throway1n

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by throway1n 7y ago
why is there no european company the size of whatsapp, facebook, apple and so on?
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by throway1n 7y ago
thats like saying everyone in the ford factory is hired to design vehicles. some of the bunch are just workers implementing instructions. i interviewed a few ex google, yahoo and amazon and they were exactly that.
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by throway1n 7y ago
this is so wrong i cant believe i am reading it. solving imaginary problems is not the same as being good at your job as an engineer. if google expects people to solve issues at a machine gun rate, it means google wants brick layers that la
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by throway1n 7y ago
Sounds reasonable to me - how else is he going to pay bills if not through some ad revenue? You know glorified 9 to 5 jobs are cool, but some of is indies prefer freedom - and that costs money.
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by throway1n 7y ago
so your company sells apis, software frameworks or hardware? or does it leverage these to sells some other non tech product?
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by throway1n 7y ago
yeah but its selling ads, not tech. tech is the facilitator but google mainly monetised ads. sure from a worker’s perspective it sells tech, but it doesn’t.
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by throway1n 7y ago
well google is an ad company, what’s your point
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by throway1n 7y ago
well the 9 to 5 you work in js probably selling some non tech products as well, yet it may be called a tech company.
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by throway1n 7y ago
that’s the one project in the list that caught my eye - looks pretty neat. shame it doesn't gain the attention of the electron hating mob on HN - they all want people to work for free and give them stuff for no money but in the name of