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by heliodor 14y ago
Fleitz' point is that switching jobs usually gets you a raise. Most people don't know how to avoid the "what is your current salary?" question, so the raise they get by switching jobs is pegged to their previous salary. Thus, get a raise fi
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by heliodor 14y ago
This one goes both ways. Yes, your employer will benefit from what you learn from your side project, but at the same time, if your side project's server crashes at 2pm while you're at work, you're going to be very inclined to fix it right t
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by heliodor 14y ago
I've worked at two companies where the day starts at 10am. You'd be surprised how common this is. For people without families and who live in big cities like New York, flex time allows you to go out at night any given night, have a good tim
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by heliodor 14y ago
How about a browser plugin that lets you mark as interesting a certain comment or even part of a comment. Some threads are very long with one hundred replies or more and we'd appreciate a quick highlights. Like a sports game recap video.
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by heliodor 14y ago
I haven't tried the app (no iPhone). Can someone explain to me why the Mailbox app is so great? From the intro video, I see a typical email app with a couple of extra gestures thrown in. Like Sparrow, it seems it's more marketing and hype t
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by heliodor 14y ago
Ouch, but so true. The things that truly define a great place to work are not quantifiable. They're qualitative, and reporters can't objectively report on them, so they just don't report on it. They're left with random tangibles, like how s
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by heliodor 14y ago
I've worked in offices where Skype or Hipchat were used exclusively. There is nothing that Hipchat can offer for which I'd give up audio and video chat. You can say people are free to arrange a Skype call if they want, but when a text-based
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by heliodor 14y ago
Many times there exists the feeling that quitting your job makes you a traitor. Making employees feel indispensable feeds into the traitor concept, making them less inclined to leave. We hired a manager at one of my previous jobs who during
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by heliodor 14y ago
As with many technologies that become cool, more people jump on the bandwagon than ideal. These guys realized (after some wasted effort) that they are over-optimizing and went back to doing what's truly needed for their company.
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Culture is King(backpocketcoo.com)
1 points by heliodor 14y ago|0 comments
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by heliodor 14y ago
Getting a cut of the revenue increase would be great, but how do you prove how much influence you've had on the revenue increase/decrease as compared to other steps the company took to change their fortunes? Are there any methods that can b
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by heliodor 14y ago
While I'd love to recommend a YC startup, Coinbase charges much more in fees than MtGox or CampBX, for example. Yeah, they provide more features and a cleaner UI, but if you want to just buy some bitcoins, stick with lower fees from establi
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by heliodor 14y ago
I also tend to think of my coworker relationships as important but most companies have a culture where if a person leaves the company s/he's is brushed under the carpet and never to be mentioned again. Startups tend to be smarter than that,
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by heliodor 14y ago
The typical customer support process is bad for the complicated edge cases, which sometimes end up in threads like these. But it's good for business. You don't want your engineers attending to one person's problem. That's called consulting.
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by heliodor 14y ago
In New York, there's WalkAboutNYC. They organize events frequently enough. http://walkaboutnyc.com/
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by heliodor 14y ago
For a more realistic take on it, think of it as a tenth of a millimeter instead of 100 microns!
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by heliodor 14y ago
I make about $200 per month from Android app sales. $30,000 and counting over the last few years. Back when Android had no apps (2008-2009) and all you could do was check the 'new apps' list for new releases, I noticed a spy camera app was
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by heliodor 14y ago
What I find interesting here is the contrast in expected behavior for a company and for an interviewee. Most companies won't tell you why they're rejecting you if you interview with them. Most of them won't even send you a rejection email!
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by heliodor 14y ago
Stock options expiry: One important point that was not mentioned by OP is the typical contract clause most startups use that changes the expiry of your vested options from something like 10 years while you're employed to 30 days if you leav
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by heliodor 14y ago
The expressed point of view is heresy on HN, so your point is not that far-fetched.
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by heliodor 14y ago
Actually, Craigslist values us, the users, more than most companies. You know how? By leaving so much money on the table that you can't help but love them! Craigslist is a breath of fresh air in a world where everything is optimized as much
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by heliodor 14y ago
Your point about businesses changing reminds me of the arguments I've read in the past that there's too much full time employment and not enough freelancing. The idea is to get the best person for the task then move on instead of constantly
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Ask HN: Do online news articles have a long term traffic tail?
1 points by heliodor 14y ago|0 comments
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by heliodor 14y ago
Even though people know the primary action is the rightmost button, they can't help but stop on other elements because of that top-down left-right scanning that's ingrained in most people of the world. There's simply no better position that
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by heliodor 14y ago
The only things online that are truly free are those where the creator is donating the time or the money. Very few people do that. Everything else is paid either with your money, your time, or your privacy. That "free" email you talk about?
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by heliodor 14y ago
You don't have to find it. Few people do. People read through the buttons from left to right. The thing is, when dialog buttons use standardized vocabulary (ok, cancel, yes, no) you don't have to read the other button, you just assume it sa
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by heliodor 14y ago
Not many. Which begs the question, why is this the top link on HN?
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by heliodor 14y ago
Link works intermittently with a 404. Give it time.
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Google's Play Store now allows the dev to reply to user comments(androidpolice.com)
5 points by heliodor 14y ago|1 comments
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by heliodor 14y ago
Hmm, try replacing "programmer" with "garbage man" in your sentence.

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