 years ago
Interesting, I had the same initial thought :)
freelanddev commented on Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language   languageworldmap.com... · Posted by u/florianwueest
freelanddev · 2 years ago
This is really awesome, thanks for sharing!

I'm from the US and I've traveled to ~10 countries which I didn't speak the native language.

In some countries the locals are able to communicate in English/Spanish, and in others, not so much. What would be interesting to see is what % (or an estimate) of the locals can communicate in one of the languages you know (that's probably a hard problem to solve and not sure if the data is readily available) vs whether it's the official language.

freelanddev commented on Ask HN: How did you get into DevOps / Infra / SRE?    · Posted by u/emschwartz
freelanddev · 2 years ago
I am a full stack software engineer, and a project required me to set up a CI/CD pipeline for a project (along with other infrastructure such as package hosting, automated testing, builds, deployments, etc). I'm not a DevOps engineer by title, but I maintain the build pipeline along with other application development tasks.

So, I guess my response would be, "out of need"! :)

freelanddev commented on Ask HN: I am interested in reading about techniques HFT firms use    · Posted by u/gk2k08
freelanddev · 2 years ago
Are you interested in the tech, the trading techniques or both? Do you have any experience with software development or trading in general, or are you starting completely from scratch?
freelanddev commented on Are Consultants worth the money they charge?    · Posted by u/askmany
freelanddev · 2 years ago
It really depends. Is this tech or some other industry that you're referring to?

I was previously a "consultant" (I sat on a professional services arm of a tech company). We sold a tool that was very powerful, but often required a customization for each individual client in order to unlock the true value of the tool. Once it was customized, it still required ongoing maintenance but significantly less effort.

We offered professional services as we way to streamline the "customization" process as well as train the clients' staff how to operate (and further customize) the tool. We were experts with the tooling, so we knew the optimal ways to build things vs. someone who is just reading documentation & trying to figure it out from scratch.

Probably in the short-term, this was a large expense for the customer, but if you were to visualize an expense comparison over time, it was probably significantly cheaper than forcing your staff to learn everything from scratch first, then build out the customizations, all the while they're unable to make progress on their other efforts.

So, I guess it really depends, but this was my experience.

freelanddev commented on Is it me, or do most software jobs cause burnout?    · Posted by u/LapsangGuzzler
deafpolygon · 2 years ago
This is really important. Thanks for writing this.
freelanddev · 2 years ago
You’re welcome! It’s nice to read that others can relate, because I often felt there were very few suffering from something similar.
freelanddev commented on Ask HN: What does a newbie need to know in order to avoid AWS cost disasters?    · Posted by u/el_hacker
toeknee123 · 2 years ago
Yoooo. Appreciate the shout-out! I am one of the co-founders and CEO of https://www.cloudforecast.io/

We're a (mostly)bootstrap company, so it's always awesome to hear the "word of mouth" mention of my company. It means we're doing something right :).

Feel free to let me know if I can help in any way or answer any questions anyone might have!

freelanddev · 2 years ago
Appreciate you reaching out! I will definitely be in touch if I start exploring the AWS landscape a bit more.

If there’s any common pitfalls you’ve seen your customers run into and can share with OP, I’m sure (s)he would be grateful! :)

freelanddev commented on Is it me, or do most software jobs cause burnout?    · Posted by u/LapsangGuzzler
nop_slide · 2 years ago
Thanks, needed to read this today.
freelanddev · 2 years ago
You’re welcome, I’m glad this resonates with you!

u/freelanddev

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