Optimizing Magento?

I’m starting to strongly think not. I really can’t configure our servers properly to run it as it should… I’m really giving up hope. All the big speed increasing tweak aren’t working and I’m getting very tired of trying.

Time to call in someone else for this.

Just got a call from my boss with a Linux question… and I answered it.  He couldn’t remember the command that would execute a file as a bunch of commands itself. The answer: source.

It’s always good to know you’re worth something where you think you’re not.

UX Rave: How to Tell if Your Tech Salary is Fair

morganmissen:

Most people have no idea what the market rate or prevailing wage is for their profession and career level, much less where they fall on the pay scale.

I’m tired of fluffy unvetted career advice, so I’ve sourced and linked to ten ways you can determine what other people with…

Eh… Winning!

I’m totally going to push for $35 - $40/h come California. If I take on a new employer that is… I’m not quite sure if my current would like to jump $20 come less than a year from now.

Still! :D

Source: mrgn

Clients From Hell: Freelancer Payment Protection Act

clientsfromhell:

Freelancing isn’t free. When a client doesn’t pay, copious amounts of time and money are needed to chase that paycheck. Let’s change that.

TheFreelancer Payment Protection Act – which would legally protect freelancers from non-paying clients – needs your help.

Over 1,000 freelancers are already a part the campaign. The bill recently pushed through the New York State Assembly and secured key Republican and Democratic sponsors along the way. But we’re not done yet.

I think I need more sun. But how? Winter brings short days and cloudy weather. Work consumes the little remaining sunlight.

I’ve been oddly tired as of late. 4~5h mark I become fatigued and easily distracted — hence why I’m here. The past week has been acceptable but still hard come afternoon. Maybe it’s due to my sleep schedule?

Not Burnt, But Dimming

The constant state of having to work is starting to get to me. Although I leave for California and Minecon on the 16th of November, I’m starting to fall back on the idea of taking a lot more time for myself. Maybe a month? Two months? Time to play games I want to finish. Time to completed projects I have waiting. Time to improve my apartment. 

Even with California, I won’t really have time to myself. I’ll always be out, with friends, playing games, socializing, having fun. A well deserved rest, but I still would like time to myself. Alas, money is key. And to get money, I require work. So I’m in this ever spinning, dwindling state until I recover somehow, renewed energy, something.

This has happened a couple times before. I don’t even want to take on new projects — which is what I do to renew energy sometimes.