LukeG

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by LukeG 10y ago
Yeah I was there last month, and had fresh sashimi and fish tacos sitting on the the deck at Point Loma Seafoods, where it was still 70 degrees and glorious at 6pm. And then I flew home to a cold, gray SF ;)
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by LukeG 10y ago
I grew up in San Diego, have been working on tech in SF for almost a decade, and love the idea of moving back. The quality of life in (western) San Diego is so hard to beat. A couple dozen (or hundred) of us moving back with some meaningful
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by LukeG 11y ago
fwiw — and I say this as a cofounder in probably the least successful YC batch of all time — the stuff coming out of the program these these is years ahead of what it was then.
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by LukeG 11y ago
It sounds like you're suggesting that his father deserved to be fired for attempting to support unionization. You can advocate for whatever you like, but understand that this position is in opposition to generations of workers-rights e
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by LukeG 11y ago
We've been using Metabase for the last 6 months, and we use it every day. So straightforward, even for non-technical, non-analyst users.
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In San Francisco, Artists Take Over Advertising Spaces(tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by LukeG 12y ago|0 comments
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by LukeG 12y ago
This isn't a "concept," either. It's happening — first art goes up 7/7. It's funded so far by tech and ex-tech people. Hopefully it's a helpful contribution to the growing bridge between the tech and arts
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Taking down ads and putting up art in San Francisco(helloartcity.com)
57 points by LukeG 12y ago|9 comments
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by LukeG 13y ago
Anyone have a good breakdown of the differences in these benchmarks? i.e. Why does Chrome dramatically lead the(ir) Octane benchmark?
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by LukeG 13y ago
Wait, who? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001864/
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by LukeG 13y ago
hahaha so good
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Snow Fall vs. Surfline: Usability in Storytelling(swell.ventureswell.com)
5 points by LukeG 14y ago|0 comments
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Marketplace? Network(s). 4 questions about growth.(swell.ventureswell.com)
3 points by LukeG 14y ago|0 comments
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by LukeG 15y ago
Eventbrite is hiring, and it's awesome here. Unreal team, sick engineers, great problems (scaling, consumer web, data, etc). Come work with the good guys. Check out http://eventbrite.com/jobs/ We're in San Francisco, CA and H1B friendly f
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Eventbrite's 1st open source library (finally): Zendesk API Wrapper for Python(github.com)
7 points by LukeG 15y ago|0 comments
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by LukeG 16y ago
Eventbrite is hiring. http://www.eventbrite.com/jobs This place is amazing -- great product, awesome team, really cool engineering + challenges (mobile, fraud/analytics, box office (hardware!), et al) and we all have a ton of fun. In Soma
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Imaginary Interfaces(hpi.uni-potsdam.de)
28 points by LukeG 16y ago|6 comments
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User Needs and What People Pay For(boxuk.com)
5 points by LukeG 16y ago|0 comments
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by LukeG 17y ago
Eventbrite is hiring a frontend dev, a serious python backend engineer, and a UX expert. If that's you, email me at luke at eventbrite. Awesome, profitable, growing, Sequoia-backed company.
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by LukeG 17y ago
Yep, all of our JobAlchemist products are - Startuply, JobSyndicate, etc.
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by LukeG 17y ago
The main case that 1-3 month trial periods don't work for is when the person you're considering hiring already has a good job, esp. one that they like. This is often/usually the case when you're talking about top tier talent. Want to try
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Hiring Hacks for Founders(blog.jobscore.com)
18 points by LukeG 17y ago|10 comments
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Questioning Accidentalism(roughtype.com)
9 points by LukeG 17y ago|3 comments
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JobSyndicate (YC 08) Publisher API, Job boards and more(blog.jobsyndicate.com)
30 points by LukeG 17y ago|0 comments
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by LukeG 17y ago
Great research university (UCSD), decent support schools (USD + SDSU), massive biotech/medtech startup scene, some strong big tech & gaming companies (e.g Qualcomm, Sony Online Entertainment), growing startup/web scene (Mindtouch and mo
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by LukeG 17y ago
One of the main distinctions between redditJobs and Craigslist is that redditJobs is explicitly designed & built to be a resource for connecting the reddit community with interested employers. That's why you see "social sites" with jo
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by LukeG 17y ago
RedditJobs will definitely leverage reddit's (large) community - the volume will be there. as for (c), voting doesn't affect the ranking of the jobs. We record the votes and share them with employers to get them some feedback on how their j
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by LukeG 17y ago
Hey, I just sent you an email re: JobSyndicate. Happy to chat anytime.
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by LukeG 17y ago
Interesting. We're trying to put together the cash for a reasonable stipend, and will if we can. We won't give equity for intern/contract type work; almost no one goes, for good reason. That being said, we'd love to be able to bring someone
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by LukeG 17y ago
We're definitely open to suggestions. Our thought with this was "come work with us for the summer, let's build cool stuff and make some money, and we'll pay you a piece of what you earn for 12 months rather than 3 . We get help when that w

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