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871.
by herdrick 20y ago
If you're a programmer, there's no need for having an 'in'. There's plenty of work. Just show up. And when it comes time to negotiate salary or rate remember that they need to be paying you quite a lot more than you were making in Texas
872.
by herdrick 20y ago
For American teams who got interviews and need to fly to Silicon Valley: Southwest has a sale that includes flights to San Jose. Sample fare: $79 each way from Seattle to San Jose. Here: http://www.southwest.com/hotfares/hotfares2.html
873.
by herdrick 20y ago
They do that to remove the natural voting bias that favors comments nearer to the top of the page.
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Zero to dogfood in one day.(expatsoftware.com)
16 points by herdrick 20y ago|6 comments
875.
by herdrick 20y ago
You're right. There was a common 'punch the monkey/president' banner ad a few years ago - I think it was successful.
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by herdrick 20y ago
Languages are not just hammers. They are universes for thinking in. So you're using Rails... What if I told you all your competitors were using Java and Spring? Gives you a surge of confidence, doesn't it? That's the feeling Lispers ha
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Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft in bidding war for DoubleClick: "...[they] need [to] obtain more user information"(businessweek.com)
3 points by herdrick 20y ago|0 comments
878.
by herdrick 20y ago
Are you kidding? The whole reason to go with YC is all the advice and help they give you. What kind of advice, connections, and overall support can these Techstars people give you? Folks, this is a local Economic Development Committee q
879.
by herdrick 20y ago
"While plenty of startups are launching, we arent seeing any actual innovation any more... there just isnt anything left to invent." Definitely April Fools.
880.
by herdrick 20y ago
This is great, especially the Max Levchin part. Thanks kulveer / kul.
881.
by herdrick 20y ago
From what I understand, Jobs could hack, too. It's only standing next to Steve Wozniak that makes him seem unhackerly.
882.
by herdrick 20y ago
"Always willing to meet for coffee, though." Me too. What are you doing after work today? I'm on the Ave right now. See my profile for contact info.
883.
by herdrick 20y ago
Seattle, at the UW. I already have a great cofounder, but I'd like to meet up for coffee.
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by herdrick 20y ago
Agreed. And yet the founders need to have worked together already, at least a bit. The big problem is that non-programmers can't help out with the programming in the early stages of a startups when that's about all that's happening.
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by herdrick 20y ago
Excellent. The essay and talk together produced several surprises. The essay cleared up things things that the video obscured (couldn't see the visuals), like the "not-so-smart" / "enterprise software" connection (I was thinking he just m
886.
by herdrick 20y ago
No, you control the saturation with the radius.
887.
by herdrick 20y ago
Lack of startup experience is completely not a problem. Being in your 30s is not a problem. Read PG on that subject. The important thing is: what have you built?
888.
by herdrick 20y ago
So, how did the recruiting go?
889.
by herdrick 20y ago
"7. Projects vs. Businesses: Personally, I think YC is... not really concerned with selecting what may... become "real" companies... I think YC leans a bit too heavily towards the "build it and they will come" model..." I'm not sure he unde
890.
by herdrick 20y ago
How sure are you that the relevant quality of the successful ad shown in the link isn't downmarketness but that it's eyecatching? As the author says, the 'upmarket' one is harmonious - which is a really bad quality in an ad. The damn thin
891.
by herdrick 20y ago
"Direct Marketers have known for decades that a 'downmarket' look improves response" Interesting. Source?
892.
by herdrick 20y ago
"Taking a $1M lump-sum means never having to work again." Sorry, no.
893.
by herdrick 20y ago
Ignorable.
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Hardnosed negotiation HOWTO for hackers.(blog.tomevslin.com)
7 points by herdrick 20y ago|0 comments
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Expedia alums launch startup - competes with Inkling?(blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com)
2 points by herdrick 20y ago|0 comments
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Is buying startups the new R & D?(msnbc.msn.com)
6 points by herdrick 20y ago|6 comments
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by herdrick 20y ago
Remarkably honest. Usually these kinds of 'opportunities' hold back the key information: that they making their money by selling you the opportunity.
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by herdrick 20y ago
I think the police entering their apartment at 1:40 this morning, guns drawn, is going to make a classic moment for the archives. I'll be honest, I was thinking I was maybe going to see Justin get shot.
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by herdrick 20y ago
MySpace just went copy-and-paste: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=3775
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by herdrick 20y ago
They'll get tons of VC money soon and they'll need it for the bandwidth bills. More people want to film their lives than want to talk into a fixed camera (i.e. YouTube). You need a little new hardware for this though which hurts. Still,

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