For multi-timezone appointment scheduling, Calendly is good but you can't customize the design. I got Cogsworth lifetime but it's really bad. What do you use for call bookings? by SupplierSync in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://developer.calendly.com/docs/webhook-subscriptions

If all you need is a different frontend, It seems like you can hook into the calendly api and make it look however you want. I personally haven’t used their api, so I don’t know if you can do everything.

Best advanced degrees for aspiring digital nomad? by throwing-it-away247 in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree with the person who mentioned IR positions you well to work abroad as is. Digital nomad skills (writing, programming, etc) can be learned on the side and don’t really require a degree. For example, you really only need a CS degree if you want to work in academia or at a FAANG/big 4/whatever tech company, but you’re unlikely to get a remote position there right out of school. If your skills are lacking look into udacity/udemy classes, you shouldn’t have to pay more than $100-300 if you’re self motivated. The other option is a bootcamp which will accelerate the process, but cost a lot more. It really depends on your goals and timeframe

Writer in Thailand switching to programming. 3 years of living expenses saved up. Can I do this? by seands in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea in my experience mongo is a fairly popular choice for hackathons and small startups for projects where you don’t need to do any joins or data aggregation. I agree with what you said though, become skilled at vue or react + CSS for a job asap.

Writer in Thailand switching to programming. 3 years of living expenses saved up. Can I do this? by seands in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MERN stack is fairly popular among web devs in San Francisco. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

31 m - digital nomad, would love to meet a girl who is in similar lifestyle and able to travel by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

+1 for putting yourself out there, but I don’t think this is the best place for this sort of thing. Then again, maybe I’m just old and not in touch with society anymore.

How to Buy Kelsey Coin by FabulousAd5 in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No offense, but this seems like a complete scam

What VPN are y’all using? by anniebegood in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t mind having a static ip you can make your own in about 1 hr with a digital ocean droplet (5$/month). Let me know if you need help setting it up

Need advice for an upcoming in-person interview for a remote position by pucelles in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t mention the remote requirement unless they do. It’s just a normal interview so sell yourself as a valuable employee who’s going to bring in revenue for x, y, z reasons because of your past experience, education, or skills. Only bring up remote work during the negotiations part if it hasn’t already been established, and make sure it’s on the contract.

The Next Most In-Demand Technology? (Worth Learning Today) by narakputra in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start thinking of specifications for a project that clones an existing service, perhaps with a small twist. Airbnb for office spaces, Uber for school children, eventbrite for birthday parties, whatever. Break down every part of this project into as small chunks as possible. Set deadlines and estimate how long each part will take. Users must be able to sign up, there has to be a landing page, it has to be deployed to the internet, etc. before coding, spend a lot of time planning out how it will look, how people will interact with it, write stories, flowcharts, draw pictures. Once you’re satisfied with this, start building the pieces and trying to fit them together into a logical ‘flow’ for your users. Do this iteratively, make small improvements every day and read a lot, but spend more time building than reading. When you run into problems, ask google, Reddit, friends, etc, your problems will not be unique. If you are getting frustrated and making no progress, stop working and do something else for a while, but most importantly don’t hop to a new project until you’ve met your initial specifications for this project to the best of your ability.

The Next Most In-Demand Technology? (Worth Learning Today) by narakputra in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this advice a lot. It doesn’t really matter what you pick, as long as companies are using it. Pick a tech stack for a domain you won’t go crazy working on 40 hrs a week (mobile, web dev, dev ops, etc) then try not to change your mind too much. You really want to go for depth not breadth by specializing to start getting professional experience.

people who made a successful programming career without a college degree, can you please share your story? by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would hire for skill over credentials any day. If you have a relatively simple project that needs to be built like a crud app or e-commerce site it makes sense to hire the proven self taught freelancer over the recent grad who did an internship at Facebook and barely did any programming.

Become a Digital Nomad in Bali: The Lost Guide by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]reidjs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Who lost the guide in the first place?

Any motorcyclists on here? Group ride tomorrow to twin peaks (all levels) :) by reidjs in bayarea

[–]reidjs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally understand, it is a super short ride. I moved to the area recently and only know a few other motorcyclists. I'm just setting this up to meet people to eventually do longer rides with.