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Hey, I just wanted to say that your “say hi” page is an insanely cool idea and I might take you up on that offer at some point :).

by vGPU 3y ago

rpastuszak 3y ago
Thanks, and yeah -- give it a go, it's a tonne of fun. Also, you can call me for a quick 3 minute rant if a longer call feels like a commitment. In fact, I just finished my first rant today!
wrayjustin 3y ago
I would be super interested in seeing engagement metrics for this, especially from organic, cold, leads.
- vGPU 3y ago
  Well, here would be the ones I’m interested in: the 3 minute rant would be perfect right now as I finish processing shitty family. The general chat with topics includes several that I personally am interested in, including photography and mental health. The offer to pair program with me to help me with a programming problem? Amazing. Though I’d feel too guilty about using that one personally when the vast majority of my coding problems can be solved by Google and sometimes screaming into a pillow. All in all, if I was looking for an employee, seeing this page would put that person at the top of the list for me because it gives off all the right vibes - team player, interested in helping others, well rounded, etc.
- rpastuszak 3y ago
  I'm not sure what qualifies as a cold lead here, but I've had ca. 150 calls so far. I reached out to people directly only twice with 50% success rate. This comment seemed to generate 1k visits to my site, from and 2 called booked for Tuesday. Most of my calls are 30m coffee chats (I'd say close to 90%). Rants are quite rare and people tend to cancel those last minute. My theory is behind this is that the decision to book a call is more likely to be driven by emotions. Rants rarely end up being rants. For instance, the first one I had ended up being a 2 hour discussion about life, privacy, cryptography, tech + a century-long and hemisphere-wide family history in English and Ukrainian. If you have any questions about this -- please let me know as I'm compiling an article for untested.sonnet.io

Hey, I just wanted to say that your “say hi” page is an insanely cool idea and I might take you up on that offer at some point :).

by vGPU 3y ago

Hey, I just wanted to say that your “say hi” page is an insanely cool idea and I might take you up on that offer at some point :).

rpastuszak 3y ago

Thanks, and yeah -- give it a go, it's a tonne of fun. Also, you can call me for a quick 3 minute rant if a longer call feels like a commitment. In fact, I just finished my first rant today!

wrayjustin 3y ago

I would be super interested in seeing engagement metrics for this, especially from organic, cold, leads.

vGPU 3y ago
Well, here would be the ones I’m interested in: the 3 minute rant would be perfect right now as I finish processing shitty family. The general chat with topics includes several that I personally am interested in, including photography and mental health. The offer to pair program with me to help me with a programming problem? Amazing. Though I’d feel too guilty about using that one personally when the vast majority of my coding problems can be solved by Google and sometimes screaming into a pillow. All in all, if I was looking for an employee, seeing this page would put that person at the top of the list for me because it gives off all the right vibes - team player, interested in helping others, well rounded, etc.
rpastuszak 3y ago
I'm not sure what qualifies as a cold lead here, but I've had ca. 150 calls so far. I reached out to people directly only twice with 50% success rate. This comment seemed to generate 1k visits to my site, from and 2 called booked for Tuesday. Most of my calls are 30m coffee chats (I'd say close to 90%). Rants are quite rare and people tend to cancel those last minute. My theory is behind this is that the decision to book a call is more likely to be driven by emotions. Rants rarely end up being rants. For instance, the first one I had ended up being a 2 hour discussion about life, privacy, cryptography, tech + a century-long and hemisphere-wide family history in English and Ukrainian. If you have any questions about this -- please let me know as I'm compiling an article for untested.sonnet.io