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How I integrated Keen IO and Ducksboard(blog.keen.io)
14 points by wetzler 14y ago|7 comments
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Best Inventions of 2012(techland.time.com)
3 points by wetzler 14y ago|0 comments
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Keen IO Will Make Your (Analytics) Dreams Come True(blog.keen.io)
5 points by wetzler 14y ago|0 comments
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Spying on you guys is so much fun Part 2.(blog.keen.io)
1 points by wetzler 14y ago|0 comments
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by wetzler 14y ago
I think some people are misinterpreting "programming is easier than I thought it would be" to mean "programming is easy". Just because the barrier to entry is lower than I expected does not mean I think your job is easy. I have a ton of res
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Spying on you guys is so much fun(blog.keen.io)
15 points by wetzler 14y ago|6 comments
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Work with People You Love(blog.keen.io)
39 points by wetzler 14y ago|10 comments
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by wetzler 14y ago
I find your response to be a bit dramatic and troll-y, but you do raise some valid, common concerns which I will address now for the sake of others who might be curious: [don't shit where you eat] If things start to get uncomfortable, for w
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by wetzler 14y ago
Did not realize the tax implications of the proximate living bonus when doing the analysis, but found out later. Thanks for pointing it out.
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by wetzler 14y ago
Keen also has <$1M in investment. My salary isn't quite market-rate for an engineer, but it's not too far off when you include perks (proximate living bonus, lunches, healthcare, etc). If we do raise series A (or become profitable quick
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by wetzler 14y ago
Not really, because I was managing large scale tech implementations. That's a full time job and then some. I don't have the dev chops to little projects for $XXX/hr. Maybe one day :)
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by wetzler 14y ago
Well said, tptacek.
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by wetzler 14y ago
Thank you!! I describe myself as "hard-working generalist". I'm good at coordinating teams and getting things done. I've been working on short and long term goal planning, customer dev, testing, documentation, and I wrote a rails dashboard
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by wetzler 14y ago
It'd be pretty strange for a startup's first hire to be an office manager ;-)
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by wetzler 14y ago
I wrote this article because I wished it existed when I was going through this. Even something as simple as an example of a early employee's salary at a seed-funded startup is helpful. I also think the links I shared are pretty good. I'm sh
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by wetzler 14y ago
Phil - I agree :)
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by wetzler 14y ago
Cool. Do you think the intro I added resolves the confusion? "Hi, I’m Michelle. I recently left my job as a technical consulting manager and joined my best friends and my fiancé, Kyle, at Keen.io (I wrote about that here <link>). Th
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by wetzler 14y ago
OP here. You're right - it was confusing! I tried to evaluate my offer objectively and wanted to share the tools I used to do that (as well as get feedback on the approach). My relationships with the founders were a key part of the story th
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by wetzler 14y ago
It just occurred to me that I should have posted this on HN before finishing the negotiation. Would have been great to get this input then.
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by wetzler 14y ago
Great point. To sum it up briefly: we have no kids, no debt, and some savings. Now is the best opportunity to try and do this together. It's something we've talked about for a long time. I'm pretty sure consulting work will still be there i
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by wetzler 14y ago
Thanks for reading my post :) I wrote about my decision to make the jump in a previous blog post: http://blog.keen.io/post/26096112831/why-i-left-consulting-a... Some things to consider: 1. Consulting work is still there if I need to ret
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by wetzler 14y ago
Yes. Maybe a whole separate blog post coming on that :)
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by wetzler 14y ago
I authored the post and you're absolutely right. It was a lazy approximation. My healthcare in the startup isn't quite as good now, but I'm also very fortunate in that I don't have any healthcare-related expenses. Thank you for bringing it
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by wetzler 14y ago
I modeled the cap table and various financial outcomes to figure out what 1.25% might be worth. In fact, we reviewed those numbers as a team (this was in my post). The founders also set expectations that we'd adjust salaries to market value
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by wetzler 14y ago
Totally strange. I did most of the negotiation with Dan, our CTO, though Kyle (my fiance) is the person who gave everyone the first verbal offers. I just updated the blog post to make that more clear. I think in the end being friends made t
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by wetzler 14y ago
hopefully I cleared up the confusion with the intro I added to the entry.
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by wetzler 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I realized the article was confusing so I added an intro. However, I feel no need to mention my gender or sexuality when introducing myself. If I didn't have a clearly female name, should I have said "Hi, I'm Pat, a
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by wetzler 14y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful response! (I wrote the post) I tried to take the approach you recommended and arrive at some numbers completely independent of the offer. I don't think I made that clear in the post, though. Calculating the company
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How I negotiated my startup compensation (with numbers)(blog.keen.io)
261 points by wetzler 14y ago|220 comments
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by wetzler 14y ago
I'm really surprised by the number of "what did the women expect??" comments in this thread, but I'm glad there are a few smart, well-spoken, good folks in here too. Groping strangers is inappropriate in any public environment; I can't imag

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