My mentor taught me a very simple lesson - ONE THING AT A TIME. ANY TIME.

working with CPUs only re-affirms that thought. give a machine 128 cores, each core will and can process only 1 instruction per clock cycle.

Two things I've learnt from my limited time as a freelancer: 1: always go

hourly rate

if: * It's a new/unfamiliar client. * the requirements are constantly changing. * You're being asked to work on an unfamiliar framework/language/tech-stack. Go

fixed-price bid

model for everything else. 2: Make it painful for the client to change requirements. Have a SOW (statement of work) drafted before you begin the work. If they change requirements, then freeze work, get the SOW redrafted by them. Restart work only when this happens. They'll soon get the message about crafting requirements carefully.

the engineering team being very nonchalant and self-righteous is just very very unprofessional.

Are they engaging you as a subject matter expert? Or as staff augmentation resource? The behavior you described tends to happen in latter cases mostly. If you're a high-priced subject matter expert, people take you very seriously. If you're just another resource, billing at market rate, then well.... people take you for granted. PS: take all these anecdotes with a pinch of salt. FWIW: my theories have worked well for me. Your situation may be different and YMMV.

hey, what’s the right channel to post an opportunity for product designers (esp B2B SAAS) ?

Hey folks - are you all in 1️⃣ perm roles, or 2️⃣ short term + contract? When I lived in the UK, I dealt with a lot of incoming LinkedIn messages and emails from offshore companies and individuals wishing to take up employment/contracts with the companies I worked with. Initial contact and the words you use are critical to getting past the gatekeepers, and an occasional misplaced word can kill your chances of getting past them. Would there be any interest in a cold message / application message Surgery Session next week? 👍 👎

So folks, this is something I’ve been thinking of and have also seen at play in a few places. I feel it would do a lot of help to everyone in the community- one day per week - throw in a paragraph detailing what you folks achieved - what was your progress - could be something as amazing as sending a rocket to space or as simple as managing to smoke one cigarette less. The intent is to feel good about yourselves and build a community ready to support each other! Since today is Saturday, I want to call this the superb Saturday thread. Thoughts?

@calm-grass-85557 suggest a channel where we can run this thread? I’d like to start off. I have the biggest update to make in a long time!

Hey @straight-continent-34777 I feel we can use #tribe channel for now 🤔 You can tag it with a #superbsaturday tag maybe.

So, I'm starting with the #supersaturday thread here. Please do share the good work you're doing / questions you'd like to ask someone / thoughts on your minds, any other brain dump you have. Only restriction - ONE message per person / no restriction on message length.

Hey guys! Thanks for attending the session today. I hope it was helpful and I apologize profusely for my crappy tech 😞 I should have listened to @calm-grass-85557 and stuck to zoom. (I used Meet basically because zoom has 40m cut off). But yeah. Lesson learned. I will try and share my deck here in a bit. Thanks again for attending. 👋

#superbsaturday started off with 5 people including myself adding our tidbits on the slack. That in my opinion is an amazing start! Thanks folks. Lets keep this culture rolling healthy!

may I share an excel sheet containing list of remote jobs here?

Hi guys, I am in Pune for the next one week. I would love meet some people based here and exchange ideas. Let me know if anyone would be available.

Going remote starting today! party parrot

My wife is speaking at a Mumbai Product Manager event. Is there a spot I can share the details? I think it could be useful for those interested.

This channel should do @careful-petabyte-17641

My amazing wife is speaking at "The Product Folks" event in Mumbai this Saturday from 2:30PM. PMs, cofounders and anyone interested in Product Management welcome. I'll be there too, but mostly as a support cheerleader 🙂 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-build-great-products-tickets-78465730111

https://remoteindian.slack.com/archives/CFKUPJZ7W/p1573792535157400 Let's do some 1:1 sessions this Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00. 20 min slots should be good enough to review some of your unsuccessful LinkedIn messages. I'll share with you: My way of connecting with BizDev prospects for UnicornFuel.io My way of finding companies experiencing hiring pain (and how you can be their saviour) A contracting platform I use to find Product Management roles for my wife, Sofi Numerous dog gifs How to book: Reply to this message with your 20 minute slot + your email so I can send you a calendar invite + zoom link. Please book on the 20 mins, example reply, "1:20 suhas@suhasrocks.com". Please reply to this thread so we don't clutter the channel 🙂 Much ♥️

I’ll take you up on the dog gifs @careful-petabyte-17641. Sending you an update shortly. Also, dog gifs requires a separate reply! We all need that “make your day” moments!

Monday morning thoughts: Do GMail accounts work as effectively as custom domain email accounts when you’re consulting? Thread away!

Friends, i had a customer who was paying fortnightly earlier for content writing. Now, she wants to pay once a month. Do i need to take any precautions? I am somehow reluctant with Monthly payoff's. Thanks In Advance 🙂

Some of us in Bangalore are going out for a drink this weekend. DM if you would like to join 🍻

Morning all. I'm considering hiring an onsite team of ios/android/devops + designers in India (remote after y1). I'm struggling to find a guide on average salaries (glassdoor isn't accurate for the UK, so not sure if I should trust it for other territories). Does anyone happen to have a good jump off point please?

If you ever wanted to start a newsletter, here's a great blogpost to get you started 👉 https://twitter.com/khemaridh/status/1196083286885289984

Thanks @calm-grass-85557 for sharing this. I have created my newsletter based on that article. Folks, do subscribe if you like https://mustread.substack.com/

Also found this tool to be good for choosing providers based on your need. https://www.emailtooltester.com/en/newsletter-software-price-comparison/

https://adevait.com/ Another company vetting and getting people into remote jobs. Incase anyone didn’t know about them. I have no experience with them but for some reason get their newsletters 🤔 (they are not very good)

can I ask ask one problem I have with my remote job search here? Its more of the person who has approached me, should I trust her not?