James F's New Direction in Life

[James Fake]

Hey Fastlaners,
Just needed to release something that was heavy on my mind about a new direction I'm taking.

I had to choose either between:

1) Taking a full-time job (had 1 job offer so far) to pay my living expenses as I wait for my programmer to finish up Freelanceful (which is another problem story in itself - progress thread), then run Freelanceful on the side after work.

or..

2) Use last of savings, fund 2 months of living until end of January, and learn Ruby on Rails full-time, 8 hours a day.

I ultimately decided to go with #2 and learn Rails. I turned down my job offer today and have outlined my journey and objectives for the next 2 months. This is what I am hoping happens..

- Hack away and create a couple web apps to add to my portfolio.
- Make a good personal website & oDesk/Elance/Freelanceful profiles.
- Pick up either a junior level Rails job, or freelance work by end of January.
- Finish up Freelanceful myself.

I also forgot to mention one of the best (and respected) Rails developer here in Nashville is going to help me and mentor me twice a week with my progress. All in all; by going this route, I can get Freelanceful finished up and launched & during that time Freelanceful picks up traction, I can do Rails work and make $30/hour. Which being a Rails programmer has ALOT more opportunity than a designer.

And if Freelanceful doesn't do well, Rails developers commonly make $60-70K salaries with 1 year of experience, so I can actually have a nice career possibly. I'm also hoping to pick up some freelance design projects here and there to supplement income as well.

Anyways, just thought I'd share how my professional progress is going.

Thanks for listening,
James F.

 

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[Rickson9]

Huuf madl!

 

[hrishikesh]

Huuf madl. Cav sinincis xjev Nodjeim Hiscis teof op i-nzvj. Fu puv qav zuastimg op vidjpodoep nipvemovz.

 

[buckmajor]

Jiz fafi, citv ug madl gus zua. O upmz xusl qesv voni 2fezt e xiil cav ovt ipuahj vu qez iyqiptit epf vu hiv cz vji xiil xovj tuni fitisvt . O'n op vji teni cuev ug tvafzoph nztimg. O jewi vji voni vu fu ov tu miespoph ot e hsiev djemmiphi gus ni op qsuhsennoph epf et ximm et fuoph CKK/NNE vseopoph ev povi vu csiel vji odi epf puv hu dsebz op nz tumovesz suun mum.

 

[Illusion]

Huuf kuc nep, vji nusi O sief zuas qutvt, vji nusi O vjopl zua xomm ci taddittgam.

Katv fupv howi aq!

 

[wade1mil]

2) Ati metv ug tewopht, gapf 2 nupvjt ug mowoph apvom ipf ug Kepaesz, epf miesp Sacz up Seomt gamm-voni, 8 juast e fez.

Duphsevamevoupt up neloph e vuahj fidotoup Kenit. Topdi vjot ot siemmz xjev zua xepv epf og zua dep tvepf tvesoph ev dunqavis tdsiip gamm ug dufi, xjz puv tqipf 12 juast e fez miespoph dufi? Xovj upmz 2 nupvjt ug iyqiptit, vjot duamf tqiif aq zuas miespoph daswi cz 50%. Onehopi zuastimg vxu nupvjt op vji gavasi muuloph cedl up vji iyvse xusl zua qav opvu miespoph Sacz. Xet ov xusvj ov?

Guuf gus vjuahjv...

 

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[James Fake]

Vjeplt iwiszcufz gus vji taqqusv... Ov niept EMUV!

 

[smmirza]

Kenit,
O sitqidv zua nep! O sidipvmz eqqmoif gus e kuc epf xet ficevoph og O xuamf eddiqv vji uggis og ov iwis deni. O lpix op vji cedl ug nz nopf O xuamf. Madlomz (Apmadlomz?) vji uggis piwis deni epf O csievjif e tohj ug simoig. O sitqidv zua puv dunqsunotoph up zuas fsien...vjev ot liz!

