elhector

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by elhector 12y ago
It's the price of a beer, come on! As developers in this community we must understand how much hard work goes into these things and we should not cheapen the work of fellow devs making innovative projects.
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by elhector 12y ago
This will be interesting to follow. France is a great place, but needs to work with their rules around taxes and social obligations from employer to employee. It is too scary to be an entrepreneur in France and there is a lot of overhead. I
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by elhector 13y ago
Sorry if a repost, I could not find original if it exist. I found this interesting, and more startups / companies can use these sort of planning with risk assessment and plans of actions given different scenarios.
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The Secret to AirBnB's Freakishly rapid orgy response: "Scenario Planning"(fastcompany.com)
2 points by elhector 13y ago|1 comments
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by elhector 13y ago
Agree, funny how most comments focus on the money aspect of the conversation. He wanted to feel socially responsible again, did not like the impact that his game had on people's psyche / addictive behaviors and pulled the plug bec
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by elhector 13y ago
Yes, it depends people by people, it IS OK to take that amount of time off if the 'non policy' allows it, but most people don't do that out of fear / guilt.
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by elhector 13y ago
I agree, the motto of 'we don't have a vacation policy, just take time off if you need it' creates usually the wrong sort of culture and dynamics, leading to guilt, etc. Lack of clarity around expectations is commonly a sourc
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by elhector 13y ago
High correlation with another post in the board: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2013/12/10/why_cul_de_sac... Can be a bit of a catch 22 in today's world, where new cities and developments a
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Learn Angular this Weekend(joelhooks.com)
3 points by elhector 13y ago|0 comments
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Richard Branson and Elon Musk on fear, failure, and reinventing the future(venturebeat.com)
2 points by elhector 13y ago|0 comments
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by elhector 13y ago
One of the best engineers I have worked with is on his 60's. When I worked with him, the rest of the engineering team had an average age of 23 or so (me being 32), but this guy could give everyone a run for their money. This is not about a