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by codegeek 4y ago
You are out of a job and waiting for recruiters to contact you ? Most recruiters are out of a job right now so keep that in mind. Why not get more proactive and start applying to companies/teams that you would like to work for. Plenty
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by codegeek 4y ago
I like it as I have the ability to do a few things after certain Karma but I don't think about it when engaging on HN because I want to be authentic and myself. I do refrain from certain things that are more reddit-isque like sarcasm,
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by codegeek 4y ago
Yes but doesn't Stripe pass that fee on to the merchant ? If a dispute is lost, the fees are not returned back to the merchant so I assume Stripe uses that to pay the network.
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by codegeek 4y ago
I hear you. I didn't do it for a while but I did 2 things more recently: 1. Setup IMAP backups locally on my computer and everything is backed up on computer to 3rd party backup tool 2. Use Google Takeout from time to time (it is a bit
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by codegeek 4y ago
"I learned my lesson about not doing an offsite backup regularly" Heroku is a shitshow after the Salesforce takeover and not to shit on you because I know it really sucks. BUT please everyone, do offsite backups and test them. Ple
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by codegeek 4y ago
This was related to Google+ (which is rightfully dead now). I wonder if they have something similar to recover for regular Gmail accounts. From the horror stories, doesn't seem like it.
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by codegeek 4y ago
How is their support ? I m considering them for video hosting for our business and they seem to be the cheapest aa kme and I wonder if there is a catch.
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by codegeek 4y ago
TL;Dr: "The scientists found no evidence that frequent ejaculations mark an increased risk of prostate cancer. In fact, the reverse was true: High ejaculation frequency was linked to a decreased risk"
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by codegeek 4y ago
A bit disappointing to hear as Andrew Gazdecki has been doing a great job overall. I also have some minor complaints as a paid customer though. It is minor but they never built a billing feature where I can see my existing subscription (I h
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by codegeek 4y ago
When they used to be zenpayroll, they were "delightful" and I remember that was their tagline. Not so much these days. They went downhill fast from having great Live Chat support (used to take seconds to get good answers from a re
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by codegeek 4y ago
It is mostly based out of FOMO and what the Competition is doing. Imagine your landing page saying "A database that can replicate automatically" vs "Web Scale performance at incredible speed". The latter sounds more inte
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by codegeek 4y ago
18k/Mo USD is huge everywhere, so yes correct. Even in America.
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by codegeek 4y ago
Become the stakeholder yourself.
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by codegeek 4y ago
2 reasons: 1. They want to do their own things, controlling their own time and not work for someone else 2. 18K/Mo in a developing country like India is huge. Assuming that's revenue and profits are say at least 50% (usually highe
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by codegeek 4y ago
I see some people arguing that 18K in India is the same as elsewhere. Don't pay attention to that. 18K per month in India is HUGE and yes something things are equally expensive as other developed countries (e.g. buying an apartment in
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Ask HN: Best way to share your experiences as a founder/business owner?
2 points by codegeek 4y ago|1 comments
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by codegeek 4y ago
nice API for building queries" You just described ORMs. The implementation details can vary but ORM is pretty much an API for building queries on top of a DB.
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by codegeek 4y ago
I don't necessarily disagree with the "Is Billion dollar valuation justified" thing but I originally replied to GP who said "90% of hacker news readers could build both these products in a weekend or 2".
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by codegeek 4y ago
IQ is overrated. There are a lot of other things that matter more to be happy and successful in life. Just focus on your work and forget about IQ unless you are trying to be a rocket scientist or something ?
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by codegeek 4y ago
"but it's natural to question what exactly about that moat qualifies a billion dollar valuation, and the answer is extremely little." I am no shill for Calendly but a happy user and as far as I know, they are doing 100M in AR
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by codegeek 4y ago
Your comment reminds me of the infamous dropbox comment "I can just build an FTP server in a weekend" (paraphrasing). Hint: Software is just one piece of a business even a SAAS business. A billion dollar business requires many oth
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by codegeek 4y ago
Regardless of the market condition and even your own situation, do not buy a house if you don't plan to live in for at least 7-10 years. Anything less, your risk is much higher in general.
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by codegeek 4y ago
Ray Croc, Colonel Sanders and others as well.
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by codegeek 4y ago
"I'm not discrediting a non technical person, but the value comes from the software" Well, to be honest, you ARE discrediting the co founder based on everything you wrote. You clearly don't have faith and trust in this p
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by codegeek 4y ago
I don't think any VC would back a startup to get to 2M in 10 years. They may do it as a nice gesture if they were failing anyway but no VC would want that outcome after a decade. One example: Gumroad. The investors were nice to let the
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by codegeek 4y ago
Coinbase is the biggest oxymoron to me when it comes to Crypto. isn't Crypto supposed to be De-centralized while Coinbase is everything but that ?
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Mailchimp Security Incident(mailchimp.com)
1 points by codegeek 4y ago|0 comments
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by codegeek 4y ago
"Genuine question: what is this?" More time. There are examples of bootstrapped businesses that may be took a decade to get to first few million which will be dead in VC terms. But they continued and got to 100s of Millions. VC mo
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by codegeek 4y ago
I think you are missing the bigger point. VC money puts pressure to grow at any cost and very quickly. That takes away the freedom founders/teams could have to do a few things at a different pace and more sustainably which can still le
930.
by codegeek 4y ago
Way too cynical view. Entry Level Grads always have more to prove and there is a lot of supply out there. If every employer is discriminating, then there will be a time when no entry level person can find a job. That is not the case. Not ev

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