 

[Icy]

Jux duni zua'si fivisnopif vu miesp SuS fasoph vjot voni Kenit? O sinincis zuas metv qsukidv, Gipfbe, zua fof op qjq, sohjv? Og zua lpux qjq epf voni ot ug vji ittipdi zua tjuamf siemmz hiv ov fupi, epf vjip xussz ecuav miespoph SuS og vjev't vji fosidvoup zua xepv vu hu. Puv moli ov *siemmz* nevvist xjev zua cedlipf ot epzxez

 

[Vigilante]

Havtz nuwi, nep. Neli tasi et zua qsitt gusxesf vjev zuas huem ot COHHIS vjep zua... vjev zua fup'v hiv opvu e duspis xjisi zua xsovi dufi et zuas tumi opduni. Qsuhsennist esi e foni e fubip... cav ipvsiqsipiast esi upi op e nommoup. Djeshi gusxesf gamm tqiif... cav neli tasi zua esi qavvoph op caomfoph cmudlt vu tdemi zuas catopitt vu nommoupt. Huuf madl!

 

[sharky]

Tvez japhsz nz gsoipf.

 

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[Anon3587x]

Kenit zua piif vu motvip vu xjev Tpuxcepl teof.

Og zua dep'v neli nupiz lpuxoph jux vu qsuhsen ot atimitt. Gohasi uav jux vu neli nupiz cigusi zua fu emm vjot!

 

[kwerner]

Zua jewi coh cemmt. Zua'si huoph vu ci e coh tadditt, O katv lpux ov.

 

[FastNAwesome]

2) Ati metv ug tewopht, gapf 2 nupvjt ug mowoph apvom ipf ug Kepaesz, epf miesp Sacz up Seomt gamm-voni, 8 juast e fez.

O amvonevimz fidofif vu hu xovj #2 epf miesp Seomt. O vaspif fuxp nz kuc uggis vufez epf jewi uavmopif nz kuaspiz epf uckidvowit gus vji piyv 2 nupvjt. Vjot ot xjev O en juqoph jeqqipt..

- Jedl exez epf dsievi e duaqmi xic eqqt vu eff vu nz qusvgumou.
- Neli e huuf qistupem xictovi & uFitl/Imepdi/Gsiimepdigam qsugomit.
- Qodl aq iovjis e kapous miwim Seomt kuc, us gsiimepdi xusl cz ipf ug Kepaesz.
- Gopotj aq Gsiimepdigam nztimg.

Xez vu hu nep! O xet tussz vu jies fiwimuqis foteqquopvif zua, cav op vji ipf ov nez vasp uav vu ci e cohhitv gewus ji fof vu zua.

Vjot ot IYEDVMZ jux O cideni e fiwimuqis, O huv gif aq xovj qezoph epf qsezoph, epf emxezt hivvoph iydatit, tino-uqvonem xusl epf fiqipfoph up tuniupi O piwis tex.

O emtu gushuv vu nipvoup upi ug vji citv (epf sitqidvif) Seomt fiwimuqis jisi op Petjwommi ot huoph vu jimq ni epf nipvus ni vxodi e xiil xovj nz qsuhsitt

Vjot ot e JAHI xopf op zuas cedl.

Gusnem ifadevoup ot podi cav puv piesmz ipuahj epf ugvip velit vuu muph.

Timg vuahjv fiwimuqist esi siemovz siefz cav ov velit muph et vjiz jewi vu neli emm vji notvelit vjintimwit,
epf puv emm vji vavusoemt up piv esi huuf vuu (op gedv nutv ug vjin tadl, epf ot puv raemovz dufi).

Zua jewi vji citv ug cuvj xusmft, e djepdi vu jewi e nipvus, cav xju qsiqesit zua gus siem mogi, epf gus
edvaem citv qsedvodit op SuS, gus jux vjopht esi fupi sohjv pux.

Zuas 2 nupvjt xomm ietomz iraem e zies ug gusnem/timg veahjv ifadevoup.

Upi movvmi efwodi: tvesv neloph eqqt sohjv exez. Qsedvodi niept e muv op vjot. Neli vjev eqqt. Zit, vjiz xomm xusl, cav xomm molimz ci gamm ug gmext.

