ahoyhere

68 ms·

571.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
I agree. But the business of companies like YCombinator is to simply bet on lots of inexperienced, green young people and hope some of them pan out. When they invite you to their program or (better yet) get you more funding, it probably fee
572.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Wait, do you think that there aren't already 10s, maybe even a 100+ products out there with the same basic functionality as Highrise? Because there are. There were before Highrise, and now, after. There are more every year. The concept of a
573.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
S'ok. The point of "redheaded stepchild" is that nobody loves it cuz it's not THEIR baby. Making it the perfect metaphor for this product. :)
574.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
The real lesson here is a hidden one for YCombinator startups: YC gives you money, but they apparently do not provide you with advisors, handlers, lawyers or PR people who will intervene to stop you from making such a boneheaded, potentiall
575.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
First: Who said they are unwilling to receive feedback? Nobody here from Wildbit is going "ohnoes how dare you question us wahhh." Wildbit already made the decision. It's already happening. They've been working on it for months and months.
576.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
You need to have a coffee and lighten up. Nobody is making fun of redheads. 1. Lots of people think redheads are sexy. 2. The implication of "redheaded stepchild" is that "it's obviously not your kid" or possibly even a bastard. 3. I'm fat,
577.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Do you think it's a good moral decision to continue taking your customers' money for something you will never improve much at all, because your heart's just not in it? I certainly don't think so.
578.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Especially easily said by someone who has never hired a team, or sold a product to a bigco.
579.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
googletron, are you familiar with the concept of opportunity cost? It's not idealist , as you say, to shut down a project that is a time and energy suck. It's idealist to think a busy company with 2 very successful, well-loved projects sho
580.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Just because emotions are involved doesn't mean the decisions aren't based in logic. It is totally logical to shut down a project that nobody really wants to work on, and one that wasn't making enough to justify its continued existence. Eve
581.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
They addressed that specific question in the essay. Did you miss it, maybe?
582.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Background: I'm friends with the owners of Wildbit, and have watched the journey they took that led to shutting down Newsberry. Several times, over a couple bottles of wine, my husband and I advised them to "just shut it down"! Because my h
583.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Apple didn't "use the police and FBI" - the police and FBI investigated crimes that are under their legal purview. Theft and corporate espionage are serious crimes and they are seriously investigated by both local police and the FBI. This i
584.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Thank you, lovesdir & fady!! You could totally have just set yourself up to save a life. Isn't that amazing? Yes, I'm all moony right now but I'm so happy. If you're reading this & on the fence about registering, especially if you a
585.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
I found out while in a taxi cab this morning & I started crying. So thankful. So glad I could (maybe) help. It's such a simple thing to save someone's life like this. Please register to be a marrow donor today. It's no more work than su
586.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Clickable link with Amex sponsorship details: http://marrow.org/Join/Join_Now/Join_Now.aspx
587.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Did you miss the part where I said Freckle has integration points for github & beanstalk? You can log time from your commit messages.
588.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
As for baking your time tracking / billing into "the bread," I couldn't agree more. You might like my app, Freckle, which makes it not only dead simple to use a timer or enter time by hand, but also has integration points for github & b
589.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
I've attended quite a lot of yoga classes in different parts of the country, and none of them have included any kind of inversion -- no head stands, shoulder stands, or "bridge" (aka wheel). For that matter, none have included the leg exten
590.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Pot, meet kettle. This is a discussion forum for the purpose of discussing the validity of both an article and people's opinions. This is not a dinner party or a coffee meet up between two friends. You don't know me, I don't know you, and
591.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
jvm, I think a big reason this happens to women is because they make their femaleness a thing: they talk about it, write about it, etc. They may not INTEND to sound as if "furthering women is job #1" -- but they give out a message that it's
592.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
I find the comments given as examples of the "blowback" against the post very typical of programmers and fairly revealing. Note that a couple commenters also pointed out that the class is now sold out. What this reveals is that only a tin
593.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
"Honesty" of this sort is nothing but an ego trip. You walk around like the cock of the walk, blurting out whatever little thought crosses your mind. As if you think it, it must be golden. Well, here's some honesty for you: Nobody gives a s
594.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Definitely the best way is to not work in little nibbles but long stretches, like a day or two on each. Otherwise you're going to drive yourself insane! (As you've learned.)
595.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
The HN comments have way more substance than the original post. But I'll echo others: it doesn't take a genius to be both. On the other hand, a skill for spotting and studying and applying underlying patterns is a must. There are just as ma
596.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
So maybe you're left with a handful of startups who are able to find a place for you because they recognize your value and adapt, not because they had planned on finding you in the first place. If you are waiting for somebody else to fig
597.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
I think your problem is a marketing problem. I wouldn't be impressed with somebody who said "coding, marketing, product and design" -- I'd wonder why they didn't have an answer with more flair or confidence or one that said how they'd help
598.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
100% agreed. That's why I couldn't believe the upvote fest on the "anti-Product Guys" post a while back. When you do it all, you quickly learn that it's absolutely exhausting work. More than just the same work 2x, but more like 3x or 4x b
599.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
If people don't take you seriously, there are only two potential things at play: 1. You don't command respect (either in posture/body language, the way you communicate, your portfolio/lack thereof, some combination of the three) 2. You are
600.
by ahoyhere 15y ago
Being a designer-coder is not being a generalist, it's being a double expert. It's like being a ninja unicorn. Everybody wants one… Chris Dixon's original tweet is right. In my experience, a designer-coder is always in demand and can name t

More ›