For better or worse, I have no authority to enforce anything here; what I'm doing is making suggestions. That said, forums whose content consists only or primarily of junk or links thereto, I simply refrain from visiting. The percentage of quality content on HN, on the other hand, is generally high, which is why I read this forum, and why I think it worthwhile to make suggestions aimed at improving it or at least trying to stop it deteriorating.
Another example was when Anonymous decided to start outing Cartel members. They kidnapped one of the people involved and Anonymous declared a truce to get that person released.
In terms of technology skills, PHP is definitely at the low-end in terms of what you can get on an hourly basis...
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To make you more marketable to potential clients, I'd recommend focusing on some skills that are complimentary to programming. That may include domain-specific knowledge of a particular type of client you want to work with (e.g. bioscience, healthcare, local government) or it may include things like usability, SEO, or lead-generation. Find the profit centers in your clients business and find a way to get as close to those as possible. Learn the language they use to describe their work and make sure you use the same vocabulary when speaking with them.
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?
There's quite a few tech companies though, some are pretty decent, but I'm afraid you won't get a high salary job as a developer soon.
Just look through all the different job boards, jobsdb, indeed.hk, wall.barcamp.hk. Maybe a good idea to contact some recruiters, they have a ton of open positions since local talents isn't that great.
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.
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.
industry standard to use gildan/jerseez/hanes. hanes is cheapest, followed by jerseez, followed by gildan. we offer other brands as well. some people don't need AA.