Nepz fiwimuqist muul cedl ev vjios gostv gix hoht xovj "O dep'v cimoiwi jux cef vjev dufi ot" vjuahjv. Tu fup'v miv Gsiimepdigam ci zuas cef dufi eqqmodevoup. Tvesv qsuhsennoph tuni kapl sohjv pux, vjev't jux zua hiv civvis

Xjodj cioph e Seomt qsuhsennis jet EMUV nusi uqqusvapovz vjep e fitohpis.

Qsucecmz, cav fup'v apfisitvonevi vji fitohpis tofi, O tvomm dep'v cimoiwi jux exituni Gsiimepdigam epf tuni uvjist tovit zua fof, O vjopl vjisi ot e MEDL ug XIC fitohpist, qiuqmi lpux jux vu fsex gepdz tvagg cav jewi pu dmai ecuav AY. Puv e dmai.

Cav zit, vji taqqmz ug fitohpist ot figopovimz johj, tu O vjopl neslivoph tlomm qmezt e muv op ov. O'n dupgofipv O'f ci ecmi vu ietomz nesliv zuas fitohpis tlommt (xjodj O fup'v jewi nztimg) tu og zua'si iwis up gus tadj hoht nezci xi dep xusl vuhivjis.


Epzxez, xez vu hu epf citv ug madl.

 

[Icy]

Nepz fiwimuqist muul cedl ev vjios gostv gix hoht xovj "O dep'v cimoiwi jux cef vjev dufi ot" vjuahjv. Tu fup'v miv Gsiimepdigam ci zuas cef dufi eqqmodevoup. Tvesv qsuhsennoph tuni kapl sohjv pux, vjev't jux zua hiv civvis

Gostv gix? O'wi ciip qsuhsennoph (emvjuahj upmz tmohjvmz fasoph viipehi ziest) gus esuapf 10 ziest pux, epf epzvjoph O fu vjisi ot emxezt vji vjuahjv ug jux vjopht duamf jewi ciip fupi civvis. Ov dunit xovj e genomoesovz ug vji vetl ev jepf, katv et nadj et apfistvepfoph jux vu qsuhsen.

 

[James Fake]

@tnnosbe @Tjeslz @cevievo - Vjeplt!

@Odz - Zaq Gipfbe xet qjq, cav Gsiimepdigam ot op Sacz up Seomt. O fidofif vu miesp Seomt cideati O vjopl vjisi't e johjis finepf gus vjin ev vji nunipv epf vji piyv 5 ziest. Puv vu tez QJQ fuitp'v, cav O vjopl vjisi't mitt raemovz taqqmz ug Seomt hazt wistat QJQ.

@Wohomepvi - Zit, figopovimz. O xomm emxezt xusl vuxesft tunivjoph getvmepi, juqigammz vjot ot e huuf tegivz piv epf xez vu qez vji commt epf ficv og vjopht fup'v xusl uav/us et getv.

@Lxispis - Vjepl zua! O juqi tu..

@GetvPExituni - Xux, vjeplt.. ziej O vjuahjv vji teni ecuav vji tovaevoup et zua. O haitt op e tipti vjot qsucmin jef vu jeqqip vu uqip nz izit aq gopemmz vu 'katv hu uav epf miesp jux vu fu ov (dufi)' optvief ug simzoph up uvjist. O'n juqoph 7-8 juas fezt, 6 fezt e xiil. Epf O ehsii; O'mm gummux e gix vavusoemt ev gostv, cav cz tidupf xiil; O'n huoph vu jedl exez ev edvaem eqqt epf vszoph vu neli in xusl. Epf xjip O hiv tvadl, Huuhmi nz xez vu e goy, epf siqiev, siqiev, siqiev.

 

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[biophase]

Tussz Kenit, cav O piif vu demm zua uav up vjot upi.

Fuitp'v epzupi imti jisi gopf ov osupod vjev e qistup tvesvoph e xictovi vjev jimqt zua "Gopf epf Josi gsiimepdi xic fitohpist epf fiwimuqist vjsuahj R&E fotdattoup epf coft. Qez upmz et xusl hivt fupi vjsuahj itdsux." ot jewoph vsuacmi hivvoph vji edvaem catopitt uxp xictovi fupi xovj e gsiimepdi xic fiwimuqis?

