crazy_ant

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by crazy_ant 10y ago
Disclosure: I've been living in Japan for half a decade now. There are a number of interplaying and compounding factors that are responsible for creating this situation. I will list a few in no particular order. - The hours are absolut
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
Hold on a second. Are you trying to say that a ride-sharing app for cats is of zero or negative value to mankind? That professional bullshit artists and narcissists calling themselves "founders" and "hackers" don't
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
Absolutely. That's why we are bootstrapping here, despite being offered funding in the past (unsolicited, I might add). For someone who is trying to build a healthy lifestyle business, accepting money from a VC is equivalent to agreein
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
You must have never heard of situations where a founder gets pushed out of their company by the VC because they are not meeting certain targets.
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
It has nothing to do with morality, it has to do with building a sustainable business while retaining full ownership. The notion that you absolutely need to accept funding is getting tired because it's not supported by facts and ground
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
I fully agree with you. The issue is not people like you and me, it's 22 year old kids who are willing to work 16 hours a day and undercut everyone else.
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
>The expectation is salaried employees put in ungodly hours. I am not US based and I've always wondered about this. In virtually every other western country, it doesn't matter if you're "salaried" or not - your e
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
>I'm not being facetious, but this might be a personal problem (not being able to get your mind off of work). For people who experience this, something like meditation might help, seriously. I certainly wouldn't fault an employ
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by crazy_ant 10y ago
That's cute but not how the world works. Employers will rarely explicitly ask you to do free overtime because that's illegal in many jurisdictions. What happens instead is this: an unrealistic deadline will be imposed and you will