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by calcsam 10y ago
Dude, just apply for full-time jobs. The market is super hot. Tell them you thought you'd learn from grad school, but you didn't learn as much as you hoped, so you decided to go back to industry.
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by calcsam 10y ago
Don't get an MBA. It will not in any way help you in an engineering organization. If you want to become more fluent in the business side of things, attend conferences like Business of Software, sit in the business meetings in your org,
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by calcsam 10y ago
There are basically three tiers of startup infrastructure needs, dependent business model. Your decision process should be driven by which one you are operating in. (1) Consumer ad-supported. Pinterest, Instagram, Buzzfeed, etc. Your CPM is
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by calcsam 10y ago
RSUs are immediately taxable upon vesting. Companies often cover this, but it's at the discretion of the company.
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by calcsam 10y ago
This is amazing news. Some context: It's quite common to owe taxes today for gains on the value of your stock -- which is an illiquid asset you can't sell. This puts employees in the position of shelling out cash to keep something
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by calcsam 10y ago
The mechanics of how do you send them money? Or how you get the $ to pay them (and the IRS, potentially).
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by calcsam 10y ago
Please don't list an arduous application process and then say "if you don't feel qualified for the position." It's rude and feeds imposter syndrome.
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by calcsam 10y ago
Daniel Tunkelang, the advisor mentioned, is trying to find new homes for the Python developers, so they don't get kicked out of the country. Message him if you're hiring. https://twitter.com/dtunkelang/status&
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by calcsam 10y ago
Aline is one of the most helpful people I've met. I'd encourage you to contact her if you're seriously considering this, she may be able to point you in the right direction.
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by calcsam 10y ago
Aline Lerner, an engineer turned technical recruiter, wrote a blog post about it here: http://blog.alinelerner.com/if-youre-an-engineer-who-wants-t...
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by calcsam 10y ago
Hmmm..... I think you have a great story to tell. You're a growth marketer learning engineering, so that you can be a one-man growth shop for an early-stage startup. Bootcamps aren't magic salves, and it can often take 3-4 months
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by calcsam 10y ago
Do it! React is way better.
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by calcsam 10y ago
Props to a16z for writing this up. Many of the practical problems that come up with stock options result from having one sophisticated party (the company) and one unsophisticated party (the employee). When the details of their stock options
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by calcsam 10y ago
You need a landing page with good marketing copy. I landed at your link and was completely confused.
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by calcsam 10y ago
It's worth reading some of Keith's posts about systems and OS on Quora, some of the most interesting stuff I've seen on those topics: https://www.quora.com/profile/Keith-Adams
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by calcsam 10y ago
Are you early or late in your career? Do you want to earn or learn? https://bothsidesofthetable.com/is-it-time-for-you-to-earn-o...
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by calcsam 10y ago
Curious how this would have worked with create-react-app?
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by calcsam 10y ago
Most technical authors don't write a book for the money -- they write a book for the prestige (and proportionally higher consulting rates).
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by calcsam 10y ago
The barrier to entry of this stock option tweak: it requires an informed populace, ie, us. If you are a founder with reasonable engineer cred and announce differentiated stock option terms, ie, Adam D' Angelo at Quora, there's a r
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by calcsam 10y ago
Plot twist: the exercise was actually impossible.
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by calcsam 10y ago
This is what I understand: you work at a big company. You got offered a job at a startup. You want to take it. It's easy. Tell your boss, "Listen, I love the work I've been doing here, but I have the chance to join a startup
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by calcsam 10y ago
I wouldn't say that this is a bad business to be in -- I'm sure many people in this space have good ideas -- but it's very crowded. If you want to build a business, I would suggest thinking of something else.
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by calcsam 10y ago
"probably associate" Speculation. Have you confirmed this? If the product has seen little usage & people show little interest, there are two possibilities (1) you aren't solving a real problem people have (2) you aren&#x2
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by calcsam 10y ago
I would benchmark 200 pounds for an initial consult, 1000 pounds for more detailed lookover. Keep in mind you benchmarked your share value at around 1 million pounds. Don't penny-pinch on this. As to finding a good lawyer in London, he
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by calcsam 10y ago
You need to talk to a lawyer about this pronto. No, this is not ethical, nor common. Legal? Dunno. And that is the question.
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by calcsam 10y ago
(1) I'd advise you to push out the sales guys -- they don't seem to be pulling their weight. Feel free to give them 5% each for their work, whatever seems reasonable, but not more than 15% total. A startup is kind of like a marria
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by calcsam 10y ago
Re: stock options: I built http://optionvalue.io as a tool to help engineers at startups understand what their options are worth. Even if you don't know anything about stock options, it will walk you step-by-step through th
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by calcsam 10y ago
The most important raw stat is how many comments are there by month, over time? That will give some insight into how the tech ecosystem in general is doing. I graphed this by month from April 2013 to April 2015 -- if you were to add the #s
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by calcsam 10y ago
Tesla should take a leaf out of Airbnb's book and pay for all damages caused by a customer using Autopilot in the manner it was intended to be used. http://mashable.com/2011/08/01/airbnb-ransackgate/
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Revenue is great; sales & marketing costs are fine, competitive environment is great; the main concern here is the cost of ongoing service. Revenue: Twilio made $166M in 2015. From Q1 2015 to Q1 2016, thew grew 80% -- so we can projec

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