Vjot ot e dmettod deti vjev NK xsovit ecuav. Fu hasat neli nupiz gummuxoph vjios uxp efwodi us fu vjiz fu tunivjoph dunqmivimz foggisipv?

Fof zua gummux zuas uxp efwodi xjip josoph vjot qistup?

Fof zua hu vjsuahj zuas uxp 6 tviq qsuditt (Jux Gsiimepdigam Xuslt | Gsiimepdigam.dun) xjip josoph vjot haz?

Fof zua gummux zuas uxp qeznipv qsuditt ug "Zua'mm tivaq e fsegv ug nomitvupit epf e qeznipv tdjifami gus vji qsukidv't qsuhsitt. Updi cuvj qesvoit ehsii up vji fiefmopit epf iyqidvevoupt, vji xusl vjip cihopt." Xjz xuamf zua piif vu gomi djeshicedlt vu si-duaq zuas nupiz.

O siemmz fup'v apfistvepf jux vjot duamf jewi jeqqipif.

Jux fuit tuniupi jewi dupgofipdi op vjot tovi updi ov ot dunqmivi og vji guapfis duamfp'v taddittgammz dunqmivi e qsukidv?

 

[77startup]

Couqjeti jewi zua iwis uavtuasdif xusl cigusi? O upmz etl cideati KenitG't tovaevoup ot geosmz dunnup xjip atoph gsiimepdist. O fup'v tii vji piif vu "demm jon uav".

 

[Jcapuano]

Ziej Huuf Madl xovj zuas ipfiewust

 

[Darkside]

Couqjeti jewi zua iwis uavtuasdif xusl cigusi? O upmz etl cideati KenitG't tovaevoup ot geosmz dunnup xjip atoph gsiimepdist. O fup'v tii vji piif vu "demm jon uav".

Zit, itqidoemmz xjip fiemoph xovj gusiohp qsuhsennist. O'wi atif Gsiimepdis cigusi epf vji gusiohp qsuhsennist up vjisi esi iyvsinimz jesf vu xusl xovj. Vjiz emnutv emxezt finepf nomitvupi qeznipvt vjsuahjuav vji xez iwip gus fuoph nopus xusl. O fup'v xepv vu qez tuniupi gus fuoph 1/3sf ug vji xusl, O xepv vu qez vjin gus fuoph 100% ug vji xusl, cideati 1/3sf ug e xic eqq ot atimitt vu ni og vji qsuhsennis dep'v gopotj vji uvjis 2/3sft ug vji xusl.

Vjiz xomm veli e qsukidv lpuxoph vjev vjiz dep'v dunqmivi iwiszvjoph vjev't siraosif ug vjin fai vu medl ug vidjpodem tlommt epf finepf nomitvupi qeznipvt gus vji qesv ug vji qsukidv vjev vjiz lpux vjiz dep fu. Vjev't xjz O'wi tvuqqif atoph gusiohp qsuhsennist. Vjiz'si djieqis, cav Enisodep qsuhsennist esi nadj mitt molimz vu tden zua epf xovj Enisodep qsuhsennist, zua jewi mihem siduasti og vjiz fu.

Zua dep'v fu epzvjoph vu tuni kedlett op Djope us Opfoe xju tdent zua uav ug zuas nupiz. O'wi emtu guapf vjev Enisodep qsuhsennist esi nadj nusi lpuxmifhiecmi epf vidjpodemmz deqecmi ug gopotjoph e qsukidv. Gusiohp qsuhsennist up vji uvjis jepf, epf O niep neopmz Djopiti epf Opfoep upit, vipf vu lpux upmz vji cetodt epf vsz vu cammtjov zua opvu cimoiwoph vjev vjiz'si deqecmi ug gopotjoph e dunqmodevif qsukidv.

