Solo Web Dev
@solowebdev.bsky.social
Software dev with decades of experience but still working on building my own thing. I’ll never be completely happy until I’m running my own successful business. Some do it for fame, some for money, but I do it for personal freedom.
Keep BlueSky kind 🫶
Keep BlueSky kind 🫶
Yeah, I have no problems with swings where some weeks are heavy and some light. That’s just part of the job.
My problem was them putting the blame on me without recognizing that they were the ones that caused it. I pushed back on the timeline so many times up front, but they were always indifferent
My problem was them putting the blame on me without recognizing that they were the ones that caused it. I pushed back on the timeline so many times up front, but they were always indifferent
March 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yeah, I have no problems with swings where some weeks are heavy and some light. That’s just part of the job.
My problem was them putting the blame on me without recognizing that they were the ones that caused it. I pushed back on the timeline so many times up front, but they were always indifferent
My problem was them putting the blame on me without recognizing that they were the ones that caused it. I pushed back on the timeline so many times up front, but they were always indifferent
I really blame myself for thinking something would change.
Thank you for the kind words though!
Thank you for the kind words though!
March 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I really blame myself for thinking something would change.
Thank you for the kind words though!
Thank you for the kind words though!
This is more than just a vent. It’s a reminder to not give your employer more than they deserve. They won’t pay it back.
Be selfish with your time.
Be selfish with your time.
March 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is more than just a vent. It’s a reminder to not give your employer more than they deserve. They won’t pay it back.
Be selfish with your time.
Be selfish with your time.
This left me with zero time for my indie hacking, which left me even more frustrated and drained.
Something inside me broke.
No more pouring my heart into my day job. All they’ll get from me now is an hours-for-dollars trade. No more “above and beyond”.
This is how innovation (for them) dies.
Something inside me broke.
No more pouring my heart into my day job. All they’ll get from me now is an hours-for-dollars trade. No more “above and beyond”.
This is how innovation (for them) dies.
March 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This left me with zero time for my indie hacking, which left me even more frustrated and drained.
Something inside me broke.
No more pouring my heart into my day job. All they’ll get from me now is an hours-for-dollars trade. No more “above and beyond”.
This is how innovation (for them) dies.
Something inside me broke.
No more pouring my heart into my day job. All they’ll get from me now is an hours-for-dollars trade. No more “above and beyond”.
This is how innovation (for them) dies.
I don’t want praise or a shout out. I want leadership to make a change so that it never happens again.
Instead what I got was hinting that it was my problem for not setting boundaries.
How am I supposed to do that when the guy that signs my check is asking for these deadlines?
Instead what I got was hinting that it was my problem for not setting boundaries.
How am I supposed to do that when the guy that signs my check is asking for these deadlines?
March 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I don’t want praise or a shout out. I want leadership to make a change so that it never happens again.
Instead what I got was hinting that it was my problem for not setting boundaries.
How am I supposed to do that when the guy that signs my check is asking for these deadlines?
Instead what I got was hinting that it was my problem for not setting boundaries.
How am I supposed to do that when the guy that signs my check is asking for these deadlines?
No shots fired, but plenty of people yelling that there was a shooter and running out of fear (can’t blame anyone for that).
My wife and daughter were there and it was terrifying for them either way. I feel so bad for everyone involved. I hope the my arrest and ban the two idiots who started it
My wife and daughter were there and it was terrifying for them either way. I feel so bad for everyone involved. I hope the my arrest and ban the two idiots who started it
March 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
No shots fired, but plenty of people yelling that there was a shooter and running out of fear (can’t blame anyone for that).
My wife and daughter were there and it was terrifying for them either way. I feel so bad for everyone involved. I hope the my arrest and ban the two idiots who started it
My wife and daughter were there and it was terrifying for them either way. I feel so bad for everyone involved. I hope the my arrest and ban the two idiots who started it
My wife and daughter were there. People were screaming and running out yelling that there was a shooter. Even though we now know there wasn’t, everybody just panicked.
