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   Ask HN: Founders whose startups failed, do you experience bias in interviews?

   19 points by massung 12y ago|11 comments
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   by massung 12y ago

   That was my list - almost exactly. Especially Ken Robinson and Dan Pink. +1.
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   by massung 12y ago

   It's not about being hostile/combative or you being too open; it's business. When a company (or person) asks you to sign a contract, it's an offer presented and written entirely for their benefit. There's no reason
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   by massung 12y ago

   Aside from common things like "being useful" the key aspects of a good API (to me) are: 1. Expose 2. Wrap 3. Consistency Expose what's going on under-the-hood. For example, an HTTP.Get function may do what's needed 98% o
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   by massung 12y ago

   FWIW, as a father of a 5-y.o. still remembering the early days, I believe your target audience (for a KS) is really small. Think of it like this: My child is born and I come across your KS page. I'm not going to invest because by the
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   by massung 18y ago

   Paul, this was another good essay. However, I have to fundamentally disagree with the idea that identity makes one "stupid." When I was a teenager, I had very little in the way of identity, but I was very stupid. :-) There are many parts of
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   by massung 18y ago

   Another interesting read. I'd like to note that (while it wasn't the focus of the essay), many of the expensive "checks" aren't there for monetary reasons, but rather human safety and the dire consequences of a poor decision. Working at Mot