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>Well, I think that the idea is the most important part of any project. You haven't been here long, I take it. Generally speaking, anyone with any measurable
by alnayyir 16y ago
>Well, I think that the idea is the most important part of any project.
You haven't been here long, I take it.
Generally speaking, anyone with any measurable experience in startups and business will tell you that execution is what counts.
>If your ideas suck then your product will suck as well.
YC doesn't even care much about the idea when they're vetting startups, they care more about the individual character of the cofounders and the work ethic embodied in the state of the current project.
Team cohesion > idea. You can always pivot, which many YC startups have done.
>Any monkey can bang out code
That rather mistaken idea has earned me a great deal of money. I've taken quite the schadenfreude out of charging businesses money for cleaning up/redoing the utter horrors that the outsourced indian teams produce.
If you really believe this, put your money where your mouth is and hire a remote team from Mumbai. I'll be happy to throw you a rag for your tears of blood when you come back in here screaming for a real professional.
>I am not a programmer, It's not my trade
That was implicit in your insulting the entire field that most of the people on this site have dedicated their lives too. An excellent start towards finding someone willing to work on your ego^H^H^H idea.
>however, I don't think that you have to sleep with CSS3 book
The point is passion.
>I am not offering anyone anything
That became clear already.
>Outsourcing is cheap...a person to build...not a problem
Cf. bloody tears, schmucks like you making messes for me to charge top-dollar to clean up, etc.
>yet I don't completely trust my own judgement enough to sink my life savings into.
So you're faithless, talentless, lazy, unwilling to put your money down, but willing to waste someone else's time?
Charming.
>I am not looking to throw an idea at someone and say "Build it while I sit on the couch and throw out ideas like our friend above suggested."
That's exactly the meaning your every sentence and clause has built towards.
Good luck, I'll have a good chuckle when you make another account and try to slither past this critique instead of trying to grok or absorb it.
- fiftyone 16y agoSo what you're saying is basically anyone who is not a programmer is a lazy idiot and has no place in this world Wow, I understand now why you sleep with a book, because no human being in their right mind would ever do so without the use of force.
- alnayyir 16y ago>So what you're saying is basically anyone who is not a programmer is a lazy idiot and has no place in this world False >Wow, I understand now why you sleep with a book I didn't say that I did. I'm going to assume from here that you're not a native English speaker >because no human being in their right mind would ever do so without the use of force Or a paranoid schizophrenic. Either way. I actively seek out non-programmers to work with on side projects/startups, I just don't seek out lazy people who haven't read a single thing about startups, startup culture, or how to increase your odds of success, or how YC picks the 'winners'.
- what 16y agoI just don't seek out lazy people who haven't read a single thing about startups, startup culture, or how to increase your odds of success, or how YC picks the 'winners'. Oddly, he's (51) had an account here for almost 3 years.
- fiftyone 16y agoI am going to consider from now on that you don't understand how to read. I don't, nor did I ever say that I need YC funding you tool. I have money I don't want anything from anyone, I am not looking for a handout, if you could read you would understand that from my first post. I understand that sub-par programmers like you are a dime a dozen these days and that makes you pissed but you think twice before you criticize someone for no reason it's impolite and makes you look like a real asshole.
- fiftyone 16y agoBTW, I know some very talented Indian programmers who could probably blow your socks off. It must really be lonely being you. Work at home in your little loft in NY, pay hookers to sleep with you because of your complete lack people skills. I would not wipe my ass with anything your silly little hands had touched. I would rather let my children eat garbage than feed them with money from something you had a part in. And you're a raciest and an narcissist to boot! Good LUCK to you and your life. Ps. The next time you are at home, alone and heating up your 14th package of Ramen noodles consider doing the human race a favor and follow the instructions in this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_methods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_methods
- fiftyone 16y agoIf you were not such an asshole to me in the first place there would be no problem. I came here to ask a simple question and you instantly assumed I am some stupid child coming here to beg for your 1337 skillz. yes, I am angry you insulted me and spoke to me like i'm an idiot because I'm not a programmer. You need to work on your people skills friend, seriously.