protek's comments

protek | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2015)

  Location: Hong Kong
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: PHP (Magento EE, Zend Framework, Symfony), JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  Email: [email protected]

protek | 12 years ago | on: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite

He says at 1:20 that the plane is below them the entire time. That was my initial thoughts too, though.

protek | 12 years ago | on: Hexagon 16384

Say what?

protek | 12 years ago | on: Silk Road 2.0 Launches

"They've done it already for several bloggers" as in people that blog about drugs? Could you elaborate?

protek | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Working as a web developer in SE Asia

I don't have a degree, I have 3-4 years experience but part of me thinks on paper (particularly to Asian employers) this wont look as good as a degree.

protek | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Working as a web developer in SE Asia

I have heard other people suggest similar, it does sound very attractive - something to work towards maybe.

Re: PHP - I have front-end experience including some of the emergent technologies such as Node.js etc.

Out of interest, what skills / technologies would make me more marketable to employers (overseas or otherwise)?

protek | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Working as a web developer in SE Asia

That being understood, where would I begin looking for work in Hong Kong - presumably there is a web industry there even though the startup scene may not be as healthy as other cities?

protek | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Working as a web developer in SE Asia

Sorry, mainly Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia etc. Have now edited the original post.

protek | 13 years ago | on: Kickstarter Fulfillment

Gildan shirts are the worst, I am growing really tired of T-Shirt companies using them just because they are clearly the cheapest stock they can get hold of.