hn_neverguess

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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
It goes both ways. If anything, I would argue that employees have way more cancel power than founders, and it's far more common for employees to get their founders in trouble than the other way around. No VC will ever do an equity roun
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
When Coinbase's circumstances changed, they offered a 4 month severance - even for people who never worked there a single day. I am not implying that there are no good reasons why someone should bail out after accepting. But you should
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
> 58 days is under two months I engaged with you on a good faith basis that you're genuinely curious about the point I am trying to make. The above comment makes it clear that you're just trolling. > and a startup could hire
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
> I also don't think accepting an offer and later declining because you found higher comp elsewhere is dishonest. It truly is for one very simple reason - you accept and the hiring manager tells all other candidates that the company
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Let's pray. But let's not count on it.
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
The OP made it sound like it's not a big deal to do what he did. My reaction is based on that context.
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
There's also a lot of middle ground: - a friend is looking to take a bet on this guy in his company. - we're looking for new members for our camp and this guy shows up. - a female friend meets him on a dating app and tells me abou
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
> out of how many times? Let's do the math. YC has had 378 exits out of 4314 investments [0], so roughly 9% so far. Most investments have been made recently enough that those companies are still baking, so let's double that num
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Not sure why it was necessary to put SV startup CEO into quotation marks. Also funny that you think that somehow Bezos and Elon are struggling. And lastly, screwing people over will not get you fame but infamy (regardless of how high the in
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Extending a job offer to someone means you met with them on multiple occasions, remotely and in person. I know I am not going to forget their face in 10 years. Would I feel a bit less wronged about them after 10 years? Of course. Would I li
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
> If it takes 4 months to hire and onboard.. fix that It takes an average of 58 days to hire an engineer in the US. [0] Add to that another two months to onboard them. [1] > Offer them half your company if that's what it takes. W
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
No need to apologize - what you're sharing is the accepted truism. And yes, it makes it hard to compete for the same talent that's also considering FAANG. I will be even more blunt - yes, you're likely to retire sooner if you
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
I would be ok with just "honest."
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Sure, if you couldn't care less about your job, then why care about anyone else screwing you over in your job? But let's see if the inverse is true as well. If you deeply deeply deeply cared about your job (eg: it's your star
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Elsewhere in this thread I pointed out that you would want to future proof your actions for the rest of your career. I wouldn't bet on the visibility of my actions being the same today as it will be in 20 years from now.
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
I like how you minimize the ethical implications by calling it a business decision. I do agree that screwing over a family member is different than screwing over a colleague, but let's also agree that both are bad. And what appears to
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
I met more tech friends at burning man than any other place outside my workplaces.
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
I've been a startup founder for the last 20 years, and the short answer is yes. I did exactly that same thing in 2020 to help onboard someone in February who we otherwise wouldn't have been able to keep. Our board asked for a hiri
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
I could respond with something equally snarky, but that would detract from the point I am trying to make. I would recommend you reread my message and try not to take it personally but instead ask yourself if there's a chance that the t
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Great, that's n = 1. For comparison, I would have never ever reached out to you again. And if I met you in the hallway at some other place, I would have made sure that everyone knows how I feel about you. Most people who worked at one
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
> Based on 365 operating days per year and 90% CO2 draw-down efficiency, we expect to capture 37 tCO2 in the first year. I wonder what the business model here looks like. I suppose you could try to get government to provide tax incentive
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
The irony here is that so many Americans will say "I'll move to Canada if things don't get better here." None of them have ever lived in Canada (or any other country), and just assume that things must be better elsewhere
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
Whoever complains about slavery in the US should look up the 996 working hour system in China (spoiler: 72 hours per week). Why compare ourselves to China and not to a place like Argentina or wherever they take mid-day naps during weekdays?
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by hn_neverguess 4y ago
> Amazon is not even close to bottom of the barrel. What would you define as the bottom of the barrel then? There has to be a sensible threshold that delineates between 1) "I encountered a lot of bad luck but I am motivated and want
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by hn_neverguess 5y ago
For someone to say that being "single, full-time working people, especially in tech" is a matter of privilege is such a sign of our excuse-seeking times. Literally, every single one of those attributes are (or used to be before yo
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by hn_neverguess 5y ago
I said "more likely," not "guaranteed to be." > Why are supposing that all rich people made their money through online advertising If you replace "all" with "most," which is how I phrased it, then