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by czbond 7y ago
They call them sucker rallys to sucker people in to thinking the pain is over.
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by czbond 7y ago
Keep looking for excuses, you'll find them. I mean that in a firmly supportive way. I'm not suggesting every deal can find a team. If it was already cashflowing and has assets, it is much easier to put a deal together. Software st
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by czbond 7y ago
Why? Means little. You can put a $44k deal together, even if you're a college student with no connections. It takes vision, some hustle, and an action plan. You might not think you can, but I sure know many can (including you and other
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by czbond 7y ago
I agree with you and this fits enough people. Many (myself included) thrive off constant action and change, steep risk and learning curves. I started in management consulting - and even after doing startups for years - find startups too min
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by czbond 7y ago
Examples like this are why I like HN as a community of "engineer and similar minded people". We pick up details like this and call them out.
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by czbond 7y ago
I read this more as it can be easier to move from really dire straits 3rd world country to middle class America. Whereas it can be harder to go from middle class America to Upper class. 3rd World -> Middle Class America takes hard work (
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by czbond 7y ago
Of course! My brain works better when highly stimulated inbound, bc coding is rather monotonous to me. I'd use bits of quiet to plan what I was doing - then lots of external stimuli to help me get through the many boring parts of imple
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by czbond 7y ago
Doom was fantastic. The only way I was able to complete my CompSci degree was through lots of Doom and Metallica while I coded....
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by czbond 7y ago
I agree - but also technical isn't important at that phase, business value is. And often technical architecture needs change as product fit, market fit change.
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by czbond 7y ago
I like to think of it as - pioneers build the base enough to prove some part of product, market, or technology so there is later revenue for the engineers to have a job. I've heard tons of engineers teams whine about technical debt - w
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by czbond 7y ago
I disagree - a bit. There is often a blue ocean that can be created in the industry or around it, and usually pioneers are part of a small group to see it first.
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by czbond 7y ago
This is an absolute engineer thing to say in the realm of efficiency, logic, and disliker-of-the-boredom-smalltalk-is, but I cannot wait until can meet and through a digital display see, then have matched our common interests. That way I do
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by czbond 7y ago
I don't see why non-ideal cannot define ideal, but within a small standard deviation is possible.
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by czbond 7y ago
Possibly for very technical products, an engineer could be more impactful than a PM - since engineers could be their customer. In most all other regards, I can't fathom how a proper engineer makes a better PM. I would suggest either: y
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by czbond 7y ago
Fair and thank you for that. Wouldn't their value to Stripe be much more than 3.75x in this case?
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by czbond 7y ago
Anyone have an idea on why 3.7x revenue for SaaS was considered a fair valuation? I thought SaaS was always closer to 5-6x
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by czbond 7y ago
:) I only create things, not document my stories.
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by czbond 7y ago
I cold applied for an L7 position at "A" recently. Going in, I had fear that I was under qualified. My background is CompSci, Management consulting and leading teams at global 5 companies, startup founder, and other lead positions
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by czbond 7y ago
It seems like the investor profiles and expectations are different. Prior decades of VC / high growth and exit investors are now seeing those exits are no longer as common in SaaS. For many reasons, easier to start a company - more com
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by czbond 7y ago
Yeah, I agree here. I can't imagine going on autopilot even decades and decades from now as I hit 80. The point is to drive to learn AND create always gives you opportunity.
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by czbond 7y ago
While I see what you're getting at, and don't disagree, I have also noticed that the people that stay put while everyone else jumps ship provide a line of consistency that can get them promoted up. They say the stupid ones stay, a
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by czbond 7y ago
I don't disagree. I'm currently showing them how a little effort early in life allows them significant freedoms later in life by doing literally what 'hackers' do best, take advantage of existing systems no matter if the
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by czbond 7y ago
No idea why people are downvoting you .... it's not like this is a far out statement. People get offended when I just call us "meat computers".
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by czbond 7y ago
Agreed. I'm teaching my kids the things they need to be competitive - by out-thinking or out-doing the people around them. Addition: What you'll find is most of life, is people acting on unsound strategies, poor fortitude, or poor
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by czbond 7y ago
If you'd like to share, I'm interested in the types.....
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by czbond 7y ago
As a non-military background person - don't these trivial "tribe comparisons" equate in sillyness to the "my sports team is better than your sports team" comparisons? Each branch has specific strengths, personalitie
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by czbond 7y ago
Where are you in the US? If you're near the valley, you might try posting this on blind https://www.teamblind.com/
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by czbond 7y ago
Can anyone recommend a method* without Wifi? Isn't there a method for "smart outlets", main scheduler, etc over electrical lines rather than bluetooth, wifi, etc? Method* == standard, or product line. [yes i used pointer and
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by czbond 7y ago
As an overachiever, who has hobbies - but one of them is working a lot, I agree with much of what you said. Just recently, in talking through my similar frustrations (I have a 6 & 9 yro) - I've realized I love being, and playing wi
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by czbond 7y ago
While I get the sentiment, I'd suggest many aren't built this way. Feelers are, and find value in the "feeling" of feeling needed, providing, caretaking. There are groups (of which I am one) who find literally no persona

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