Im_Talking

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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Exactly. And you need to see it exactly how it is. The entrepreneur is doing things that normal people can only dream of. 99% of the population wants order. But order never leads to progress. Be the person that changes the status quo.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Because Germans are not as religious as Americans.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
And yet cannabis oil, which is non-psychoactive and an effective treatment for a myriad of issues including ADHD is still illegal at the federal level.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I'm afraid you have been brainwashed by the propaganda against this plant (actually a herb). It has been used for 5,000 years by men, women, and children, and in a way, humans have evolved in co-existence with this plant. You need to d
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
'State of fitness' makes me think of cardio, treadmills, etc which for most non-fat people is non-optimal. Kenyan marathoners are fit but a strong wind will blow them over. The optimal view is 'state of strength' since s
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I certainly understand why you say these things as I have 2 kids. But do you also want your boy to dream, and try something noble and possibly fail but get back up, to experience as much as the world as he can, and to understand that limita
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I'm always suspicious of the advise to work on open-source projects, or practising programming on your own, or online coding academies, etc. I feel these are without purpose and people soon lose interest since there is no goal (althoug
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
The most valuable developers are the ones that also have a good understanding of the business-side. A very valuable skill is the ability to talk to the business-types in their language. You become their conduit into the tech-world and they
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
IRESS is a good software company with very good growth prospects.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Hiring and equity are 2 different things. You should treat equity as gold and only dilute your stake for very good reasons. And hiring your first employee is not one of them unless the person is an absolute star. And don't be too hasty
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Then why do you care if you finish projects? Don't need an answer as I don't care. Good luck.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
You have to change your attitude 180 degrees. You sound like 99% of programmers: a techie who wants to get into business. You need to think like a businessman who uses programming to solve business needs. Do you understand the difference? Y
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Best bet is to phone-up and meet a few brokers and ask about their work, stresses, and pain. You may be lucky and a common thread may surface. If it does, then you know your path. Following the pain is a great way to get ideas. When I start
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
You have no idea what you're talking about. I'm 54 and learning node.js recently was a snap. Why? Because I know 10 other languages and have written production code for 30 years. I have interviewed a lot of young programmers and t
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
"but I'm looking for an online platform with quality jobs.". You should probably change this view because the good ol' world just does not operate like this.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
You could start by identifying a business segment which has a common 'pain'. Then devise a solution to that pain and market to that segment.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I started a software business in 2003 catering to mortgage brokers. Sold it in 2008 for 7 digits. I have been managing it since then which bores me. I like to control my own path so I just handed-in my resignation and will start another sof
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I think it's because most programmers end-up working on shit corporate software or under some PHB which just destroys any joy, and finally your creative soul. If your joy and/or soul is gone, any job is a dead-end job. I sold my s
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Solution: stop freelancing and build a product.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I hate Facebook and, by association, I hate every Facebook subsidiary. They are monetizing your privacy.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Haven't read the article as it's probably full of psycho-babble. Just live your life with integrity and the kids will follow. And don't force-feed religion on the poor kids, morals are not from fairy-tales; morals are real. M
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
You misunderstood me. I am saying that cannabis is not the culprit, in fact it helps. People use cannabis to self-medicate so use will be higher in people with mental illnesses. http://www.leafscience.com/2013/12/0
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
The studies do not show causation, only correlation. And one of the studies was funded by the NIDA which will only fund studies which show harm. It is possible that the opposite is true: that people with a predisposition to mental illnesses
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Bullshit study. Sampling of 40 people means nothing. Also, it said that certain parts of brain changed in terms of shape and density but did not determine whether this is a bad or good thing. In addition, I would like to know who funded the
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Don't agree fully. Maybe these 'wrong' customers are actually telling you to shift your focus in another more profitable direction. You need to be flexible as a start-up and listen to the customers. They are in the trenches,
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Dead on.
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Loyalty? Really? You think that matters? Another poster said exactly the right thing. Contracts, agreements, documentation, MOU, etc are the things that matter. Case in point: I am leaving company after being acquired. It's a mutual de
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Stop thinking like a techie. Start thinking like a business-person. As a business-person, do you think this clause is fair?
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
I haven't read all comments so excuse me if this has been mentioned, but you should hand in resignation now with minimum of notice period. You say that you are currently desperately needed now, so your leverage to work-out an equitable
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by Im_Talking 12y ago
Sounds like this CTO will have more support than you. Time to move on. Don't understand why everyone is talking lawyers. I'm sure that you have an equity stake which value will be helped by this new CTO. If you have no equity and

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