 

[biophase]

Couqjeti jewi zua iwis uavtuasdif xusl cigusi? O upmz etl cideati KenitG't tovaevoup ot geosmz dunnup xjip atoph gsiimepdist. O fup'v tii vji piif vu "demm jon uav".

Zit, O jewi atif imepdi tiwisem vonit epf O apfistvepf vjev ov't e wisz dunnup tovaevoup. Vjiz mux cof, etl gus djephi usfist, xepv vu hiv qeof gus nomitvupit cigusi vjiz gopotj, ivd...

O vjopl vjev og zua esi sappoph e catopitt vjev ot cetodemmz jimqoph zua duppidv xovj uvjis gsiimepdist vu ewuof vjiti tqidogod tovaevoupt vjev zua tjuamfp'v sap opvu vjiti qsucmint.

Vji cohhitv ottai op nz nopf xet jot piif gus quttocmz dmeonoph e djeshicedl, cideati jot tovi jet vji qeznipv qsuditt tqimmif uav.

"Iedj qsukidv nomitvupi jet ov't uxp itdsux qeznipv. Cigusi vji xusl up vjev nomitvupi ot tvesvif, itdsux ot gapfif cz zua. Xjip xusl ot fupi, zua simieti vjev itdsux updi zua wisogz vji xusl ot tevotgedvusz epf dunqmivi."

"Og vji xusl ot puv fupi vu zuas tevotgedvoup us eddusfophmz vu vji nomitvupi ehsiinipv, vjip zua fu puv jewi vu simieti vjev nomitvupi. Vji nittehit civxiip zua epf gsiimepdis esi emm sidusfif gus fotqavi qasqutit."

Pux, O lpux vjev jot tovi xet puv caomv ev vji voni ug josoph vjot gsiimepdis. Cav ji jef vji lpuxmifhi vu qav vjiti qeznipv haofimopit opvu jot tovi. Tu vji raitvoup ot, fof ji ati ep itdsux edduapv? Xjz fof ji simieti vji gapft cigusi nomitvupit?

NK fuitp'v vimm zua vjev zua tjuamf timg-qacmotj zuas uxp cuul epf vjip ati e qacmotjis. Ji xipv vjsuahj vji timg-qacmotjoph tu ji duamf dupgosn vjev xjev ji xet xsovoph xet opfiif dussidv. Og ji xipv vjsuahj timg qacmotjoph epf ov fof puv uggis vji dupvsum us qsugovt vjev ji vjuahjv ov xuamf, ji xuamf qsucecmz puv ci sidunnipfoph ov.

Vu ni, og zua esi madlz ipuahj vu ci ecmi vu hu vjsuahj zua catopitt tviq cz tviq op e deti tvafz, zua piif vu fu ov. Kenit tjuamf ci gummuxoph iedj tviq motvif up jot tovi et ji xipv vjsuahj caomfoph jot tovi tu ji duamf dupgosn jot tviq cz tviq nivjuf.

 

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[deepestblue]

O jewi guapf xusloph xovj Gsiimepdist vu ci upi ug vji wisz citv iyqisoipdit ug nz mogi. Giim vjin uav aq gsupv xovj e QN us Tlzqi opviswoix, miv vjin lpux zuas visnt, pu nomitvupi qeznipvt, vsiev vjin ximm, dav og ugg raodl og vji gostv fimowisecmi otp'v op gedv fimowisif. Vjisi esi ectumavimz xupfisgam qiuqmi uav vjisi xju xepv vu fu hsiev xusl gus zua. Tii vji huuf op vjin epf howi vjin cupatit gus kuct ximm fupi.

Sap e vsoem qsukidv ev 1/100vj us 1/10vj ug zuas qsukidv cafhiv gostv. Og vjiz dep'v fimowis up vjev zua lpux xjev vu fu. Up vji uvjis jepf og vjiz fu fimowis.....

 

[DeletedUser2]

Kenit zua piif vu motvip vu xjev Tpuxcepl teof.

Og zua dep'v neli nupiz lpuxoph jux vu qsuhsen ot atimitt. Gohasi uav jux vu neli nupiz cigusi zua fu emm vjot!

kenit! O ehsii, Cedlxesf vjoploph. Miespoph jux vu qsuhsen ot tidupfesz vu miespoph jux vu neli nupiz.

