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by brogrammernot 8y ago
It’s worth mentioning there’s a selection effect that takes place where the companies mentioned are successful, so the employees have more cash on hand usually to make the jump to their own venture without the normal risk attached. (E.g. -
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Can you elaborate? Most companies I’ve seen go through YC do not have any sort of revenue stream, nor a business plan or any other baselines metrics you could evaluate on a merit basis. The only factors I can see them evaluating on are subj
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
I wouldn’t mind an annual fee model if they continue to be well priced compared to people like Adobe + others. I really dig how Balsamiq has the ability to share spaces and all of that, so if Sketch can build a platform to natively share de
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Node modules doesn’t get deployed out from your local machine, it’s pulled in during the build. Also, .NET and “easy to use” hasn’t happened in forever. Unless you’re counting the “Hello world” tutorials that are useless. The .sln file with
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
100% agree. People hate farrrrrr too much on jQuery. Sure, you should remove it when you can but the library size plus the fact it’s likely already cached on the browser from a common CDN makes it seem quite silly to go out of your way to r
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Speaking as a PM with 5 years of engineering across the stack at decently big companies, I would say that it’s my job to push towards a bias for business value and the TL + engineering members job to push back when it’s time to prioritize t
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Ignore the bullshit. Languages are tools, and you are a craftsman (or woman). In the same vein, a carpenter doesn’t scoff at using a wide variety of tools and of course has favorites but doesn’t get caught up in them. Frameworks will come a
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
This seems to leave out a large contributing factor, cost. Many, many of the MOOCs I’ve ever done were free or a nominal cost ($5-20). When you’re attending a class at a university or even a local community college you’ve put in a lot of in
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Well, honestly I’m not entirely sure but overall the feeling was they had impressive resumes (big tech backgrounds) but really just seemed like they skated along as I just curiously asked what they did/worked on and it was really like
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Can’t go into too much detail but had a meeting with some of their top tech peeps (title wise) and it was really, really clear they have no clue how to run an effective eCommerce business. It was also incredibly hard for me to sit there and
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
At the now public company, it wasn’t a %, but just a grant mix of options post IPO and a grant of RSUs as well because of some funny timing with the IPO. I only planned on staying a year before moving so I didn’t negotiate any stock into th
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
It’s hard to gauge the Series B vs C because Company B’s product could just be significantly more cash intensive. Could you shed some light on the two companies/focus areas? Some posters have made good points that on paper Company A’s
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Startup 1: $0 Startup 2: $0 Startup 3: Would’ve made ~$40k had I not left so early (left after 7 months, sold for a couple hundred million like 6 months later) Startup 4: Publicly traded now, will see how it turns out but hopefully $100k or
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
This isn’t how it should be but damn, it does exist. I switched into a product role after being in engineering after 5 years and it amazes me how many decisions are made without any consideration for the technical implications. Even with my
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Have you seen or spent time inside a modern factory? There’s often a handful of units per line that end up being bad, even great manufacturers deal with less than 100% yield from their processses.
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
I think the fear is exaggerated, automation has been happening throughout the history of mankind. Should we not have vehicles because it put the horse/buggy drivers out of a job? Have cars made by hand and not by more efficient, safer
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
I have to assume the massive savings are from a top tier deal to secure a f50 as a client. You know once they move they aren’t going to move again. Google, AWS, Azure would all love a f50 client and I don’t think they’d care too much about
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Why is it socially correct to not automate? I’m genuinely curious to hear this point of view. I don’t believe unskilled labor (or minorly skilled labor) has a right to a job anymore than a very skilled laborer does. There’s a reason why cem
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
Both companies are in a position to do so, they could pay the users for their data. Would you never pay a cell phone bill again but trade your personal data for it? I feel like there’s enough people out there that would.
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
The Inner Game of Tennis. My coach gave me his copy from like 1998 that was very, very worn and I could tell he had read it many many times. He was a badass, grew up in South Central, would ride his bike to nicer areas of LA where there wer
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
No, they’re diving in because they want the early growth and infrastructure without the need to build it themselves. That “rounding error” can be seen in a different light, it’s an area of the market that is making significant progress YoY.
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by brogrammernot 8y ago
I totally understand the fear your VP have. It’s much harder(expensive) to find developers who have to manage their own ES or Solr instance instead of just making minimal enhancements to a base product that “works”. It sounds like solid ris
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
That’s through Coursera or the university directly? It looks interesting but I’d have to qualify for federal financial aid to do the program and trust the university more than Coursera.
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
Came in to say ASU.
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
I spent two and half weeks in Japan recently, didn’t have a single issue. Not trying to be confrontational but did you do any research before you went to Japan? Online it says to avoid public transit during rush hour. When I checked into my
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
Honestly, I don’t really care to see any other browsers on iOS. Safari works perfectly fine and I’d rather download an app than use a mobile experience of a website. Most companies suck at mobile web apps whereas the native experience is mu
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
Can someone help me understand why this browser will improve my day to day life as a developer? I like Chrome Dev Tools, they fulfill the vast majority of my needs and Postman covers the rest. I just don’t exactly understand the gains for a
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
This same logic can be applied to FOSS software. It could stop being supported at any moment. There’s also zero financial incentive to fix any critical bugs that arise. As for non-subscription based software, you are simply delaying a prici
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
I really really want my message here to be clear. I do not support this nonsense but I would love for people to start very successful businesses in their own respective countries. One, I am tired of the notion you have to be in a coastal ci
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by brogrammernot 9y ago
Works fine in Reader mode for me.

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