I am definitely a generalist looking to use some modern technologies (Node.js/Javascript and maybe even Meteor.js development) as my full time job. I have numerous ongoing personal projects and I constantly pick a new language/technology/framework for each project to experience that 'a-ha!' moment as I figure out some concept new to me. I am the author of this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/musicality-music-p...
I'm looking for a startup that is somewhere around series A funding round in size, but I'm flexible. I want to be a part of something that makes a net-positive impact on the world instead of just feeling like a cog in a machine.
I couldn't agree with you more. The bad parts of reddit are what push me away. Of course there are some smaller subreddits that actually value quality content, but if they somehow grow to 'default' subreddit status then things seem to go downhill quickly.
Hopefully you publish some of your findings down the road. I'm interested to hear more.
There currently isn't a startup idea I have. There's some random ideas I've thought about pursuing, but I'm still waiting for something that really inspires me to dive in. I have one small side project with ~11,000 users, but it's entirely free and monetization of it is quite tricky. It's a donation model now, which many would say has failed. $23 in three years.
So I'm still looking for an idea I love. I figured in the meantime it makes sense to orient myself in a startup. That way I can figure out the way things truly are and convince myself that building one myself is a possibility for me.
I agree with you. As a privacy-conscious user of Chrome extensions, I'm glad Chrome does things this way. There are too many horror stories out there.
I'll continue to look into ways I can deal with this without blindly asking for everything. I haven't found a good solution yet, but that doesn't mean there isn't a better way to do it out there.
I know the permissions are overbearing. The reason it requests permissions for all sites instead of just the supported players is because of the way Chrome updates extensions. If I were to go that route and at some point add another player (which happens often), Chrome would disable the extension for everyone until they re-approve the changed permissions.
I believe there is a way to do it dynamically and allow the user to choose which players they want to allow access to, and then accept the changed permissions. However a majority of my user base will not care, and would actually prefer the one click install ease of use. At least that's my reasoning.
For those of you really concerned, you can download the source and modify manifest.json to change where the contentscript is injected for peace of mind. https://github.com/kkamperschroer/Musicality
How does one go about becoming a chaos engineer? I imagine up to this point it is a field one falls into accidentally and gains experience over time. I can imagine it becoming a topic taught at a college level in the near future.