I am now the registered owner of a side business. Looking to do freelance (web) development. I already got a few leads, and even a project idea I need to investigate if it has any marketability. I'm still a bit "whoah, how did that happen", but it's a good feel and that tells me I am on the right track With some luck and of course some hard work, I might be able to leverage this into reduced days at my main job or even becoming my main occupation one day. No running before I can walk but damn the prospect of that sure sounds awesome to me right now.
(Yes, I know being your own boss isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but after nearly 4 years of being miserable in office jobs I think I'd rather take the risks of self-employment than the misery of office politics. And for now, as a side business, I get to try it out without losing my security. Win-win.)
The main advice I would give is to not panic if it takes you a long time to build a client base! I had so many months where it felt like I was just yelling into a vacuum to no avail. And so much of it is about who you know, as well. Most of my clients came to me through friends. So it's also really important to take advantage of your own friends (hi) and the ways they can help.
I attempted to cut my hair and, it being my first time, I borked it! Yes, friends, I broke my hair! Another thing to add to the list. A rave because it's my hair and I borked it, no money spent.
My son loves the original Pokémon series. Which, after Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Special Agent Oso, and the like, is an excellent change of pace. Especially since I keep finding myself getting sucked into it.
Java may be a pain, but I love C++ so much right now.
"Chairwoman," Princess Setisoki states, holding up a hand in a gesture for her to stop and returning the cup. "That would be quite inappropriate. One of the males will serve me."
Those are good* arguments for the JVM. Now how about some for the Java language. >.>
* Except for the part where deterministic destruction is pretty much way more awesome than garbage collection.
I honestly haven't coded much in C, so I can't point to any real "this is why the Java language is better than the C language". The real reason I didn't continue coding with C was because A) memory management (not sure if that has changed since, oh, 1995) and compiler availability (ditto). I always found Java to have a pretty straight-forward syntax though, and if there's ever anything you need to look up, there's always the freely available javadocs to turn to. The fact that the same people who create the language also provide a free compiler and runtime just makes it that much better; there's no need to try to find a compiler that's both good and free. Am I biased? Probably a whole lot. But that's why I use Java instead of C.
And sure, memory management can always be improved. But thanks to the fact that the GC works in the background, newbie programmers can just completely ignore the memory management aspects of coding. You don't need to know how to assign memory to write a simple "hello world" program, and frankly, in most cases you can just let the GC handle it all with little to no drawbacks. It also cuts down on memory leaks, since you don't have to deallocate memory either. Would it be awesome to have some kind of "dispose of this and immediately free the memory it's hogging" function? Yes, yes it would, especially when trying to optimise your code to be as fast as possible.
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Cyndarinused Flamethrower! It was super effective.
... I'm raving again I don't care if that breaks forum etiquette.
It's so easy to forget sometimes when you're in a shit situation that there are people who love you. I mean. REALLY love you. That they are there for you, that on a day that is normally miserable, that was supposed to be particularly terrible this year, they will make it a million times better than you could have possibly ever been prepared for.
Flowers, gifts of other various sorts, singing happy birthday to me. I didn't do anything to deserve it, to deserve friends like you all. I was supposed to be alone and depressed today.
My pot roast came out delicious! My friend loved it and devoured it and I am so happy. The cheesy cornbread went over fantastic as well. I love cooking for people. And I still got 4 tubs of meat/veggies and two tubs of cornbread to eat at my leisure. Happy happy.
Also rave for my friend because she made me a happy writer's crossstitch. It now has a permanent place of my desk.
Mysrai, the Beckoner Beyond the Maze intones, "Continue to manifest the paradigm of working, My Alary."
The Divine voice of Camus the Cinderfly echoes in your head, "Thank you, once-body. I am happy that I fell into that eye."
Rave for @Zouviqil because it was so nice to be able to do something for your birthday. Wish I'd had more time so I could have done a birthday recording too.
You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order. Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
... I'm raving again I don't care if that breaks forum etiquette.
It's so easy to forget sometimes when you're in a shit situation that there are people who love you. I mean. REALLY love you. That they are there for you, that on a day that is normally miserable, that was supposed to be particularly terrible this year, they will make it a million times better than you could have possibly ever been prepared for.
Flowers, gifts of other various sorts, singing happy birthday to me. I didn't do anything to deserve it, to deserve friends like you all. I was supposed to be alone and depressed today.
OHMYGOD. I hope you received it! I was at the office and sneaked out...I sent it and it didn't come up on my sent items I worried about that.
Viravain, Lady of the Thorns shouts, "And You would seize Me? Fool! I am the Glomdoring! I am the Wyrd, and beneath the cloak of Night, the shadows of the Silent stir!"
So, as some of you may know, I went for an audition to day for the position of account-counter Manager for the Benefit cosmetics in our store......
GUESS WHO GOT IT?!
meeeeeeeeee I don't think it's actually hit me yet, I'm pretty much in shock. But I have learnt a lot in the short time I had there in the audition and interview, and I'm really looking forward to my future with Benefit
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Cyndarinused Flamethrower! It was super effective.
I did a double take because I was sure for a moment that was a cracked screen. Way to scare someone.
You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order. Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
... I'm raving again I don't care if that breaks forum etiquette.
It's so easy to forget sometimes when you're in a shit situation that there are people who love you. I mean. REALLY love you. That they are there for you, that on a day that is normally miserable, that was supposed to be particularly terrible this year, they will make it a million times better than you could have possibly ever been prepared for.
Flowers, gifts of other various sorts, singing happy birthday to me. I didn't do anything to deserve it, to deserve friends like you all. I was supposed to be alone and depressed today.
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=P~* Except for the part where deterministic destruction is pretty much way more awesome than garbage collection.
I honestly haven't coded much in C, so I can't point to any real "this is why the Java language is better than the C language". The real reason I didn't continue coding with C was because A) memory management (not sure if that has changed since, oh, 1995) and
And sure, memory management can always be improved. But thanks to the fact that the GC works in the background, newbie programmers can just completely ignore the memory management aspects of coding. You don't need to know how to assign memory to write a simple "hello world" program, and frankly, in most cases you can just let the GC handle it all with little to no drawbacks. It also cuts down on memory leaks, since you don't have to deallocate memory either. Would it be awesome to have some kind of "dispose of this and immediately free the memory it's hogging" function? Yes, yes it would, especially when trying to optimise your code to be as fast as possible.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order.
Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
GUESS WHO GOT IT?!
meeeeeeeeee
You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order.
Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?