dabent

30 ms·

241.
by dabent 15y ago
10:45 - drive to client in Century City 12:20 - arrive in Century City, everyone at lunch already From what little I know of LA, that drive time sounds pretty short.
242.
by dabent 15y ago
That's against policy where I currently work. They also push updates that require a reboot overnight. Lots of big companies I've worked for do that as well.
243.
Investing In The Cultural Revolution(avc.com)
24 points by dabent 15y ago|3 comments
244.
by dabent 15y ago
I work at a bank and have worked with several banks as part of my previous jobs. Banks often have a lot of Vice Presidents. The one I'm at has at least a dozen and it only has 400 employes. But it gets better: there are several levels
245.
Firing ‘A’ Players in a Startup(davidcummings.org)
1 points by dabent 15y ago|0 comments
246.
by dabent 15y ago
I've worked with recruiters enough to know that they get a bare minimum of $20k to hook an average engineer up with a mid-level job. The rates go up with the position and the demand. With that in mind, I honestly don't see a problem with p
247.
by dabent 15y ago
I interviewed with a startup in LA and was fortunate enough to be able to explore a little that evening. I came across a musician playing her heart out in a jacket to ward off the cooler evening air. She had been out there for some time,
248.
by dabent 15y ago
"Imagine the stress of working for the Post Office for fifty years." Maybe it's a matter of how pain is perceived. I think I'd rather do 10 5-year stints at startups than endure that sort of pain. Nothing against post office personnel, bu
249.
by dabent 15y ago
I can back this up with my story, as someone whose only connection to YC is Startup School 2010. I had the chance to meet him at Startup School, mostly because everyone was trying to get a picture with MC Hammer instead of meeting Ron Conwa
250.
by dabent 15y ago
I've found how loudly I call it is in direct proportion to how bad it smells.
251.
by dabent 15y ago
Those are some interesting observations. I've observed that the "go-to guy" can backfire as well. People have used it to their advantage, but others have been stuck doing the difficult, annoying, or otherwise undesirable things and not pr
252.
by dabent 15y ago
One thing stood out to me: Semantic Search 1) It might be that it is hard for mortals to formulate a semantic query 2) AI is hard That struck me as a problem that might be worth working on. Presumably we're being paid to solve hard probl
253.
by dabent 15y ago
He does have a list of ideas he wants to see, which might be a better way of looking at it: http://ycombinator.com/rfs.html
254.
by dabent 15y ago
> I think there are different degrees of Nobodiness and Somebodiness Indeed. You now at least you know a Somebody or two. Many folks don't get that far. A misquote from the article (my perspective): > Am I jealous of other compani
255.
by dabent 15y ago
Someone offered me a job recently. One of the people who interviewed me knew I had a side project that could become a startup. His advice was exactly what jazzychad said: startups are hard. He had been in one, so his advice meant somethi
256.
by dabent 15y ago
Maybe also the Product Advertising API: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/deta...
257.
by dabent 15y ago
I played chess with my co-workers at a former job during lunch. I barely knew the rules when I started and struggled at first. I began to practice somewhat obsessively and I got to the point where I could regularly beat most of my co-worker
258.
by dabent 15y ago
It may go without saying, but this is also advice for an older entrepreneur.
259.
by dabent 15y ago
I have failed to understand why someone in India can do my job, but telecommuting is still frowned upon.
260.
Why so few computer science majors?(voices.washingtonpost.com)
2 points by dabent 16y ago|2 comments
261.
by dabent 16y ago
I recall colleges complaining that not enough people were majoring in CS just a few years back. All of our jobs were going to be done in India soon, anyway. This sort of thing goes in cycles, just like startups and the economy. Jobs in th
262.
by dabent 16y ago
"working for themselves" Maybe I'm reading too much into that, but if you're thinking of going it alone, you might not get very far. Gates, Zuckerberg and most of the rest had others they teamed with from the start. Pg is very big on co-fo
263.
by dabent 16y ago
A psychology professor talked about this by giving himself a backhanded compliment. He said that IQ and income do have a positive, but not perfect correlation. He said this was due to many factors, but often because people with higher IQs
264.
Sign, Seal, Deliver Docs Without A Printer Or Scanner(mashable.com)
2 points by dabent 16y ago|0 comments
265.
by dabent 16y ago
Both Google and Facebook were funded by some pretty influential investors. Andy Bechtolsheim was one of Google's first investors and had co-founded Sun Microsystems over 10 years earlier. Peter Thiel founded PayPal and went on to fund Fac
266.
by dabent 16y ago
I joined Pinboard.in a while back and love it.
267.
by dabent 16y ago
It says, "All six YC partners read applications. We each do it separately, to avoid groupthink." This makes me curious about the process. I assume this means that an application is at least initially seen by only one partner. I see the adv
268.
by dabent 16y ago
A recruiter can do this to some extent, but the recruiter is driven by a need to get the deal closed, so they can get their fee from the employer. In other words, the recruiter will get you the minimum amount needed to get you to sign on.
269.
by dabent 16y ago
If I take a photo with my iPod, I know it's really low quality to start, so I don't take things I'm going to archive with it. Hopefully others do the same. But I also take pictures with the camera app first, save them to the camera roll an
270.
by dabent 16y ago
I've encountered something similar to your "invoices" situation many times. I'm actually blocked on something now, but I know my mind is hard at work to get things straight in some background process. Once my block is cleared, I know I'll

More ›