indymike

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by indymike 3y ago
> Asking to cross off anything that encroaches intellectual property I might create after hours. We're pretty big on making sure that our contract allows this as we encourage developers to do side projects - open source, etc. We do
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by indymike 3y ago
This has never been a problem, except when someone is currently employed and is leaving a job to take one at our company. Right now, there's a lot of really good talent that does not have this issue.
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by indymike 3y ago
We're not doing a salary verification so we don't make the new hire provide a bunch of data, aside answering questions about where you lived, when. We are doing a court record and criminal background check. When we have a problem
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by indymike 3y ago
This is normal for non-tech employers. It is novel in tech, but not something that is bonkers in other sectors. We're able to have developers on the payroll three-four weeks before offers are out by competitors.
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by indymike 3y ago
Yes we disclose. We have to. Incentive is on the candidate to be honest.
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by indymike 3y ago
We use this process, and it has helped us hire some great developers without having to use third party staffing and headhunters: 1. Post well written job post on major job boards. 2. Immediately reply via text to every applicant (yes, we ha
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by indymike 3y ago
> $500K/year might get you a 2X exit, Depends. When a company is subscale it's purchase price varies wildly. This is because standard revenue x multiple thinking just doesn't make sense when: * you are buying the team (le
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by indymike 3y ago
> If VCs don’t own a majority stake what authority do they have to make you chase such huge returns at the cost of a stable and profitable business? Disputes with investors about the direction of the company are rare. Disputes about how
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by indymike 3y ago
> 1) Google challenged Sonos, won, and apparently reinstated[0] the feature; I just did a hey google, "play my favorites playlist whole home" Google's reply: "Sorry, I can only play music on one speaker at a time.&quo
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by indymike 3y ago
> For founders, just getting lots of investment and burning through the venture capital can 'work' Not really in the long run. >For employees, that can also be fun. Just make sure you get paid in real money, not in startup e
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by indymike 3y ago
For companies, this thinking, chase the trend and make it profitable later, only works for a few. They do win big.
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by indymike 3y ago
> Phone and tablet usage has outpaced regular computer usage for quite some time This does not excuse making terrible user experiences elsewhere.
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by indymike 3y ago
Scroll bars have been a problem two ways: 1. Out of context bare-ui style scroll bars in web textareas and mis-sized iframes in most web browsers. 2. Lack of screen real estate on early, lower resolution mobile devices left designers lookin
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by indymike 3y ago
There is literally no difference in removing whole home/multiroom audio from Google speakers and what happened with RED. Both Google and BM made the exact same mistake and fixed it the same way.
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by indymike 3y ago
> his particular feature may have been your low-key expectation, but it’s unlikely it was your principal consideration. That feature was advertised on the in-store endcap display where I bought the google speaker. It was the only reaso
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by indymike 3y ago
> Ha, I remember seeing exactly the same article when the font of choice was a bouncy, rounded sans-serif in the mid 2000s. Every 7-10 years, there is a meta-trend in logo design. The last four or so: * Drop shadow all the things (looked
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by indymike 3y ago
> Perhaps it’s legal in your jurisdiction to sell a product advertising a specific feature and then remove that feature post-fact (in hardware people already own!), but it’s certainly not a great look. This is the downside to patents an
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by indymike 3y ago
> You're doing the classic thing of explaining why things are bad and thinking that that is the end of the story. If it was the end of the story, progress would stop. Saying we need a better terminal and then talking about things th
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by indymike 3y ago
> The rubber band is snapping back, though. One can argue that the snap-back is exactly they had to offer more money to have large teams of highly qualified people. > expectations are rising quickly I think more reality hitting than e
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by indymike 3y ago
> The dataset's proportions don't match reality's proportions, which leaves the AI with an inaccurate perception of reality. People have this problem as well.
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by indymike 3y ago
>It seems to me that there’s a class of programmer that will take an overpaid job at a terrible BigCo, People are bad at understanding risk. When a company pays significantly more for the same job than another, there is always an economi
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by indymike 3y ago
> Editing multiline inputs is awful. Outside of "line at a time" i/o (a rarely used mode where an entire line is edited locally and then sent to the host), most of what users see is as interactive is controlled by the pro
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by indymike 3y ago
> when in reality 34% of US judges are women, according to the National Association of Women Judges and the Federal Judicial Center What percentages of judges are women is a different question than what percentage of judges depicted in
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by indymike 3y ago
I just grabbed the SMS part. There is an RCS part that makes the number come out over $50 B. Even "free text messages" or "unlimited text messages" result in revenue for the carriers. The A2P SMS includes a lot of things
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by indymike 3y ago
Over $10 Billion last year. https://www.statista.com/statistics/736007/mobile-messaging-...
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by indymike 3y ago
This is just more Google trying to grab a service from carriers and Apple. The carriers make a lot of money on sms, and because it's table stakes for a phone, SMS remains the least common denominator in text messaging (it's like O
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by indymike 3y ago
I usually find a derivative of this in the fine print for software contracts: "No Warranty on Software. You and your end users use the Software and any derivative works you may create based on the Software at your own risk." The e
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by indymike 3y ago
There are some liabilities that cannot be assumed. For example, if law enforcement decides that a death in an accident is manslaughter, all the insurance in the world will not prevent you from being prosecuted and potentially jailed.
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by indymike 3y ago
My all time favorite was a Northgate Omnikey. It had incredible switches and function keys on the side and across the top. It lasted about 20 years and was killed by Mt. Dew. Second favorite is the Logitech K780. It feels a lot like the MX
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by indymike 3y ago
> letting a few MBA’s at the top make a decision for profit. I'm not sure the profit part will work out for them in the long run.

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