isalmon

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   On Managing Developers(techcrunch.com)

   111 points by isalmon 11y ago|62 comments
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   It would not have been possible without her :)
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   Thanks. Where did you end up?
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   I don't think raising money should be an indicator here though. For example, we bootstrapped the company till about $1M in ARR, and I know a lot of great startup that were 100% bootstrapped.
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   Absolutely. This country gave me more than I gave it back (yet).
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   I would not call it corrupted. I would probably call it ineffective.
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   I think you got lucky. Most people that I knew who were on H-1b were getting much less than green card holders of US citizens. I don't have a substantial amount of data on this of course.
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   It was bootstrapped to a pretty significant (>$1m) revenue and then we raised some money. I'll write about it one day - another crazy story.
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   by isalmon 11y ago

   Yes we have a couple of H-1b employees and we are starting to process their green cards now. We also look for people who are willing to take any internship opportunities just like I did back in the days.
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    by isalmon 11y ago

    Yeah, I saw that. I wish it would have been several years earlier :) Definitely worth looking into, although I would recommend hiring a lawyer.
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    by isalmon 11y ago

    Thanks. I really got lucky.
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    by isalmon 11y ago

    It was under J-1 'Internship' visa [ http://j1visa.state.gov/programs/intern/ ]
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    My Immigration Story(ilyasemin.com)

    166 points by isalmon 11y ago|102 comments
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    Hyperloop Is Coming(singularityhub.com)

    1 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    The SaaS Adventure(techcrunch.com)

    2 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Find anyone's email address on any website with this browser extension(datanyze.com)

    29 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    Can DNA Nanobots Successfully Treat Cancer Patients? First Human Trial Soon(singularityhub.com)

    1 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    How Cold Emails Led This 29-Year-Old to Get Funded by Mark Cuban and Google(businessinsider.com)

    2 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    Datanyze Acquires LeadLedger, a Sales Tool That Tracks Tech Product Marketshare(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    Hiker Discovers an Abandoned Town Inside Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains(huffingtonpost.com)

    7 points by isalmon 12y ago|0 comments
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    by isalmon 12y ago

    Hello, everyone. Founder of Datanyze here. I just wanted to respond to this comment as I did not notice it until recently. This throw-away account was wisely created to avoid a libel counter-lawsuit. Torbit indeed tried to sue me and the co
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    by isalmon 12y ago

    >> "They were horribly built; you could hear your neighbor" Pretty much every single apartment complex in the US I lived in (MA and CA).
23. 83.▲
    by isalmon 12y ago

    I'm getting "W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewsomething/digitalocean/ubuntu... 404 Not Found " Does anybody else have this problem?
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    WANT A CHEAP 2,000X MICROSCOPE? JUST FOLD THIS $0.50 PIECE OF PAPER(singularityhub.com)

    3 points by isalmon 13y ago|2 comments
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    Paul Graham Hands Over The Reins At Hacker News(techcrunch.com)

    1 points by isalmon 13y ago|0 comments
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    The Back to the Future Arbitrage of Silicon Valley(blogmaverick.com)

    68 points by isalmon 13y ago|25 comments
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    by isalmon 13y ago

    In some cases it might make sense to do H-1b -> EB2 to get things done faster. You don't even need a visa to get your employment based green card actually, so you can start both processes at the same time. Of course each case is uni
28. 88.▲
    by isalmon 13y ago

    I'm paying with my credit card and larger sizes are disabled for me (NY1 location).
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    by isalmon 13y ago

    My suggestion: 1) Go to a college you have some connection to (e.g. the one you graduated from), find a decision maker who has authority to BUY your BB killer. 2) Sit down with him/her - see if they are interested at all. If not - try
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    by isalmon 13y ago

    I usually use this tool: http://www.mysqlcalculator.com/ It's not perfect by any means but gives you a pretty good idea