AnotherMarc

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by AnotherMarc 7y ago
Exactly the same for me. Edit: they just updated their status page for this.
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
In addition to the considerations others have mentioned, I would say from a strictly expected monetary value, a successful consultant will make more money than the first technical employee at a seed stage company. So, if you go that route,
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
A day off every other week. Typical work week is 40 hrs/week. With 9/80, you split 2 weeks of work over 9 days and take the 10th off.
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
Ugh, you need a new product team if doing that is the norm. It's gonna happen sometimes, but shouldn't all the time. Maybe you can push back on them before getting too far into the builds, force them to think through things a litt
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
Some things here (meetings, bad managers, etc.) are all too true, but not unique to software development/developers! The most frustrating is when I am completely convinced a change I make is going to resolve some failed tests, and then
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
It's hard to say if it's a good offer without knowing how well you're currently being paid compared to market for the salary, and what you would bring to the company. That said, 5% for a senior executive is pretty typical, I
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
Those companies decided to build their own solutions rather than use others not due to distrust, but because they saw a business opportunity. They all use 3rd party products somewhere in the organization, but if they make their own product,
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
I agree with the thoughts others have written about fear of losing the best employees. In addition, I think a lot of managers keep things secret because they hope to avoid difficult conversations. Also, if there is one person who you really
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by AnotherMarc 11y ago
Assuming you can convince him to join at whatever stock distribution is acceptable to him, you, and your other founder, you might not need to worry about what's left for future investors. That will be a separate negotiation, and everyo
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Couple things. You identified one thing to work on, which is not to panic. The other thing is that if that's all the feedback you got, it's pretty subjective. If you have a good relationship with an engineer or architect you admir
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
From a preference standpoint, I had assumed that founders were in the same boat as employees most of the time (especially first-time founders), just that they have a lot more stock. If investors put in $10M and the company sells for $9M, do
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
My first reaction was to think that (b*d)/c was a cool way of expressing how to go after the low hanging fruit, or get the biggest bang for the buck. After thinking about it for a bit, it seems like a good starting point and better tha
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Reading through your responses, I'm not sure I can give you great advice because the two large software companies I've worked at welcomed moves out of what you call sustaining engineering. It was a pretty natural and repeatable pr
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Great idea, hope that you are successful with this! If you're able to get good, verified reviews, the site will be tremendously valuable. The other area I'd personally like, which might be hard to get reliable information for, is
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
For US (not sure if it's the same in UK), you might go with a provisional patent filing only. It's a lot easier and less expensive to file. You then have a year (I believe) to file for the actual patent. My firsthand experience is
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Congrats on the progress you've made so far. Personally, it doesn't sound like a co-founder. It's not clear whether you think he wants that title specifically or just a lot of equity. The former would be a red flag to me with
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
You clarified for me the misgivings I've had with Invision. I've used it a few times on projects (as more of a stakeholder than core team member), and it just never seemed to live up to its promise. I think it was because there we
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
First off, if the stress is truly constant, I would advise you to do at least a consultation with a mental health professional. Can't hurt, and no one here has a whole lot of context (we couldn't). My advice for a first step is to
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Well, a flat response of "Nope, don't have any questions," or something similar would possibly make you appear more uninterested than lame. Depends on how engaging the conversation was beforehand. In general, you should have
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
For me, the negotiation has been different with each job, and has depended on whether I sought them out or they sought me out. You don't say your situation. Let's assume I'm satisfied in my current role, and a recruiter is co
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Some good thoughts on here. Pretty graceless comment on her part. Without having any context, my first guess is that it speaks more to her issues than yours. I've been married for over 20 years. Met my wife shortly after I finally stop
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
There's a lot on Cooley's website -- http://www.cooleygo.com I have not been through much of it, but the General Counsel of a former employer pointed me there. What I've seen looks good. To answer another question
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
Seems pretty shady. Deferred raise, or bonus based on revenues, would be fine. I assume in this particular example, they mean to replace cash now with options, but it's worded strangely. If you defer all cash (or everything over min wa
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by AnotherMarc 12y ago
No way any architect should know nothing about writing code, or have no dev experience. It is ok if they don't know everything, but would expect anyone in a senior position to know their limitations (and be able to shore them up if it&