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I'm a 20 year old with no obligations what so ever. I would say your wrong startup isn't for the old it isn't for the in experience. I have run my own consultin

by Radzell 14y ago

I'm a 20 year old with no obligations what so ever. I would say your wrong startup isn't for the old it isn't for the in experience. I have run my own consulting company since I was 15. I have been through the ups and downs of hiring and firing, management, dealing with unruly customers, as well as unruly employees. I would that the benefit of experience working as a programmer on big project is that you know when it's time to stop. You have found those ways to get through 60 hours werk. Mines being working out. You know a good employee from a bad, and you know the difference between a unmotivated employee, and one that needs to go. As a turned from a consulting to a startup just recently I do see something young people the few like me do have. We have time. I don't have any obligations, School will always be there if I need it, even with my experience I am enough of stupid dreamer to follow a good idea.

padobson 14y ago
The presentation skills that you can learn in a few college-level communications classes are invaluable for getting noticed and being taken seriously. Your comment highlights this.
- lukeholder 14y ago
  I agree. Although all of us on HN like to think we can look past the grammar and poor sentence structure and judge someone by their github account or code quality - In reality humans are not built to evaluate others that way during first encounter, and most people you interact with in a startup (like customers) do not care about the code. Thread OP sounded like a 20 year old.
  - unimpressive 14y ago
    >and most people you interact with in a startup (like customers) do not care about the code. Exactly. Technical debt is your problem; not the customers. Right now, to the average person you're probably a wizard. (And to some of your colleagues if your skills are of sufficient quality.) Nobody questions a wizards magic as long as it works. (Except in the edge case where it is indeed your colleagues observing.) The best magic requires sleight of hand and people skills to perform. EDIT: And since were all listing our ages here, 16.

by Radzell 14y ago

padobson 14y ago

The presentation skills that you can learn in a few college-level communications classes are invaluable for getting noticed and being taken seriously. Your comment highlights this.

lukeholder 14y ago
I agree. Although all of us on HN like to think we can look past the grammar and poor sentence structure and judge someone by their github account or code quality - In reality humans are not built to evaluate others that way during first encounter, and most people you interact with in a startup (like customers) do not care about the code. Thread OP sounded like a 20 year old.
- unimpressive 14y ago
  >and most people you interact with in a startup (like customers) do not care about the code. Exactly. Technical debt is your problem; not the customers. Right now, to the average person you're probably a wizard. (And to some of your colleagues if your skills are of sufficient quality.) Nobody questions a wizards magic as long as it works. (Except in the edge case where it is indeed your colleagues observing.) The best magic requires sleight of hand and people skills to perform. EDIT: And since were all listing our ages here, 16.