conventionalmem

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   by conventionalmem 11y ago

   Hard to use that to say he's not a great person to work with. The LA accelerator might have been egregious, and he may be doing a service to other entrepreneurs by publicizing it (there are a lot of incubators today, and entrepreneurs
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   by conventionalmem 11y ago

   But there may be a larger market to hire people who know how to use the tools they design.
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   by conventionalmem 11y ago

   Sure, but let's have that debate, and set down a philosophy around that. What you're arguing is not that Java is everything - but that a polyglot stack has dangers, that certain tools are often unobjectably better than others, and
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   by conventionalmem 11y ago

   I thought about that as well. I think it may be defensiveness and anger - rather than a logical statement. Those feelings are natural, so I don't fault him - but at the same time, rejection is a part of startups at every turn and I thi
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   by conventionalmem 11y ago

   Posted this on his comment form: Karthik, disclosure, I was a YC founder. It doesn’t seem very thoughtful to say never pay more than 3%, full stop. If you get more than 3% value out of the incubator, it’s often a good idea to pay more than
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   by conventionalmem 11y ago

   Agreed, it's crazy that there are engineers in this world that can make blanket statements like this, especially on a site like HN. There are a lot of great languages/frameworks, and it depends on the needs you have and your team.