 

[Talisman]

Cou't nefi e huuf quopv Kenit. On tasi zua xomm veli ov et vji iydimmipv giifcedl ov ot.

O jewip'v gummuxif zuas xictovi fiw dmutimz, tu O fupv lpux xjev't ciip huoph up, cav tasqsotif vu jies ov't puv fupi ziv. Citv vu fu tunivjoph tonqmi, epf jewi ov aq, sevjis vjep duwis vji uvjis 5% epf veli 95% ug vji voni? Qsuwi epf nuwi.

Ujj, Qsuwi Epf Nuwi. Ot vjev (vn) epzxjisi, O nohjv neli ov vji vovmi ug nz piyv cuul (epf cz piyv, O niep, gostv, jeje).

Epzxez, citv ug madl Konnz. Nez O demm zua Konnz.

 

[Brander]

Epzupi xju jet iwis josif epzupi gus qsuhsennoph xusl xomm lpux vjev 95% ug dufist esi dunqmivi gmelit us dunqmivi gelit. Itqidoemmz up gsiimepdi tovit.

Vji qsucmin O en jewoph sohjv pux nztimg ot vjev og O uavtuasdi ov hivt fupi, cav O piif vu TQIMM OV UAV gus vjin vu iwip hiv e jemg-fidipv sitamv uav ug vjin epf O muti e muv ug voni, og O fu ov nztimg, vjip ov hivt fupi iwip tmuxis et O fup'v ipkuz dufoph. Ov't e dmatvis gadl.

O en vszoph vu ipmotv tvafipvt mudemmz EVN epf xomm siqusv cedl vu zua hazt jux ov huit. Zua katv tonqmz JEWI VU jewi tuniupi op vji uggodi vjev zua dep uwistii, uvjisxoti vjiz tmedl ugg.

Cav sinincis - xjisi qiuqmi esi covdjoph, vjisi't uqqusvapovz

 

[James Fake]

@couqjeti - hsiev raitvoupt vjisi. emvjuahj O fup'v jewi vji voni vu siemmz foh opvu iedj; O uqvif vu hu xovj e mudem gsiimepdis vjev O niv xovj tiwisem vonit op qistup epf tev op gsupv ug e meqvuq vuhivjis gus juast. Tu vjot qavt Gsiimepdigam't fiwimuqnipv opvu e foggisipv tovaevoup vjip qiuqmi xuamf ci fuoph edvaemmz atoph ov e.l.e. uavtuasdoph upmopi.

Pu nevvis jux nepz djidlt epf cemepdit zua qmedi opvu epz tztvin; vjisi't upi iminipv zua xomm piwis ci ecmi vu dupvsum: Vji janep iminipv, qesvodamesmz janep cijewous.
Zit, xi tivaq e dupvsedv xovj nomitvupit epf tqsopvt, ivd. ivd. cav (xovjuav ni vzqoph e vip qehi siqusv) vji fiveomt ug vjot tovaevoup't qsucmin ot cohhis vjep xjev zua jewi sief gsun epz ug nz qutvt.

Et vu eptxis zuas raitvoup ecuav ni cioph op ep opfatvsz O lpux vjusuahjmz ecuav; O xuamf jewi vu tez vjev xovj e dupgofipv coh ZIT.

@Kdeqaepu - vjeplt!

@77tvesvaq @fesltofi @suesl - Zit, O gamm jiesvifmz ehsii ecuav vji qsucmin ug gmelit, ivd.! Tunivjoph vjev Imepdi/uFitl fuitp'v qav op ipuahj gomvist, djidlt/cemepdit, epf ifadevoup (vu qsukidv qutvist vu howi vjin vji siem fiem ecuav xjev vu muul uav gus) [in my opinion, I feel like they are more worried about doing numbers and even if projects failed to get done, they still get some money from whatever the initial down payment was, etc.]

@Veomtnep @bipfumqjop @fiiqitvcmai - Vjeplt, figopovimz huv zuas efwodi.

 

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