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Wow, harsh. So, if something else makes you busy is Rapportive going to die too?

• amirmc 17y ago
  I think that's unfair. It may not be obvious from the outside but we spent a while discussing this internally. What's happened is unfortunate for Go Test It, but from what I've seen from the rapportive team, they are fully committed to it (they sit within 5 meters of where I do).
  • dpcan 17y ago
    Unfortunate for Go Test It? You mean unfortunate for the users don't you? I cannot believe I'm being down-voted for my comment. If I wrote a letter to my users tomorrow and said, sorry, something else grabbed my interest, and it's better for me but sucks for you, I'd be ripped a new one. If this is really how people on HN feel, I think I need to be done around here.
• mrkurt 17y ago
  You've never had to choose one unexpected opportunity over another? It's never easy, but I think you should probably cut them a little slack. That said, I'd probably see if I could figure out how to pay someone else to run Go Test It. I have no idea how well the service was doing, though. It seems like maybe not that well if it's worth dropping. :) --edit-- Oh, I had no idea Go Test It was a Red Gate product. Now I'd like to 2x my first paragraph up there. Quitting a job because something you own is gaining momentum is (a) exceedingly normal for this group and (b) what any rational person should do.
  • martinkl 17y ago
    I tried to find someone else to hand it over to, but it's hard. It's more than just understanding the code. A large part is also the vision, the gut feeling for the right thing to do, the personal contacts to early users etc. Those things can't so easily be passed on to another person.