March 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
My wife and daughter were there. People were screaming and running out yelling that there was a shooter. Even though we now know there wasn’t, everybody just panicked.
Nope, it’s pulled from the salaries that companies publicly provide in new job listings. I grab it from a variety of different job boards, clean it, aggregate it, and store it in a way that can be searched/filtered
December 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Nope, it’s pulled from the salaries that companies publicly provide in new job listings. I grab it from a variety of different job boards, clean it, aggregate it, and store it in a way that can be searched/filtered
Thanks! I’ll take another look. There’s also levels.fyi but the difference there is it’s based on self-reported salaries from engineers
December 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Thanks! I’ll take another look. There’s also levels.fyi but the difference there is it’s based on self-reported salaries from engineers
And to be honest I don’t know what this really is (or could be yet). I know the raw data itself is interesting and valuable, but am still thinking through how to present it in the most valuable way to the right people.
December 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM
And to be honest I don’t know what this really is (or could be yet). I know the raw data itself is interesting and valuable, but am still thinking through how to present it in the most valuable way to the right people.
I was not able to find examples that show current salary trends based on actual salaries listed in new job listings. It’s totally possible I wasn’t looking in the right places, so if you have an example or two I’d love to see them!
December 30, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I was not able to find examples that show current salary trends based on actual salaries listed in new job listings. It’s totally possible I wasn’t looking in the right places, so if you have an example or two I’d love to see them!
I think too many fail because the solution to an irk may not be enough for others to want to pay for. Or the person who solved the irk doesn’t know how to market, position, or sell the thing they built so it eventually just dies out
December 30, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I think too many fail because the solution to an irk may not be enough for others to want to pay for. Or the person who solved the irk doesn’t know how to market, position, or sell the thing they built so it eventually just dies out
I think they tend to be people (or maybe bots) that follow you just because they hope you’ll follow them back.
Other than for spam, I don’t get why people do this, because they’re not going to get followers that are genuinely interested in them 🤷♂️
Other than for spam, I don’t get why people do this, because they’re not going to get followers that are genuinely interested in them 🤷♂️
December 30, 2024 at 12:57 AM
I think they tend to be people (or maybe bots) that follow you just because they hope you’ll follow them back.
Other than for spam, I don’t get why people do this, because they’re not going to get followers that are genuinely interested in them 🤷♂️
Other than for spam, I don’t get why people do this, because they’re not going to get followers that are genuinely interested in them 🤷♂️
This is awesome!
December 29, 2024 at 10:58 PM
This is awesome!
…which is actually what inspired me to build it in the first place
December 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM
…which is actually what inspired me to build it in the first place
It’s fully automated, which is nice. It’s delayed by about a day due to the amount of data processing that needs to happen, but I don’t have to trigger anything myself
And I totally agree. I could even provide info on what percentile above or below the median salary you are.
And I totally agree. I could even provide info on what percentile above or below the median salary you are.
December 29, 2024 at 8:29 PM
It’s fully automated, which is nice. It’s delayed by about a day due to the amount of data processing that needs to happen, but I don’t have to trigger anything myself
And I totally agree. I could even provide info on what percentile above or below the median salary you are.
And I totally agree. I could even provide info on what percentile above or below the median salary you are.
Thanks! If this ends up being something that is worth investing more time into, then I can definitely pull in more data
I actually don’t have analytics hooked up yet so I’m looking for more qualitative/verbal feedback over something like page views (although that will also be interesting over time)
I actually don’t have analytics hooked up yet so I’m looking for more qualitative/verbal feedback over something like page views (although that will also be interesting over time)
December 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Thanks! If this ends up being something that is worth investing more time into, then I can definitely pull in more data
I actually don’t have analytics hooked up yet so I’m looking for more qualitative/verbal feedback over something like page views (although that will also be interesting over time)
I actually don’t have analytics hooked up yet so I’m looking for more qualitative/verbal feedback over something like page views (although that will also be interesting over time)
Exactly. I could notify someone of new jobs that meet their salary needs based on their criteria (location, tech, etc)
But I’d love to avoid charging devs. I’d prefer to find a way to make it valuable to hiring managers and businesses, because that’s where the money is
But I’d love to avoid charging devs. I’d prefer to find a way to make it valuable to hiring managers and businesses, because that’s where the money is
December 29, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Exactly. I could notify someone of new jobs that meet their salary needs based on their criteria (location, tech, etc)
But I’d love to avoid charging devs. I’d prefer to find a way to make it valuable to hiring managers and businesses, because that’s where the money is
But I’d love to avoid charging devs. I’d prefer to find a way to make it valuable to hiring managers and businesses, because that’s where the money is
Launched a POC to get initial feedback on the idea.
