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by switch 15y ago
The world is changing. It's very different now. There was a time when there were Feudal Lords and now there aren't. Similarly, we're moving away from a time of microserfs to hackers and coders who are free. Love the downvotes - Guess people
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by switch 15y ago
If you really enjoy video production and the video was fun to work on - why not do that full-time. Or make a tool related to it.
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by switch 15y ago
A little clarification. Really good developers are priceless. Anyone who is smart knows this. You just have to look at how much companies are willing to pay developers in signing bonuses and retention bonuses. As a developer you should b
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by switch 15y ago
Here's my response: Either start your own company or find a company where you can be yourself and ship code and not have to worry about 33 lessons. In this day and age we shouldn't have to worry about things like hairstyles and asking what
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by switch 15y ago
Additionally, let me clarify a few things. Starting Point: Where people start their search (to buy something or find something). Decision Engine: Where people make a decision. Buying Point: Where people actually buy. What are all the review
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by switch 15y ago
Let me point out how wrong you are. Amazon started off selling books. What do you think their margin for each was? Then they took over a large part of the market. Then they moved into selling other things like electronics. Then they made th
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by switch 15y ago
Give her more credit for what? She did a fashion startup for a few years and she never figured out that nearly every luxury company gives 10% to 15% commissions? If she really thinks it's 3 to 8% then she's blissfuly ignorant. She doesn't g
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by switch 15y ago
No she is wrong because of this: c) If you become the decision engine (something Google and Bing are trying to do with their Flight Search and other initiatives in various verticals), then you can easily take over the entire bu
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by switch 15y ago
Not really a well thought out article. Here's why - 1) Why should anyone care about solving the problems that the writer of this article wants to see solved? 2) She fixates on the 3-8% that affiliate sites make without considering a few thi
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by switch 15y ago
You have a point there. That someone could possibly anticipate what Doodles are going to be used and SEO map their site to that. It still isn't the kind of thing I personally am hoping to get at Hacker News. It seems to me that more and mor
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by switch 15y ago
Genuine Question - Why is this topic of any interest at all for Hacker News? This seems more like something SEO marketers or people with nothing to do would be interested in. Q1 Does knowing the amount of traffic a Google Doodle gets in any
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by switch 15y ago
because it's like becoming a devotee to a religion. Most people, instead of being the star of their own lives, want to follow a cult or religion or leader. That's why people get such strong illogical feelings about a brand.
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by switch 15y ago
I'm not. My suggestion to you would be to consider whether you can put in more effort into your next startup. We each have our own beliefs on what works and then there's reality. So there's probably a chance that there is something that wor
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by switch 15y ago
What diolpah said. I'd rather learn from the experience of someone who became an absolute master. Because the lessons of absolute mastery apply across fields. Who cares about the top 10%? The top 10% isn't worth wasting your time on. Especi
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by switch 15y ago
It's my mistake - I made two wrong assumptions. 1) Firstly, that you were in business to add value to customers and that was the primary motivation. It seems your primary motivation was to learn/experience it. Which is fine - it's just not
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by switch 15y ago
Please Note: This might seem critical but I'm just pointing out three problems i.e. lack of effort, lack of measuring effort and other statistics, lack of empathy with customers. My argument would be that without at least 2 of these 3 the O
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by switch 15y ago
This is amazing. You've hit the nail on the head. Google would be much more successful if it focused on being Google and didn't try to be Apple+Fecaebook+X companies all in one.
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by switch 15y ago
Perhaps US entered its period of decline a long time ago and it's only now that all the good work of past generations has been undone. The last few wars were attempts to strengthen the US - quite frankly Oil really is more valuable for the
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by switch 15y ago
Meai, you don't really refute his theory. His theory still holds true. Unless you can conclusively argue that 'Peace' isn't the MAIN reason for the downfall of non-warring civilizations and countries - don't see where your argument leads. I
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by switch 15y ago
Great theory. Having lived on 3 continents and observed how countries and people behave and reading lots of history -> There might be a lot of truth to what you say. The standard quote about all the peace in Switzerland leading to nothi
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by switch 15y ago
No, it's not that. It's your flawed assumption that everyone else is wrong and you're right. Groupon may or may not be a viable business. However, your assumption is guiding you and you haven't provided enough data or facts. Your opinion do
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by switch 15y ago
It's a bit strange to compare - Time Required and Difficulty (or Ease) of developing on one platform vs another ... ... without factoring in the amount of money you can make (or if you don't want to make money, the amount of people you can
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by switch 15y ago
It's interesting how people are choosing to first pick what company they want to be right, and then bending things to suit their desired reality. Why can't people just say - Here's a situation and a company that I think is the Do'est No'est
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by switch 15y ago
Here's a different way to look at it. We will soon be in a leisure economy and 'jobs' will be something completely different. It'll be about helping people waste time/kill time rather than producing something of value. As we advance, we are
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by switch 15y ago
From a strategy perspective - it's better to solve the problem first and only then attack someone who is, supposedly, making too much out of a problem. From, a 'being a good person' perspective - there are lots of problems here. Isn't there
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by switch 15y ago
It's not a good idea to turn a product into a free product to support another one unless that other product is something like Google's Search Engine. Even then, you could argue it's better to build multiple streams of income and not depend
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by switch 15y ago
Note: I really would like an answer for the first question. What's the reason that everyone seems obsessed over getting more women into programming? Why do people care so much about having lots of women work in the software industry? Seriou
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by switch 15y ago
Yes and No. You have the wrong approach. You can't predict success and you can't predict what markets will work and you can't prredict what the perfect product for a market is. You have to release products and track ALL possible metrics and
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by switch 15y ago
quanticle, This is the thing that I think people don't realize. Even the most successful people failed a ton before they got big success. Big Failures = some people who let failure become bigger than them and destroy them + some people wh
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by switch 15y ago
Yes, that's a valid point. Whenever you get someone's good attitudes you also get a little (or a lot if you aren't careful) of the not-so-good attitudes. Great to know you are willing to take the risk to learn something new.

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