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by byoung2 7y ago
Is there a possibility of taking on a new project that will challenge you and let you learn more? If you do end up leaving, it is better to start the search while you still have the job, so you are not out of work for a few weeks or months.
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by byoung2 7y ago
I think investors will want to see that you have a proven track record before they trust you with money upfront. For example if you want to boil the ocean and you need money to build a prototype burner, you won't get very far, but Elon
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by byoung2 7y ago
I am not a lawyer, but I do live in California and I have been a director of engineering when this question came up. You are in California so non-compete wouldn't apply even if you signed it. We also have off-duty conduct laws here, so
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by byoung2 7y ago
Something like an Electron app but lighter? How would you be distributing this? https://electronjs.org/
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by byoung2 7y ago
refreshed the Request for Startups I didn't see the link in the article, but here is the list mentioned: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/
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by byoung2 7y ago
Some of the lyrics are real gems, like this Drake verse: And you know wassup Like how to blast up, Whatever you wanna go Peace sign in the underground though
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by byoung2 8y ago
There are many definitions of middle class. You are using a definition that defines middle class as the desire for what our parents had. It seems like it was easier for them than it is for us...back then you could work for the post office a
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by byoung2 8y ago
Basically feedback falls into 2 broad categories: "you are YC material but we have 2000 applicants like you and only 100 slots" or "you are not YC material because you don't solve a problem/have no experience/n
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by byoung2 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12423281
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by byoung2 8y ago
PG has said it a million times but start with a problem you have and come up with a solution for it. Chances are if it solves your problem there will be others willing to pay for it. For example, my wife and I are doing a remodel of our hou
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by byoung2 8y ago
It takes a lot of effort to onboard someone so it is better to get one full time vs a bunch of part time or freelancers. For smaller operations that can't commit to a FTE freelancers are a great option. There is a monthly HN post &quot
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by byoung2 8y ago
You should have a demo, video, or screenshots at least. People will want to see how it works before paying. If you have one of those, launch it everywhere your customers are.
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by byoung2 8y ago
That IP address is an Amazon EC2 instance...are you using a proxy or VPN?
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by byoung2 8y ago
Because the beach gets boring after a while. At my last company our lead investor was Rich Janssen (great name, right) and he said exactly this. He founded Realtor.com and took it public and founded a data analytics company that sold to M
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by byoung2 8y ago
If it is a niche website try reaching out to the community it targets. There should be Facebook groups or subreddits for it that you could post a link to. If it is useful maybe word will spread organically.
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by byoung2 8y ago
Bigger sites are more likely to use microservices and multiple failovers so individual components can be upgraded without downtime. Smaller sites likely have a single point of failure that needs to go down to make changes (e.g. 1 single mas
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by byoung2 8y ago
Exactly...Beyond Meat makes burgers and sausage out of plants and it makes me want to give up beef. This will do wonders for climate change.
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by byoung2 8y ago
I have noticed that occassionally the filters seem to run on a delay...I have filters to bypass the inbox and apply a label. I will see the email in the inbox for up to an hour before the filter runs and then later I see the label applied a
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by byoung2 8y ago
At what point does a phone become a tablet? I have a Samsung Note 9 at 6.4" and it is plenty big but if they make the bezel smaller and the screen bigger for the next generation I wouldn't complain.
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by byoung2 8y ago
Plus these penalties for breaking a lease were supposed to compensate the landlord for lost rent while looking for a new tenant. If a new tenant is always around the corner, how can they justify the penalties?
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by byoung2 8y ago
In my area (Los Angeles, CA) landlords have the opposite problem. Tenants are tied up in long term leases and the landlords want them out so they can raise the rent for the next tenant. There are cases where the landlords ate not only waivi
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by byoung2 8y ago
You should have noted the conversation with your manager in the ticket at the time the conversation took place, with an @mention so she would get notified. That said, depending on how technical your boss is, she may not be the appropriate
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by byoung2 8y ago
The first airplane flight was in 1903, and commercial air travel was common by the 1950s. The first person in space was 1961 and with SpaceX we might be on the verge of commercial space travel, or more likely automated supply missions to Ma
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by byoung2 8y ago
I was trying to send an email and kept getting "Oops there was a problem" errors, but it appears to be working now.
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by byoung2 8y ago
That's a great way to visualize it. One of the hardest parts about my transition from engineer to director of engineering was planning ahead for headcount without knowing what upper management had in mind 12 months down the line (they
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by byoung2 8y ago
An engineer focuses on the what, where, and how...a leader focuses on the who and why. For example you are considering adding a feature to your app. As an engineer you think of what you need to build how to implement it, where to store the
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by byoung2 8y ago
It's like Minecraft with Lego characters
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by byoung2 8y ago
Ah...a missing postal letter, not a missing letter of the alphabet
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by byoung2 8y ago
I think that machine learning will move out of the cloud and onto devices closer to where it is needed. Moore's law isn't what it used to be so it will likely be a blended environment where heavy processing is done in the cloud an
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by byoung2 8y ago
My early smartphones (Samsung Instinct, Note 2, Note 5) seemed to be more durable and I never needed a case. I never cracked a screen until Samsung introduced curved screens. My Galaxy 6 Edge and 7 Edge both shattered in the corner after a

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