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Location: Munich, Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Full stack, lots of TypeScript! Node, Nestjs, Postgres, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, React, EmberJs, CSS, SCSS, LESS, Hugo, UX and UI design, Performance optimisation, Analytics, Technical SEO, Design Sprint

Résumé/CV: isarbits.com, docuvision.io

Email: hello [roundthingy] isarbits.com

We are a small team of experienced web application developers based in Munich, Germany. We are experienced in both the startup as well as the corporate world, and are looking for our next cool project. Since we have free time, we’re open to anything from contract work through to filling the CTO role.

probably a cut of the order amount when you use their checkout.

Isarbits GmbH | Munich, Germany | Fulltime and Internships | JS Frontend and/or Backend

Isarbits is a young dev company. We are financed through contract work and are currently MVP-ing our first B2B SaaS. We have a succesful track record in building B2B software and startups.

For our technical-document search engine we need more dev power on both server and frontend.

TechStack Server: Node (Nest.js), Postgres, ElasticSearch, Rabbit, Google Cloud Vision, AWS, Docker, Typescript

TechStack Frontend: React, Bulma, Typescript

OnSite prefered. Remote work is possible for candidates which are a) more senior and b) have solid experience in the required tech stack.

Contact: hello -at- isarbits.com

absence.io | Munich | Full-time | Software Developer | onsite

We are expanding our toolset and are looking for two Javascript Developers to help us get to the next level. Respect and appreciation for Javascript is expected. Tech-Stack: Ember.js, Node, MongoDB and a lot more.

We offer a great working environment, with a healthy balance between getting the job done, learning new stuff and having fun.

If interested, send a message to hello [at] absence.io.

Re 1 Probabyl to much time and money in the wrong channels..

Re 2: Only a trademark

Re 4: It's seems to be somebody who knows the internals. As they are asking for things, you can't really know unless you've worked with us. We're trying to figure out who is doing the biding..

Re 5: Completly aggree. What they will be lacking is the market knowledge. Before spending money on a lawyer, I'd rather invest that money directly in the product..

I ran a similar site a few years back (youtipit). The biggest challenge was actually getting people to give money for things they can have for free. Looking at Chads figures, I think there definitely has been a huge change in the way people respect "free" work, and are now a lot more willing to pay for it.

I hope for him (and all others in this market) that this trend continues and that more people can start making a living from free work.

I've been contracting for +10 years and also get paid for writing specs. But I don't believe in having specs and fix-price contracts. Either you as the contracter will be spending more time than planned, or you will be driving your customer nuts by discussing one change request after the other.

Agile/Iterative approaches are the way to go for me and writing the spec is part this..

What would you put in chunks.css? Could you maybe provide a brief example?

Of my many years of dev experience I worked 4 as a team lead for a consultancy. Eagerness to earn more money and serve more customers got me into that position. At the end of that time all I wanted, is get into proper project work again and say good bye to all the admin,sales and management bullst.

It is hard enough finding good projects for your employees, being profitable and keeping your admin stuff upto date. If you go down that road, you'll come to realize that you have less and less time for development yourself.

To answer your question directly: Yes I think the management overhead is usually grossly underestimated. Whether it's worth it depends on how what you want to do: Manage consultants, develop, sell projects, have a private life...

You'll be learning a lot of new things, and I definetly don't regret my time, but I know that I love developing and handpick the project I do.

Do something completly different which empties out your mind. For me that is going for a run, others play the guitar, just try and get away from the computer for a good while before trying to sleep.

And I second the note about discipline. Define your working hours and stick to them. If you can't do it, get yourself a faimily: they'll do it for you :)