mrcold

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by mrcold 12y ago
Welcome to the club. We don't have free drinks or anything. Only endless depression and no will to continue. But seriously, things are fucked and it's only getting worse. I'm in the same shoes and I'm trying a startup in
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It's starting to die out in Europe too. There are still enthusiast newcomers. But the vast majority are either working hard in silence or have already moved on.
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Yes, it's the correct approach. Always tell them when you can't deliver and why. Communication is key when working in a team. If they understand and address the issues, count your blessings and consider yourself lucky. If they get
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They are intrinsically valuable to them. People get bored with things. We always want a new toy, a new experience or a new adventure. Even if you do create the perfect tablet, people will not buy it unless you appeal to their playfulness. S
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Does having more than two jobs in the past count as extensive testing? If two other companies like yours decided I'm skilled and paid me for it, why do you assume I'm not? Who must perform these tests to determine competency?
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by mrcold 12y ago
But you're not giving your candidates problems, are you? You're giving them specific scenarios with strict algorithmic constraints. In any engineering job the boss asks us to build a system or a tool. He never says solve this very
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by mrcold 12y ago
When you hire a lawyer, do you test him with imaginary laws? If not, why are you doing it with engineers? Engineers solve problems. That's it. They use tools, they try things and they provide solutions. Asking an engineer to solve an i
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by mrcold 12y ago
Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. At multiple interviews I was asked to do code challenges or solve FizzBuzz exercises. I replied something along the lines of "I built a commercial product all by myself. Here is the websit
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by mrcold 12y ago
Practice. There is nothing else that can prepare you better. Assume that you will fail the first 5 interviews and use them to learn. After a while, you get the hang of it and learn how to fake it for the real thing. And remember, you do you
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The main problem is that these silly websites and applications are making money. I know it's hard to believe, but people don't want value. They want trendy. What's popular now. Build the perfect social network and nobody will
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It feels bloated because it's more like an environment and less an editor. Using it for small apps is like replacing a hard-drive in a fully equipped garage. You need only a screwdriver. But all those tools on the wall are making you f
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Yes, it's broken. It's an employers market and each employer has ridiculous demands. They expect homework, code tests and phone interviews with various team members. All that just to get your foot in the door. They don't valu
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The test is not the problem. The fact that it's not paid is. Each company wants at least a couple of hours of tests. So at most you could apply to maybe 10 companies a week (2 tests per day). That's a week you could work somewhere
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by mrcold 12y ago
That's so fucked up on so many levels, I wouldn't know where to start. But it does explain the current job market and ridiculous office politics. Treat your employees like enemies and they will do their best to act like ones.
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by mrcold 12y ago
Policy number 1: Never hire HR people or create an HR department. Policy number 2: The core team is everything. Anyone else is just there to help out. I'm probably an extremist. So take my comment as more of a personal opinion. But be
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by mrcold 12y ago
Competition is always great. So here are my problems with Paddle: 1. Too much hidden information. The main page should specify the pricing because that's the first thing we all look at. Yes, I know about the pricing page. But a click a
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by mrcold 12y ago
Love FastSpring. Easy store manager and great tech support. Plus, I don't have to worry about anything because they handle all the invoices, VAT and other boring stuff.
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C++ on Windows. And only because Microsoft always changes things slowly and with backwards compatibility. Even a sudden shift like the Modern UI didn't change the backend. It's more or less the same since Windows XP. Apple always
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Programmer: dismissive term used by people that don't really understand programming. You will often encounter it in industries where software is just one of the many supports for the main product. The pay is usually low. The people d
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No matter how much you prepare, you will never be ready for everything. Most of things you learn arise from real problems you encounter on the job. So don't try to figure out if you're prepared. Analyze it from an opportunity pers
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It's a generic Indemnification clause. Digital Ocean has it. Linode has it. AWS has it. Even my startup has it.
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by mrcold 12y ago
Yes, you got me. I created my account 10 days ago and commented on various threads just to post a referral link to a web hosting provider.
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by mrcold 12y ago
I was sick of mainstream companies after endless problems and issues and I found vultr on a web hosting forum: http://www.vultr.com And it's awesome. A good hosting provider is one you forget about. When you do things right
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Window shoppers don't make good clients. If you need convincing, we don't want your business. Please go to one of our competitors, preferably the biggest one. In general, doers do and talkers talk. If you really need the service,
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- Native apps are more or less future-proof. A web app usually needs to be rewritten as browsers and the internet change and evolve. - They can be made ridiculously fast. With web you're at the mercy of third-party scripts and browsers
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You're looking for benefactors, not investors. An investment assumes a way to recoup the money. An approach would be an NGO. Advertise the service and your vision and ask for donations to keep it going. You can also look for government
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I used to do this too. But after a couple laptops and smartphones just died on me, I realized that everything truly is designed to fail. Every product now has a limited life, no matter how well you care for it. So use it delicately or throw
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Look at Silicon Valley. Look at all the big players in tech. Which is more important, hard work or politics? We live in a world where who you know is more important than what you do. You can have the shittiest product on the market. If you
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> I assume you're in the USA. Europe. This kind of thinking probably originated in the USA. But all the tech CEOs I met so far idolize Silicon Valley. It was only a matter of time until they adopted the american way of thinking. &gt
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by mrcold 12y ago
Not starting a side project earlier. And listening to everybody saying that hard work will get you places. Maybe I've just grown cynical. But your employer doesn't care about you or what you do. All he cares about is how much mone

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