It tracks software engineer salaries based on actual salary ranges that employers advertise on job boards and lets you filter by location/seniority/tech/etc so you can see how yours compares
dgaxik927ls9y.cloudfront.net
It tracks software engineer salaries based on actual salary ranges that employers advertise on job boards and lets you filter by location/seniority/tech/etc so you can see how yours compares
dgaxik927ls9y.cloudfront.net
Software Salary Trends
View software engineer salary trends based on the most recent job listings.
dgaxik927ls9y.cloudfront.net
December 29, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Launched a POC to get initial feedback on the idea.
It tracks software engineer salaries based on actual salary ranges that employers advertise on job boards and lets you filter by location/seniority/tech/etc so you can see how yours compares
dgaxik927ls9y.cloudfront.net
It tracks software engineer salaries based on actual salary ranges that employers advertise on job boards and lets you filter by location/seniority/tech/etc so you can see how yours compares
dgaxik927ls9y.cloudfront.net
You found a bug! Thank you
If you search in lowercase (“ny” instead of “NY”) it should work for now. I’ll push up a fix.
I appreciate you testing it out! What do you think of the concept? Is it actually useful, just kind of interesting, or meh?
If you search in lowercase (“ny” instead of “NY”) it should work for now. I’ll push up a fix.
I appreciate you testing it out! What do you think of the concept? Is it actually useful, just kind of interesting, or meh?
December 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM
You found a bug! Thank you
If you search in lowercase (“ny” instead of “NY”) it should work for now. I’ll push up a fix.
I appreciate you testing it out! What do you think of the concept? Is it actually useful, just kind of interesting, or meh?
If you search in lowercase (“ny” instead of “NY”) it should work for now. I’ll push up a fix.
I appreciate you testing it out! What do you think of the concept? Is it actually useful, just kind of interesting, or meh?
I’m not sure I’m following. Do you mean other solutions already do the same thing with more data?
December 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I’m not sure I’m following. Do you mean other solutions already do the same thing with more data?
Thank you! I’m curious if it’s something you’d return to periodically, or if you’d just use it to look up your expected salary once and then just keep that in mind going forward (?)
One other thing I could do is send job alerts that meet your specific salary expectations for a set of criteria
One other thing I could do is send job alerts that meet your specific salary expectations for a set of criteria
December 29, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Thank you! I’m curious if it’s something you’d return to periodically, or if you’d just use it to look up your expected salary once and then just keep that in mind going forward (?)
One other thing I could do is send job alerts that meet your specific salary expectations for a set of criteria
One other thing I could do is send job alerts that meet your specific salary expectations for a set of criteria
What I’m trying to confirm is whether this is:
A) Sort of interesting in a passive way, as in you look at it once and move on with your life
Or
B) Interesting and useful enough to be something you would come back to periodically and share with your friends/co-workers
A) Sort of interesting in a passive way, as in you look at it once and move on with your life
Or
B) Interesting and useful enough to be something you would come back to periodically and share with your friends/co-workers
December 29, 2024 at 6:14 PM
What I’m trying to confirm is whether this is:
A) Sort of interesting in a passive way, as in you look at it once and move on with your life
Or
B) Interesting and useful enough to be something you would come back to periodically and share with your friends/co-workers
A) Sort of interesting in a passive way, as in you look at it once and move on with your life
Or
B) Interesting and useful enough to be something you would come back to periodically and share with your friends/co-workers