ESPN introduced a stat called real plus-minus in 2014, which adjusts for teammates and opponents. It also takes both offensive and defense plus-minus into account. The top two players in RPM this past season were Lebron James and Draymond Green, followed by Chris Paul and Steph Curry [1]. It was received with a lot of skepticism back when it was introduced, but that shouldn't surprise anyone.
I'd work on being more humble, and open-minded, especially considering your lack of experience. This is one of the more ridiculous posts I've read on HN.
Maybe you should practice what you preach. I'm 34 now and I'd side with the OP on this.
I did a similar thing on my first job: took their web app codebase and totally remade it in the first couple of months, with demonstrable gains on efficiency (Mind it: it was the first web application made by some guys whose previous experience was in Sybase PowerBuilder). I was given a raise the same week I demoed it to my bosses.
I still do programming and I'm still being humbled frequently by the awesome things some of my younger coworkers code effortlessly.
I also share with OP the impression that 8 hours coding as a daily thing is totally overkill. That's suited for factory work where every minute you're not cranking out stuff means losses.
My 'sweet spot' for coding seems to top at 4 hours, a few hours resting and then maybe another couple hours at the end of the day if I feel like I found a better way to do it.
Fortunately I have flexible hours where I work, but I'm still suppossed to put in 8h every day. The result is: when things go well, I complete my tasks and are left with at least 3 hours a day where I'm supposed to be working (so: no relax, no rest, you're on the clock); and when things are not going so well, mostly due to planning mistakes from high up, I have to put in my 8 hours, and then some more.
So please, go tell to be more open-minded to the right people, and let people work to the best of their abilities.
I notice that most projects he's actually billing around $50-60/hour - which is not that impressive for the US (probably much better where he lives). Maybe he stands out because his advertised rate is relatively high, and he cuts them a special deal each time?
The other thing is, why stay on UpWork after the connection is made, why not just build the client base and use UpWork as a lead source?
Maybe he starts with non-Upwork clients and then brings them "into" UpWork, getting 5 stars every time?
About a year. I started from $30/hour, then switched to $60 and current rate is for consulting because I don't have free time for full-time projects (I'm working full-time already and I love my work so don't want to switch).
2 strict rules: 1) never negotiate rate, 2) don't work too hard (I prefer to work 40 hours per week).
Swannodette never disappoints. If you're interested in this approach, you should check out re-frame: https://github.com/Day8/re-frame. The README is a great resource, regardless of whether or not you intend to use the framework.
Filming sidelines was all they were punished for. But they almost certainly were filming opponents' practices, including the St. Lous Rams' "walkthrough practice prior to Super Bowl XXXVI"[1].
I'm a Bengals fan, so I don't know why I feel the need to constantly defend the Patriots, but let's do it.
> almost certainly
From the Wikipedia article you linked:
- "[The NFL] found no evidence to substantiate the Super Bowl XXXVI allegations or any other transgressions beside those the NFL had already penalized the Patriots for."
- "NFL investigators found practical limitations to the allegation; the Patriots' video equipment that was set up the day before the game had neither battery packs nor a nearby power supply in order to run." In other words, filming the walkthrough was not plausible on a technical level.
- "The Boston Herald [who initially published the story based on an anonymous source] published an apology to the Patriots and their fans for publishing the February 2, 2008, story ... alleging the Patriots had taped the Rams' walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI. ... They wrote, they should not have published the story, which they deemed to be false."
I'll be honest, I didn't even know about this aspect of Spygate before reading the Wikipedia article, but it seems like the allegation was investigated, the NFL found nothing, and the Boston Herald apologized for a story that was seemingly without merit. Where are you getting "almost certainly"?
yclist has a few errors, so not sure if it's all 100% accurate.
To name a few:
xobni - bought by yahoo and now shut down (listed as active)
like.fm - dead, but listed as active
Exec - listed as active, but was bought by Handybook
Bump - listed active, but dead
Nice work. I think Pitchfork throws way too much content at the user, so this is definitely something I could see myself using. Is there a particular reason you chose Meteor over other Node frameworks/libraries? Were you just intrigued by it and wanted to try it out?
Not in particular apart from the fact that my first web development project ever which I put out last December was done in Meteor: http://mixtape.meteor.com. It was a collaborative YouTube playlist app.
Since then I've worked with other more mature MVC frameworks, but I find that I'm still able to produce my weekend projects a lot faster using Meteor. I also like the free hosting (and easy deployment) on a .meteor domain it offers.
1. http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM