mcdoug

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by mcdoug 6y ago
Will do. I have some sales experience though I never worked as a dedicated sales person. I've made cold calls that turned into paying gigs and I've done sales as an engineer: go present the technical aspects of the product and tak
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Money can buy me time, which is one of the most limited things we have on this earth. I know what you are saying and this is advice I've often given as well. But please consider that I never said that I was looking to buy happiness. I
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Wow, this is one of the most helpful comments here. If I can ask for some details: The CEO track sounds nice. I've done the middle management stuff before and was quite successful at it. In my last job I was heading up the software tea
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by mcdoug 6y ago
It's possible I also just needed to rant about how tired I am of the rat race. You are right of course (though I might not 100% agree on your point #3; valuable connections often come out of spreading the word about your project and my
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Yup, I've had good luck with those in the past. Main problem: I am not making way below my market salary. I might be maybe $20k lower than average due to some job perks, but just switching from small software company A to small softwar
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by mcdoug 6y ago
I haven't seen that particular book and will give it a read, but I have attempted about a dozen lifestyle SaaS businesses. All went best like I was selling peanuts at an allergy sufferers' convention. I am always looking for more
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Mid 30s. I have a small but slowly growing stock portfolio. If I keep going the way I am, in 5 years I might be able to buy a Model 3 with its worth. My family growing up invested in my education, not in a stock portfolio, so what I have is
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Balance is important. This is why I'm not willing to sacrifice my family, but I am willing to work differently or in a different field. I am old enough to know what balance feels like to me and am always looking to make sure it's
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by mcdoug 6y ago
I am pretty much as high up in my company as I can be without being an owner. We don't use these terms, but effectively I am occupying the role of the CTO. With the current pandemic I am doing very little going out. That doesn't m
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by mcdoug 6y ago
For #1, can you provide any concrete info? What skills, where to get them, how to start getting into that type of work, what does it pay and how, etc. For #2, again, any specific advice? Are blogs still a profitable thing? What platform do
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by mcdoug 6y ago
I am not exactly comparing myself to tech billionaires, but more tech millionaires. Bezos was mentioned just because of the absurdity of his wealth, but I don't want to be that rich. More like, I wouldn't mind finding a way to par
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by mcdoug 6y ago
I 100% agree with you on all of that. I know that it takes both luck and building up to having that luck and the ability to take advantage of it to land something like Amazon or Instagram. I am not aiming to create a unicorn startup. I coul
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by mcdoug 6y ago
At least I'm not the only one :)
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Yeah, that's the problem. I am happy to invest a couple of thousand bucks into something, and while crypto can have some very large returns at times, I'd have to hit something just right for it to grow 500-1000x. I am sitting on s
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by mcdoug 6y ago
I have seen a lot of these threads over the years on HN. Most give your two options, with an occasional "read pg, do a startup" type advice thrown in. Things I have considered: - Switching careers to work closer to where the money
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by mcdoug 6y ago
If I quit my job a bunch of people will be very negatively impacted. I can switch jobs and I can work on stuff in my spare time, but I can't go to zero income. Unlike Bezos, my family doesn't have anything they can loan me.
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Yes, but not focusing on money is how you end up building a business that sells dollar bills for $0.90. A few "for fun" startups have blown up in the past (Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube), but the reason majority fail is lack of bus
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Thanks. I'll look into it.
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by mcdoug 6y ago
LeetCode looks like a bootcamp/school for software development. I don't feel like that's where my weakness lies. I am a productive software developer and am up to date on most of the latest tech. Teaching for something like t
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Yes, absolutely. I am not after getting rich overnight. I am after getting rich in the timeframe of say 5-10 years. Quicker is better, but smarter is better than quicker.
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by mcdoug 6y ago
Good point: - Software engineering. I am a full stack developer. I can and do program things from embedded devices, to medium scale web apps, to front end stuff. My graphics skills are sub-par, but I do UX well and can whip up a software so
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Ask HN: Getting depressed about money. How do I make a meaningful amount “fast”?
47 points by mcdoug 6y ago|74 comments
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by mcdoug 10y ago
Yes. Typo. Old thread now, but yes.
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by mcdoug 10y ago
That's yet a different issue. Watching an old episode of Seinfeld does not violate anyone's privacy. Theft: you have a painting. I took it. Copyright infringement: You painted a painting. I took a picture of it and sold/gave
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by mcdoug 10y ago
They did try Coinbase before and said that it accounted for less than 0.1% of their transaction volume. People just don't use BitCoin enough. I imagine if it was a higher percentage, you could make the case that switching to BTC-only w
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by mcdoug 10y ago
I am a member of the FetLife community as well as an HN reader. First, let me clear up some misconceptions about FetLife that people on here may have. It's not a porn site, or at least not primarily a porn site. The UX is a lot closer
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by mcdoug 10y ago
My biggest problem with Medium is not the platform, but the licensing. I don't like my content being simply licensed to them.
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PhotoFeeler: Get unbiased feedback for your profile photos(photofeeler.com)
3 points by mcdoug 10y ago|0 comments
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Method to passively detect motion with nothing but an Arduino and two wires(reddit.com)
1 points by mcdoug 10y ago|0 comments
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by mcdoug 11y ago
Well there's x.ai as documented here https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-amy-your-personal-ai-ass... . It's even using the same reference to Her in the title graphic. There's also https://www.i

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