sarcasmatron

4 ms·

1.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
At this point, use of GoDaddy at any point should be noted in any Due Diligence process by investors. If the founders are unable to identify using GoDaddy as an unacceptable risk and are unable to quickly find an alternative, then one might
2.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
The cultural inability to drink moderately is not inherently American. Seems you have a bit of a cultural bias, as you left out some notorious drinking cultures: Germany, Japan, Australia, and the UK among them.
3.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Collective problem solving over group voice communications is a universal skill. Our dev team got really good at it when we all started playing Counterstrike together. MMORPG raiding would be a good place to learn this as well. If nothing e
4.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
I didn't want you to think your comment had gone unnoticed. Well played.
5.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Thanks for all of the responses. I found someone. Thanks HN!
6.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote only. I need a jQuery/jQuery mobile person to help me finish a proof-of-concept workflow. I've been doing this iteratively, so the tasks that need completion are discrete and well-specified: hourly NTE. My email
7.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Inexperienced management: they're more concerned with supervising task completion than managing deliverables and risk.
8.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Technical Management - either Operations or Project - is still regarded as a soft skill, and therefore isn't desired by most startups. As a result, they don't know how to recruit, don't know how to interview, and don't know how to manage th
9.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
As a hiring manager, I always try to either (a) hire 90 day contract to full-time; or (b) hire under a 90-day trial or probationary period. At the end of the period I ask myself if I would still hire that person. If my instinct is "no", I t
10.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Pretty well, indeed. Thanks for the link.
11.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Interesting responses: I've never worked with startups for the payout, but for the experience of working with startups. As to stock, I prefer shares to options from both sides of the transaction. Finally, FASB 123 doesn't cover contractors
12.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
I've spent a lot of money (mine and clients') on different tools, and I've settled on Keynote. It covers 95% of my needs and I don't have to manage yet another tool. Being able to sit in a meeting wireframing on Keynote is wonderful. Factor
13.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
There's a lot you can do with presentation software: PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Apps. There are a lot of other tools available, but it's nice being able to quickly wireframe and storyboard during a meeting and respond with "... you mean
14.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Or "American Idol".
15.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
Aaron Stanton actually has a product, which is what he was trying to get in front of Google - www.booklamp.org It's an interesting concept - Pandora for books. I spent some time looking at it as a potential complementary technology for a re
16.
by sarcasmatron 15y ago
After reading this post, I decided it was a good time for an inaugural post. Here it is. How am I doing? Your skill profile incorporates two of my favorite things: P&P RPGs and employment.