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Certainly not a career suicide. Sharpen the saw, build things you can showcase, and have a good story to tell when you want to get back to work next year. Enjoy the time off.

Add a "summary" section at the top summarizing 3-5 key accomplishments in your career quantifying them as much as possible. If you don't capture the readers attention with that, doesn't matter how many pages you have. That's your superbowl ad.

This post is as good as "new study finds cholesterol causes heart disease". We know that LinkedIn endorsements are only as good as the person looking at them. In the new UI, LinkedIn highlights endorsements from "people that are highly skilled at this", which, in my observations so far, is fairly reasonable. In my mind endorsements only matter when they come from people that I trust. I'll take highly skilled at this with a grain of salt, but that's a lot better than endorsements from random people. I don't know anyone that hires engineers based on endorsements.

It's not typical.. here's what you should expect from PM: - Align with the CEO / business goals and prioritize accordingly. Every feature should map to a top level business theme you're trying to accomplish. - They may not be involved in hiring, but they should provide clarity on the product side and inspire the team on company vision and how it positively impacts users and customers. - As an engineer you can / should ask questions and hold them accountable.. "what are our filters for selecting features?", "why are we building this feature and how does it map to our business goals?", etc.

Wouldn't say it's "fantastic" but people enjoy my blog on product management / design for startups - https://blog.orangecaffeine.com/

Great point. Every "feature" is a bet, based on the vision and values in the post. It can have 3 outcomes: worked perfectly as expected, worked in ways that we didn't expect, or just failed. So you lean from it and decide whether to keep it, tweak it, and remove it.

https://blog.orangecaffeine.com/ Best post: https://blog.orangecaffeine.com/10-design-myths-founders-hav...

Completely agree with this: if the user doesn't see value within 5 seconds (and is wow'ed by it), game over... wrote a piece on it: "Onboarding is Everything" https://blog.orangecaffeine.com/onboarding-is-everything-327...

Yes, I write about mobile and product design: https://blog.orangecaffeine.com

Engineers respond to engineers / engineering leaders - https://blog.orangecaffeine.com/finding-good-engineers-isn-t...

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Looking for: UX Designer, iOS Engineer, Android Engineer Location: REMOTE

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orangecaffeine.com :: Mountain View, CA :: Mobile designers & developers (iOS, Android, Backend, Fullstack)

orangecaffeine is an invite-only freelancer network that helps companies accelerate their projects. Our clients are mostly based in Silicon Valley and are either VC backed or large corporations. Our projects range from 1 - 6 months (or more). Some projects require on-site, most don't.

LOOKING FOR: iOS / Android engineers, designers, backend engineers, full stack engineers.

If you're interested, please email Grace Sui (grace@orangecaffeine.com) -- we'd love to see your portfolio, github profile, and anything else you're proud about. Thanks!

* PLEASE NO RECRUITERS

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1. Don't look for a "cofounder". Look for someone who can work with you and find a way to compensate him fairly. IF he performs and willing to jump, then think about cofounder. 2. Reach out to as many people as you can on LinkedIn that you think may be fit, tell them what you're doing, and ask if they want to help. IF they try to sell themselves and talk comp first, IGNORE. IF they roll up their sleeves and get things going, continue. 3. The only way you'll know is to try a few of them out. Not easy, but no other choice.

Also: IMO Hungry horses are better than fat elephants. So don't fall for experience / branding / whatnot.

Feel free to email me (email id in profile) for more specifics.

orangecaffeine.com is looking for freelance web and mobile designers and developers (full-stack, front-end, iOS, Android).

LOCATION: San Francisco, Boston, Bangalore REMOTE: OK VISA: NO

Please send resumes to grace@orangecaffeine.com.

1. Should have built developer tools such as compilers, SDKs of some sort, analyzers ..etc. 2. Should have demonstrated experience helping developers - stackoverflow, github, quora 3. Should have a product sensibility and empathy for fellow developers 4. Should be able to quickly suggest improvements to commonly used compilers / languages / analysis tools 5. Should be passionate about making life better for developers in general

None of the above. Seems like you've been picking early stage startups where this chaos is inevitable or growth stage startups with bad management.

Some tips if they're helpful: 1. Find a growth stage series A or B funded startup with a product market fit where focus is now on scaling up. They are beginning to know what they are doing.

2. I give more weight to the team than the project or idea itself. Ideas change all the time. So its more important to work with great people. Find a place where you admire and like the people.

3. Voice your opinions. You're not working for a "manager", you're working for a "company". You should be open about what you think and feel. If that's not welcome, you're in the wrong place.

HUGE number of companies looking for entry level talent / interns. See http://collegefeed.com

Upload your resume at http://www.collegefeed.com and send a note to hello@collegefeed.com.

$0. If you become famous, people won't have trouble remembering any name you come up with.

Paper and pencil. Don't constrain yourself with tools.

quibb.com

fixing that, just upload your resume and will get in touch. Looking for grads with some PHP or Ruby + Front end dev experience. San Francisco.

We have a few startups that are desperately looking for new grads - apply at collegefeed.com. Also ping me at hello at collegefeed.com.

Thanks for the info. My point was more to the tune of - when you can tell so much more from a candidate's github work -- his algo's, coding, coding style, commit notes, commit times, descipline.. why would you want to poke his coding again ? Why not just discuss his prior github work and clear the coding part of his interview ? Agreed on the need to check if you can work with him, team work, problem solving ..etc. But isn't github eliminating the need for vetting coding ? Fake github profiles is surprising! Never heard of that before!

Nice portfolio!

Since your current job is "not painful" and you don't have a clear plan yet, don't quit. Try the following:

1. See if you can change anything in the current job to make yourself happy - new project ? new team ? Most people quit because they don't like their boss or their peers. If that's not the case, work with them to make it more challenging.

2. Use your spare time wisely for soul searching - network, talk to people and find something that will give you the kick. This may even help you become self employed.

Not having a job / not going to work / living off of savings are all unnecessary pressures.