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Working Remotely

·1 min

As a developer, I am lucky that I get to work from home as needed. But I have never been 100% remote; lately, I have been reading a lot about working remotely, remote first companies, digital nomad lifestyle etc. These are some resources that I have found useful so far:

The Ultimate Guide to Working Remotely - I haven’t gone through the whole guide yet but so far it has been very informative.

Remote Job Search Boards
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The Remote Freelancer - A massive list of remote jobs search boards. Hosted on GitHub.

Some of the more popular remote job boards are:

And then a list of Remote Friendly Companies and another massive list of Resources for Remote Jobs and Digital Nomads on GitHub.

Freelancing Rates - These are based on locations in the US, Canada, England, and Australia. Though these probably don’t reflect remote only rates.

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·1 min
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I upgraded PHP to version 7.0 on an Ubuntu box. Running php -v on shell would show it as version 7.0. But Apache was still using PHP 5.6. I tried various methods to update settings for Apache but nothing worked until I issued the following commands: sudo a2dismod php5.6 sudo a2enmod php7.0 sudo service apache2 restart Source: PHP 7.0 (and 5.6) on Ubuntu | LornaJane

Setting Up Laravel on MacOS

·1 min
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The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

·3 mins
Book-Review
My biggest takeaway from this book was that most people start a business to create a job for themselves. For example, a person who enjoys baking may start a cake shop. The problem with this approach is that one is working in the business, not on it. The right way to start a business is with a goal of eliminating one’s job. For example, the person above should figure out a way to hire someone else to do baking.