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We have an annual performance review period, in the one from the previous year I was thinking about asking for a raise but I didn't do it because my boss told me he talked with the CTO and they decided to give me a…

Hi folks, I’m a software engineer and I’ve been building AI related products for the last five years. I had a meeting with the company owner (ex work colleague) some days ago, the company has like 30 employees and they…

I've been working at a new job for about two and a half months as the first data scientist of the company and now my boss wants to look for another one. I was given the option to choose which kind of tasks I'd like to…

I'm working full time as a data engineer/scientist but I also have one ongoing customer (a previous employer). Another previous employer is launching a startup and has recently pinged me because they need to build a…

I'm preparing to interview for one of the big software companies. I've to spend some time every week driving to some places and it'd be nice to learn something while at it. Is this something realistic? do you do it?…

I'm working as a data engineer and I realized I lack some skills when interviewing for a new job: design patterns, good practices, object oriented design, query optimizations... On my job I'm very deep into SQL queries,…

A friend of mine is starting a position at a new startup whose founder is a former colleague of him. He recommended me, we had a quick interview and I've already received an offer. As the title says, the salary is…

Hi folks, I've been working as a software engineer for about 10 years but always in small companies with few or none programmers or as a freelancer. I've been able to always have work on my desk because I'm always…

Hi folks I was wondering if there's the possibility to write a bot that interacts with other bots/human agents from several online sites. I tried to come up with ways to do it but no ideas so far. What do you think?

Hi folks, I've been interviewing for several weeks looking for better income and challenges. I'd need to work as a contractor because I am living in South America and all the interested companies are from the US. The…

Hi folks, it's time for me to look for new jobs but I've realized that I've been constantly following an "expert beginner path". I'm pretty lost about what to do next so I need your help. I've always worked at small…

I decided I'll resign by the end of the year and I'm thinking if it's better to tell my boss about it now or to tell him when the resignation date is close. If I tell him now is good because I give them enough time to…

Hi! I'm a fellow hacker from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The country is in a long process of continuous decadence and this pandemic made the things even worse. Along with the daily changes of rules that we have to…

I'm Software Engineer with a focus on AI from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I've been working locally for many years earning something like $3k or $4k usd per month but since last year our currency (Argentine pesos) has…

MercadoLibre is the Amazon of Latin America and has an open and official API (https://developers.mercadolibre.com/) where anyone can request data about the transactions made on the platform. For example, you can check…

Fast Forward Labs (now part of Cloudera) was something like a research lab building prototypes "focus on taking technologies that are just becoming possible, and making them useful." I've been thinking about it and came…

Hi folks, I’m a software engineer and I’ve been building AI related products for the last five years. I’ve been looking to start my own business and here are now two possibilities to pursue that goal: 1) Partner with an…

Hi, I'm a Software Engineer focused for about four years on Artificial Intelligence products. I'm now trying to start my own company, the main focusis to build and sell AI related products but I would consider doing…

Hi, I'm Software Engineer building AI projects for almost four years. I've been wanting to start selling AI products to businesses but I don't know how to validate an idea quickly, without spending time/money developing…

Hi, I've been working for several years as a Software Engineer, always getting a little more than the market income. I live with my SO and we own an apartment (no kids) so my basic expenses are low. Last year I started…

Hey fellow HNers! I work as a software engineering contractor at several companies and Im currently fully booked. All the companies with contracts for the full year. This is not something to complain about, but the…

I work for a company (software is not their principal revenue source) as a contractor besides my principal part time job that unrelated to the industry of that company. One of the owners of the company (small one,…

I'm working as a software engineer (mostly web, mostly backend). I've worked some years as a freelancer (now working at a part time job + contractor job) always working on the backend side. I'm getting bored of this…

After some thinking, I decided to focus on the e-commerce industry in order to start working as a technical (no marketing/sales experience) freelancer/consultant in the near future. Some time ago I thought that it'd be…