fossley

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by fossley 14y ago
I think the difference is an entrepreneur has orchestrated the whole process and isn't just a sales person. They are a dreamer building their dreams in to reality. Anything that reflects the achievement is massive. If you love carpentry, th
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by fossley 14y ago
Great post. It is a hard thing to sum up. I think this HBR article ( http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/09/entrepreneurship_as_disease.... ) talking about it as a disease is one of the best I read.
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by fossley 14y ago
Agencies definitely worked for me. If you are good, it can be steady work without much of the risks.
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by fossley 14y ago
I don't have a portfolio site, but was successfully freelancing on the basis of referral for four years or so. I wouldn't take a random client on, because bad clients cost money. Reach out to anybody who trusts you to "get the job done" and
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by fossley 14y ago
Need to buy more than one first ... im still waiting in the queue in the UK. Even then it is one-per-person.
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by fossley 14y ago
http://nostarch.com/hacking2.htm/ A good book, not hugely in-depth, but enough to bootstrap some learning.
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by fossley 14y ago
"I had an opportunity once to sit down with Don Knuth and play Halo on the X-box." ... best thing I will read today.
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by fossley 14y ago
As a C programmer, this is flattering, but I also know it isn't true. I wrestled with Erlang for a good while before I got the hang of it. Going from C up the tree of C-like programming languages has its disadvantages.
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by fossley 14y ago
Spot on.
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by fossley 14y ago
Knowing both C and Javascript, and loving them both ... I would go with Python+Flask as the sensible choice. However, Go is a cracking language but not all that mature. Javascript is great if you use a decent framework too. As a C programme
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by fossley 14y ago
It used to be annoying that the food looks so different, but after that video ... I feel better ... and hungry. Some good communication there from the McMarketing Department
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by fossley 14y ago
Nice idea, though the way I see it, you are either: (A) A user who doesn't care what language(s) their OS/toolchain/stack is built with; or (B) A developer who sees the value in the right tool for the job. I love Python, but it isn't the ri
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by fossley 14y ago
na, just thought it was a good obfuscation is all. Fitting for your profession.
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by fossley 14y ago
Well, an analyst would protect an email like that ... seems legit.
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by fossley 14y ago
An article against ego that tries to encourage perspective, written by an author with such a big ego and lack of perspective he writes things like: "Maybe, you think that because you avoid all the abstractions of higher level languages, you
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by fossley 14y ago
... if only business followed the logic of programming languages ...
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by fossley 14y ago
"That's just your lizard brain freaking out." True. All sounds like sane advice to me! This thread has been a much needed re-balancing of my freaking out on the whole!
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by fossley 14y ago
Good post! I very much enjoyed reading it. You are right in many ways. Also greetings from fellow UKers.
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by fossley 14y ago
Nope, I don't feel like we have lost! But it is a critical point in the road and easy to lose perspective. so trying to get as much input as possible. You make some really good points :)
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by fossley 14y ago
Did the times when you didn't force a differentiation or change of direction due to competition turn out well for you?
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by fossley 14y ago
I am very convinced, it is quite hard to ensure your approach is balanced when your "human" part is worried, your ego says fight and your gut says be smart. Great link btw!
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by fossley 14y ago
Yes, this is what we are thinking of focusing on ... also trying to take advantage of trouble we expect they will face being mass-market. The trouble comes because the mass market we know. Most of us instinctively do. The potential niche/sp
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by fossley 14y ago
This was what I was settling on. Although we are not a me-too currently this seems balanced when considering our overall differences.
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by fossley 14y ago
This is true.
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by fossley 14y ago
The worry isn't so much the PR. It's an all-round "were going to get our arses kicked", due to their combination of talent, funding, execution etc, unless we find a unique angle over them. Their execution is ... impressive. Also might be a
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by fossley 14y ago
i'm sure there is room for two, but with the competitive disadvantage we have ... surely it is wiser to differentiate to increase our chance of success? Also, they aren't quite nobodies ... they do their PR well and are reaping the benefits
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Ask HN: Dealing with pre-launch competitors
19 points by fossley 14y ago|33 comments