me_jobs_r_u_woz

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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 19y ago
Are you kidding me! Is it really you, Nick? I love you, man! And stop this charade of "seeking advice" on a startup forum.
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
Yikes..sorry, didn't realize that you guys were talking about that site! Not my thing. Thx.
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
sorry danw, i mistyped earlier with th eunderscores. it's me.jobs.r.u.woz at gee male dott comm
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
me.jobs.r.u.woz at gee male dott comm
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
It's not a question of forcing. It's the norm. All other things being equal, why should someone take a lower salary? And there are other factors. If your compensation becomes a benchmark for the rest of the team, now your company is in
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
I beg to differ. In the Bay Area, VCs expect and want the founder/CEO to make approximately $150K to $175K per year after the VC round (i.e. Seies A). I have confirmed this by asking VC panels here in Orange County during open-mike sessions
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
You are right of course; I am somewhat hesitant to provide more details about it here. Judging from the handful of emails I have received, this is a good way to get the word out, and the real discussions can take place offline.
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
chill, bro...it's just a silly metaphor to grab some attention :-)
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
The user-facing part of the system is currently a VB client app. It's horrendous, but guess what - users love it because it meshes with the rest of their work environment, which is hardware devices connected to their PCs as well as other VB
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
Hey, no prob.
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
Mukund and Leonidas, I have a reasonable understanding of programming; I designed and helped build a significant part of the code. I did not mean to appear as if I have no knowledge of, or desire to, learn code. But the opportunity I am t
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
That's why I am looking for great hackers, as opposed to good hackers. Great hackers know that the value of the group is greater than the sum of its parts ;-)
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
Thanks for the suggestion; I am trying to avoid this path, as my best case outcome is that I will be an ok programmer - and that's not good enough to succeed. To win today, you have to have a real team.
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
A good one :-)
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by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago
Great hackers know that they can build anything; what they don't know is what they should be building. My problem is the opposite. I know what to build because I have customers who are clamoring for it, but I don't have the right people t
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Attention Orange County hackers..I need two co-founders
4 points by me_jobs_r_u_woz 20y ago|22 comments