jesusmichael

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by jesusmichael 13y ago
The author of this piece is pretty naive on what average people actually "Contributed" to Oculus. $25 - $5000 for actual material goods is akin to pre-orders, at market prices. Everyone sees risk differently, the "contributo
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
Well the reality of that is that 1 in 1000 start-ups make money. The odds are, they would lose money. They traded a 1 in a 1000 shot at big bucks for a guaranteed 100% return, that is the small investors take on risk mitigation. The wall st
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
"integration testing" couldn't this just be "testing" or "QA"... Your website doesn't really tell me what you do and what the capabilities of it are... You should have a demo/test case walk thru
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If the car were invented today...
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
Dude... Don't feel bad, you join the ranks of 1000's of lottery winners, except you have skills... You're the 1% if not in net worth... definitely in brains... Do something
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
Compare annual earnings and SW developers earn lots more... with more job security
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
because Tesla is a battery company... which is far more lucrative than building an electric car only rich people can drive..
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
how about remote work?
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
Back in the 90's I build an API that enabled the owners of adult content (Larry Flint Publications/Playboy) to deliver current and updated content (images) to adult website owners and retain the digital rights of the content. I b
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
sourceforge is full of cool shit only a handful of people use... This is why you need a salesperson... the pet rock sold 1M units in 8 months, why because people thought it was cool. Most stuff never gets any thought because dev guys think
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
hello world?
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
well A: its not worth anything unless someone wants to buy it.. and B: you should be making more money
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
Seems silly to pick an dev environment when you haven't built a proof of concept. Build that in the something to can rapid prototype and then refine the process. Software construction is about refining the application into something
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
Why are you telling HN this and not handling it yourself? I love to hear about how the Ops and Eng guys can run the company better but can't seem to find a date. A good sales guy is worth 100 ops/eng. I'm not even a sales
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by jesusmichael 13y ago
I worked in M&A in the valley for years. A 6 year old app with tiny revenue. You'd be lucky to get 1x the net. Unless you have some sort of IP that's patented or patentable, what would an buyer be purchasing that would just