justingreet

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by justingreet 6y ago
That's sometimes true, but I think (like mentioned in the article) a combo of a knowledge base with clear ways to contact a human usually leaves a good taste in my mouth.
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by justingreet 6y ago
We use Django REST and an angular frontend. Django is hosted on heroku, and angular is hosted on netlify. Netlify makes it super easy to proxy API requests from the front-end to our API backend.
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Unfortunately, Your Resume Matters(beamjobs.com)
2 points by justingreet 6y ago|0 comments
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by justingreet 6y ago
Maybe it's time to update that anti-fascist deck...
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by justingreet 6y ago
That's really interesting and definitely something worth trying. I wonder how the effectiveness of email changes with the goals for the user (play solitaire vs pay for a subscription, etc).
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by justingreet 6y ago
Our startup uses a combo of Google Analytics, Stripe, and our own database for important metrics. Any plans to be able to pull directly from databases (we use postgres)? Thanks, seems like a cool product.
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by justingreet 6y ago
Just wanted to say that even though you said you're not a native English speaker, I never would have known if you hadn't mentioned it. Very well-written and clearly organized post.
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Why we're pivoting after making $109,000 in 2019(publishzen.com)
3 points by justingreet 6y ago|0 comments
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Bye Bye Google: How I botched my company's launch after leaving(beamjobs.com)
3 points by justingreet 7y ago|0 comments
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Mistakes I Made After Leaving Google and Launching to 142 Beta Users(beamjobs.com)
4 points by justingreet 7y ago|0 comments
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by justingreet 7y ago
I take the article to be written in the mindset he had at the time. When he made that quote you mentioned, he thought as he was heads-down building the product that it would be useful to those people. He then goes on to describe the evidenc
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by justingreet 7y ago
Couldn't agree more. The first interview is usually with a non-technical person (like HR), so at the first round candidates are often rejected for things that have no real bearing on job performance.
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by justingreet 7y ago
Fair enough. In that case, it still takes time but I imagine the opportunity cost isn't quite as high.
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It costs $1,800 to get an engineering job offer(beamjobs.com)
23 points by justingreet 7y ago|12 comments
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by justingreet 7y ago
That's honestly something he haven't considered. We generally tend to believe that ideas aren't worth much on their own, so we're happy to talk about our company/experience with anyone. At our size, the downsides to
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by justingreet 7y ago
Could not agree more!
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by justingreet 7y ago
Haha that's great. Stephen's dog Lila was right there with us too!
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by justingreet 7y ago
That's so true. It's probably the point that resonates most with me.
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Mistakes on Our Way to $88k in Revenue(beamjobs.com)
107 points by justingreet 7y ago|27 comments