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by fsk 12y ago
Another way to look at it is: If this guy pitched to you the idea of investing $75k cash in his startup for 3.75% in common (not preferred, no liquidation preference, no voting rights), would you do it, or would you laugh at him?
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by fsk 12y ago
Let's do some arithmetic for you. At 125k/8%, you're giving up $50k salary for 8% equity. At 100k/15%, you're giving up $75k salary for 15% equity. But it isn't 15%. If it's a typical 4 year vesting, it
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by fsk 12y ago
He's looking for an employee that he can trick into believing he's a cofounder. - unequal equity split - business plan was decided before you joined You would be an employee and not a cofounder.
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by fsk 12y ago
Give up. Your current team is incompetent. They are padding their resume with node/angular experience at your expense. They should have a working demo after 2 months.
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by fsk 12y ago
The author did something super-unethical/illegal. He sold in his personal account before selling in his firm account. In effect, he transferred $48.5k from his employer's account to his personal account.
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by fsk 12y ago
There were a whole bunch of suspicious things. I'll mention the most obvious. 1. Table A had summary data that was used for reports. Table B had trade detail data, which nobody normally looked at, but we were using it for a special p
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by fsk 12y ago
The exchanges hire many H1-bs from China, India, and Russia. They try to minimize cost paid per hour. It would be very easy for a spy to pose as a worker and get hired. If you get a couple people in each area, it's completely undetec
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by fsk 12y ago
After Google Reader and delicious both died on me, I now try to store all data on my pc.
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by fsk 12y ago
Why should someone quit a full-time job to go work for you if there's a 30% chance of being unemployed 2 months later? Even if it's a 30% raise, it isn't worth it if there's also a 30% chance of being stuck.
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by fsk 12y ago
You have no idea why they didn't hire you. It's probably a completely different reason, even if they said it was the linked list question. If the interviewer likes a candidate, every minor error is forgiven. If the interviewer d
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by fsk 12y ago
You're switching to working for the client on your current project? If that's a "buy-out", your employer is presumably getting big $$ when you leave. They won't care if it's written into their contract with t
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by fsk 12y ago
Go. Do what's best for you. As you said, your current job is underpaying you by 50%. You only owe them two weeks' notice. Does the contract with the client specifically mention you? How do you know they can't hire/pr
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by fsk 12y ago
If you already have a semi-established business, you are looking for an employee and not a co-founder. "Looking for a technical co-founder" implies you are starting a brand new business, not looking to bring someone in to an esta
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by fsk 12y ago
Rule of thumb: If you aren't sure if the other person is being a jerk or not, they're being a jerk.
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by fsk 12y ago
There are no guarantees. It's hard to size up a place until you're there a few weeks/months. For example, at my current job, the boss admitted on the interview that their system was a mess and they wanted to clean it up. Bu
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by fsk 12y ago
I currently work for an MLM business. It literally is a pyramid scheme. I'm shopping around for something better, but the pay is decent. Standard Advice for your situation. Do the best you can in your current job, while looking for s
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by fsk 12y ago
If there's a shortage of Android developers, find a good developer with no Android experience and assign him an Android project. It'll take him less time to learn than it will take you to find your dream candidate purple squirrel
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by fsk 12y ago
My advice - don't sell. First, it's hard to put a value on it. It isn't clear than the buyer would make enough revenue to keep up with the expense of keeping it running. Second, you aren't obligated to respond to everyo
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by fsk 12y ago
I thought that was an anecdote on how NOT to hire. If you ask me a question and algorithm X is the "correct" answer AND algorithm X is obscure, that's a gotcha interview question. Why not just ask me directly about algorithm
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by fsk 12y ago
If you're a scientist, it's best for your career to do small incremental improvements on previous research. That guarantees a steady stream of publications. If you go for a big idea and are wrong, then your career is over. Also,
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by fsk 12y ago
There are some Internet-based nomic games that have been going on for a long time.
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by fsk 12y ago
grep
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by fsk 12y ago
$100k for 5% implies a valuation of $2M. Is the business (with no customers and no product) worth $2M RIGHT NOW? But it isn't 5%. If it's typical 4 year vesting 1 year cliff, you can be fired after 11 months or 2 years. You will
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by fsk 12y ago
I've been flat-out refusing pre-interview coding assignments or tests. It's very disrespectful of a candidate's time. I used to do every test, but the conversion rate was so low that I no longer bother. I currently have a jo
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by fsk 12y ago
Ask your customers to pay $5/month and bootstrap. Then, with revenue, look for investors if that's the path you want.
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by fsk 12y ago
Lol, at my current job, their accounting system is designed so that all transactions modifications are an UPDATE or DELETE instead of an INSERT. It makes auditing impossible. At the end of the month, the numbers don't even come close
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by fsk 12y ago
If you know statistics and do it correctly, you can reduce the chance of a false positive.
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by fsk 12y ago
1. Buy or download a bunch of E-Books. 2. Buy or download a bunch of games. I use myanonamouse, a good E-Book torrent tracker. It's also good for just browsing.
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by fsk 12y ago
My employer uses viddler, but they are medium/large and not small (100k-1M downloads per month).
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by fsk 12y ago
I was going for a PhD in Math and dropped out for pretty much the same reason. The field was so specialized that nobody really understands anyone else's research, which makes it mostly not-merit-based (politics) who gets hired where.

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