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by montbonnot 11y ago
If I were you I'd switch the main focus. I use iMessage to chat about where to eat. If we're in a place we don't really know then yelp is my to-go app. It has more info that I need and it works well. In zero case I'd nee
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by montbonnot 11y ago
Amazed by some of the choices YC made. A social network for colleges??? in 2016? Random phone calls with strangers? Notification (spam) platform? The freakin Uber of birth control? Oh my... the majority of these startups might not survive 2
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by montbonnot 11y ago
Include about 100K worth of stock in that 300K package, which will vest over 4 years. So your annual salary goes down to 200K + 25K (assuming the value of the stock doesn't move at all). 225K per year is slightly above what a 5y standa
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Ask HN: iOS app idea – need developers
1 points by montbonnot 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: iOS app idea – need developers
2 points by montbonnot 11y ago|3 comments
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by montbonnot 11y ago
You should learn how to monetize your skills and avoid being judged or scored by any employer. Your bonus could be much higher.
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by montbonnot 11y ago
You're burnt out. I'm in a similar situation so I decided to leave my job without any backup plan but my savings. I do have personal projects, things that I've always wanted to work on (lack of time and energy). I also plan t
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by montbonnot 11y ago
none... my life is unchanged.
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by montbonnot 11y ago
Buy your house before you quit. You may get a lot of extra costs along the way before you get the ball rolling.
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by montbonnot 11y ago
I have a house and i'm married. This is real "saving" money, not money that would turn you cash poor getting into a mortgage. Mortgage is half paid off still need money to pay it off. Getting another job won't fix my pro
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by montbonnot 11y ago
Sure, i'm in my 30's, programmer, can build a proto from scratch (mobile, server, web, etc). My problem today is a lack of time to build stuff. About savings, i did a good job and can last for 3-4y without working. I'm aiming
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Ask HN: Would you quit your +200K/y job to try the entrepreneurial route?
3 points by montbonnot 11y ago|11 comments
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by montbonnot 11y ago
made $4
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by montbonnot 11y ago
290,000,000 possible combinations at $2 a combination. That's $580,000,000 total. You make $650,000,000 after tax if you win. You're positive of about 70k. You have to be the only winner though :)
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by montbonnot 11y ago
Engineer = expert Architect = lead engineer Manager = career/growth + interface with upper management What are you?
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by montbonnot 11y ago
If you don't play you can't win. $2 can make you rich.
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Ask HN: What should Apple add in the next Mac OS X 11?
2 points by montbonnot 11y ago|4 comments
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by montbonnot 11y ago
I receive about 2 emails/week from recruiters. I don't answer. Sometimes I get 3 emails from the same recruiter. Amazon, Microsoft, startups, etc. They all use the same boring pattern where they only customize the first line. &quo
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by montbonnot 11y ago
Do you need to be "accelerated" when you already have all of the above? It could be a lazy way to move forward. Which costs you %7 of the company. I believe you can do it yourself if you made it that far already.
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by montbonnot 11y ago
When I see some people getting rejected I wonder if YC is still worth it. Giving away %7 of your stake to YC when you already have a solid team, a usable product (already live), some active users and money invested in your business ($1 mill
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by montbonnot 11y ago
I agree with that. Engineering managers are ex-engineers after all so the ratio 10/90 applies at any level. What if you promote a "bad" engineer? She/he would have a much bigger impact on people = more impact on the comp
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by montbonnot 11y ago
I've seen very good managers but the ratio is bad. %10 vs %90 of bad ones. A world with less management could be a world with less politics. I understand that a conflict between teams, for example, is a problem that can only be resolve
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by montbonnot 11y ago
There would be chaos because companies never invested in finding a way to promote self-management. If they do, maybe chaos would be out of the picture. As well as turn over (which is currently an existing problem).
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by montbonnot 11y ago
I don't believe managers operate the company. I believe engineers do. As you said we don't want to deal with all the extras which consist on dispatching tasks and making sure everyone does the job. For that we have project managem
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Ask HN: Do we need Engineering Managers?
2 points by montbonnot 11y ago|9 comments
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by montbonnot 11y ago
or simply use https://about.me
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Ask HN: Developers vs. machines, how long will it last?
1 points by montbonnot 11y ago|2 comments
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by montbonnot 11y ago
What is the difference between writing that list directly in Notes app? Do I really need a bot to create a list from my list? Curious to see if there's any use case behind just formatting a list into a list.