ftravis

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   by ftravis 18y ago

   Good catch, I haven't coded perl since 1999. This might be more appropriate for the kind of background we want: "YC startup looking for rockstar designer".gsub("rockstar","talented") Or maybe: "YC startup looking for rockstar des
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   by ftravis 18y ago

   I think you're confounding "nobody is doing what we're doing" with "nobody is competing with us". You're right to say that no competitors sometimes means no market. On the other hand, it's only wise to enter markets where you have some impo
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   by ftravis 18y ago

   Can he play drums? I'm ok at guitar and my partner can sing, but we're really looking to balance out the team.
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   by ftravis 18y ago

   To me, rockstar meant "talented far beyond the norm". There are lots of articles about what differentiates extremely talented coders from the rest, and taking the intersection of their conclusions paints a relatively fair picture of who we'
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   by ftravis 18y ago

   Based on the comments here, it looks like we committed a faux pas by using the word rockstar. Sorry about that. We didn't anticipate getting a negative reaction to the word. I had always conceptualized rockstar as a compliment to someone's
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   by ftravis 18y ago

   I think I would nearly die of surprise if someone was doing what we are doing now. Then, I'd take them out for a beer.
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   by ftravis 18y ago

   the same YC startup is also looking for rockstar python / rails coders :) ftravis1@gmail.com