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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Asking with some self-interest for a project I'm working on: Is there anything in particular about the project that's frustrating/time-consuming? Or just the whole thing altogether? Projecting a bit here, but your dilemma see
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Oh fascinating, you and GP must be "destination not the journey" whereas I feel very much the opposite like you say. Never realized there's a distinction. Is it like that you need external validation, or to know you'll p
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Have a similar situation myself.. strategy-wise a niche audience sounds more attractive than a potentially-big-but-vague market. But looking at my own setup, I'm much more attracted to working on my grand-vision low-code app builder to
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Congrats on the lifting wins, I could never put up much but the respect the self-discipline and routine required to make gains. If it's about a PR goal, consider how ridiculously arbitrary it is to set an attachment to being able to pi
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
I can relate. The fountain sounds cool if not purely because you like it, is that not enough of a reason?
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Would having a "spy in the ranks" not further undermine the trust between founder and employees? Wouldn't it be ideal to lead by example and encourage a culture of open sharing over eavesdropping? I get that there will always
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
A friend once told me, right after I had settled in to my first cozy big tech job: "you should be uncomfortable being too comfortable". May be the single most useful advice I've ever received. Also, having lived in Tokyo for
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
> Yes, very likely I am "not a good leader". I recognize this. I don't want to be. I "just" want to have teams where you do stuff together, because it is fun, because it has a purpose, because it makes money, wha
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
If you had to pick one?
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Thanks for such an honest introspective to a life that I'm sure many of us here envy from the outside. This may be cliché, but I've heard a lot of successful founders talk about how they see the best and worst character traits in
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Sorry friend :(. Here to talk if you need it!
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Incredible, that's the kind of passion project I was thinking of when I posted! So cool to be in that position to potentially help a lot of people.. Know little about patents but I imagine it's something you want to do earlyish in
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
This is a huge struggle for so many founders, you're definitely not alone in this so don't get down on yourself. Wish I had good advice beyond just saying that building it is only half the battle. Mind if I ask what you're bu
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Ask HN: What's Holding You Back?
39 points by jkcorrea 6y ago|47 comments
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
HBO's The Wire captures this so well across a variety of organizations. Edit: thanks OP for continuing to post this link, I as well found it enlightening :)
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
If you're a stickler for keeping your windows neat and orderly like I am, you may want to check out Yabai (+ skhd): https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai I used to use BetterTouchTool and Stay to do this, but after
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Very true. I think Apple's got another 10 years or so until they face this dilemma, so time will tell. Their commitment to data privacy really put them at a disadvantage in the AI race, but have made great strides with federated learni
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
For what it's worth, I think Cook is a better CEO for the current era than Jobs would have been. He's not a strong public speaker, sure, but he's an operator who can execute on the vision Jobs laid out better than anyone. On
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Ahh that is much better, I'll update my link. Thanks :)
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
For those interested, AllAboutSteveJobs.com keeps a pretty good repository of Jobs moments. My personal favorite is his 1997 WWDC talk [1]. In one talk he demonstrates what it is to be a great leader organizationally, publicly, and as a pro
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Three Letter Acronym, presumably
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
> If you were capable of studying Leetcode so hard that you mastered the interview process at one of the most selective software companies in the world in only a few months, it's not much of a stretch to imagine that you could apply
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
#2 doesn't make sense, though: If I'm company B, trying to poach from company A, it would be in my best interest to make the leap to applying/interviewing less difficult, not more for employee's of company A. Unless you&
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
I can't wait for the 99% Invisible episode on this :)
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by jkcorrea 6y ago
Is that necessarily something we want to prevent? In the context of the early Web, should we have prevented any company from making their own website? Enforced some standard for how your website UX should work in the name of security and us
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by jkcorrea 7y ago
I have the English translation from Robin Buss/Penguin Classics, I think that’s the one you want in English. Idk if the original French is much better, though I’ve heard it uses archaic language so if you’re reading for plot it might n
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by jkcorrea 7y ago
The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged of course), it really rose my bar for great storytelling. Also the sandwich is pretty good.
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by jkcorrea 7y ago
For what it's worth, a lot of good software doesn't actually "do" many new things, other than support a specific use case with a better UX than existed previously :)
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by jkcorrea 7y ago
Actually you bring up a good point - the reactions are perhaps more bimodal than anything. If you're on one of the teams it was designed for, it is indeed near perfect. If not, it's far from it.
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by jkcorrea 7y ago
Fun fact: Apple's internal bug tracking tool, Radar, traces its origins to a pen-and-paper tracking system from the very early days. In a similar fashion to RAID from the article, it's use expanded way beyond the original use case

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