I Quit My Full Time Job

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I quit my full time job Presenting by James Tang 17 March 2014

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Hello! I’m James an I’m an iOS Engineer.

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Is not getting a full-time job sustainable? Yep I guess.

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Carshare iOS app http://carshare.hk

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Email Client Grouping mail by contact based to help organising your inbox automagically

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6 months ago… The Monday that I woke up, without a full-time job

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Everything has opportunity cost. But there’s no guarantee for earning a single penny at anytime. It’s actually more anxious than feeling free from jail. It’s all on my own. Everyday I decides to “take a break”, I’m risking my future opportunities.

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Some got updated Some got removed Problem get worse when you notice the work you’ve done for previous companies started becoming irrelevant to you.

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For 5 weeks I’m not getting any income at all…

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I needed to have something that can represents WHO I AM.

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Ripple The location based group chatting app IMAGE FROM MENG TO http://ripplechat.io

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PomodoroApp The simplest OSX app for your pomodoro timing sessions http://jamztang.github.io/pomodoroapp/

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Setting yourself apart, aimed to be international standard.

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https://medium.com/ios-apprentice Blog Sharing your skills to the world and get credits

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Opensource Create interesting and useful components for the community, and contribute to others

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Tweet Get global recognition by tweeting and participating in conversations

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Pay for Tools Spend a few pennies and save hours or days of extra work

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Attend hackathons and events

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Read Keep learning new things and revising the skill set you think you already know

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Habits • Read for 25 mins • Write for 25 mins • Eat 1 fruit • Fold blankets Routine is the key of achieving your goals

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Looking forward… The one who code deserves better treated ! Create products as international quality ! Raise the bar and rates of HK’s developer community