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   by eyphka 4y ago

   Wow that's insane, is there any references or reading on this? Tried to find sources and having difficulty.
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   by eyphka 4y ago

   I don't know why this is getting voted into the ground. This advice would seem to be a way to keep motivated while interviewing, keeping sharp through actual coding, and getting up to speed with any changes in general software engineer
3. 33.▲
   by eyphka 4y ago

   I'm Swiss and American. Comparing culture is difficult, but limiting it to willingness to adopt software for large enterprise and adapt the business, I agree with the assessment. Ironically, the increased calcification of those large e
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   by eyphka 4y ago

   Sadly that's not how it works for the average household. Unless average household earnings go up, inflation hurts as many household debts are variable rates.
5. 35.▲
   by eyphka 4y ago

   Math's off should be a little more than that. Average U.S. household owes something close to six figures in debt ~ 7% growth in one year
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   by eyphka 4y ago

   For B2b, sales conversations and stalking users in their work is the process of achieving domain expertise, then product market fit. You have to start with some hypothesis however.
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   by eyphka 4y ago

   Prelim ( https://prelim.com ) (YC S17)| Software Engineers | Remote | Full-time Prelim is onboarding software for banks and credit unions that specializes in digital account opening solutions. Our platform is designed to streamlin
8. 38.▲
   by eyphka 4y ago

   Apple hasn't done mass layoffs I don't think?
9. 39.▲
   by eyphka 4y ago

   So why did Tim Cook take a 40% pay cut?
10. 40.▲
    by eyphka 4y ago

    > The National Survey of Family Growth data shows that in 2002 the most sexually active top 20 % of American heterosexual men had 12 lifetime sex partners while the top 5 % had 38 partners.3 Ten years later, in 2012, the most sexually ac
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    I was just in Saigon last week, and while talking to my dad (who is Viet) we discovered that Vietnam is already a massive exporter of electronics! It’s their number one industry by export. Phones US$57.5 billion Electronic goods/Comp
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    Small piece of advice on pitch - don't call yourself a polymath. It may come across as deeply arrogant to compare yourself to folks like Leibniz.
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    It’s hilarious that the author blames the yard sale model for their never earning money on vintage watches. The issue with applying the yard sale model is when testing against real world markets, almost no market follows the predicted distr
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    That is how Warren Buffet got started, or as he called them, used cigarbuts.
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    Chiming in to agree here. Standardized tests + leetcode tests gave me the ability to overcome being a ward of the state and become a software engineer/ then founder of a YC company with zero connections. Quick aside, in addition to the
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    Congrats Garry! I'm one of those lurkers, and was due to your influence that I became a founder and got into YC.
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    Agreed, I don't understand how this doesn't immediately violate Reg Y.
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    NA. Grew up as an orphan raised by the state. (Boys and girls town) However, caretakers urged reading, so I read.
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    A great time to be alive. Can't wait for the bfr. Does anyone know or can link to what the general pricing has come down to for the Falcon 9?
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    If joining a startup with a business partner, have they already proven market? (Making a website and having demand, e.g. flexport)
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    Books that are given nicknames by grad students. :) For a foundational understanding of Calculus, and just becoming a better mathematician, a good start would be -> Baby Rudin (Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Walter Rudin) Papa Rudi
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    same Patrick, you are literally the reason I applied to YC (and got in)! still surprised you're not more actively inside of YC so to speak.
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    by eyphka 4y ago

    Graphs strongly suggest that horror genre is cause of disconnect. Would be curious if desync exists if you remove indie horror from data set.
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    by eyphka 5y ago

    Prelim (YC S17) | Infra Software Engineer | REMOTE (US ONLY) | Full-time | https://prelim.com Prelim is a YC company that helps fix the broken banking customer experience. Banks white label the Prelim platform, and use it to hel
25. 55.▲
    by eyphka 5y ago

    Still just as relevant.
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    by eyphka 5y ago

    Prelim (YC S17) | Account Executives, Software Engineers, Product Designers | REMOTE (USA) | prelim.com Prelim is a digital originations platform for banks. (We're a Y Combinator backed company! YC S17) Banks spend billions of dollars
27. 57.▲
    by eyphka 5y ago

    Congrats on the launch, is Apple Health supported?
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    by eyphka 5y ago

    Prelim (YC S17) | Software Engineer, Product Designer, Account Executive | REMOTE USA | https://prelim.com | FULL TIME Prelim is a better way for banks to onboard businesses and consumers. Prelim is whitelabeled for the bank as
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    by eyphka 5y ago

    Prelim (YC S17) | prelim.com | Customer Success, Software Engineer | Remote US ONLY | Full Time We're changing the way banks onboard their customers online, from business checking to lending. You'd be joining a fast growing, small
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    by eyphka 6y ago

    I am a former foster youth that managed. Those reasons are often secondary to good habits, such as reading. Good habits compound. And so do bad ones.