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by pmichaud 16y ago
You don't get hired as a big wig in 1 month. That process takes quite a while, so the one month was probably just the ending part, the culmination of many months or even a year of recruitment effort. That he took the $23m anyway just means
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by pmichaud 16y ago
That's what they say when you point out that college doesn't really -> job anymore. I went to college, and pretty much got jack shit for an education. I educated myself. I went to a small high, Catholic high school and learned more ther
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by pmichaud 16y ago
The word you're looking for is "college."
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by pmichaud 16y ago
This piece is probably right, but in a purely sociopathic sort of way, Hurd did the rational thing: take the $23m for signing the confidentiality agreement, then worry about actually keeping that money later. A bird in the hand...
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by pmichaud 16y ago
When I asked, that was kind of my point: There are alternatives, but nothing that works internationally except places that we don't have any reason to expect to be more reliable than paypal is(n't).
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by pmichaud 16y ago
What alternatives?
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by pmichaud 16y ago
This is a critically important message. I tell people this all the time when they ask "how I do it" -- well, the answer is that I just do it. While they are watching TV and faffing around, I'm trying things and building things. You do it by
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by pmichaud 16y ago
They are only happy because they weren't charging me enough, and I was willing to pay that extra cost too, so it really is their loss.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I don't really go for new release type movie generally, so I call shenanigans. I was a heavy user who got movies sometimes the day after I returned the last one, which was great. Then I started getting them 3, 4, 5 days later. They blamed U
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I wasn't so lucky with them. I was a good customer, but they started silently throttling my account, and they wouldn't admit to it either. It's since come out that that's exactly what they were doing. If it's too expensive to send me that m
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I'm kind of a crazy person when it comes to eating healthily, but I wasn't always. It's clear to me now, sitting on the other side of the chasm, that your notion of what "tastes good" is completely fabricated by marketing and a lifetime of
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by pmichaud 16y ago
It's a voting system. If you don't have anything to show, people probably won't vote to let you in. You need a minimum number of votes to get in, so I'd get crackin' on those impressive projects 8)
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by pmichaud 16y ago
We can talk, sure. And yes, pxlpshr speaks truly--Ben is a great designer, the founder of the root, and he was the first rooter to work for FB.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
The Root is amazing, you will not find a more talented group of people. A couple of us post here on HN. It's invite only but getting in is just a matter of having a connection (you do) and an impressive portfolio (do you?) http://www.thero
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by pmichaud 16y ago
You need to get involved with the right communities, I think, and reach out to mentors.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I also wrote a .NET pomodoro timer. Should I release it?
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by pmichaud 16y ago
This speaks really strongly to me. This is why I stopped working in the field too. It's not impossible to find an awesome job, but it's also not easy. It's maybe as difficult to find a good job as it is to find a good programmer.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
Yeah, that's the cool thing about my business too. I get e-mail all the time about how people were on the brink, and now their life is turned around. It's awesome.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I laughed reading this because I read all the dashes and pauses as William Shatner explaining privacy. Reread it in that frame, and you'll love it! I do think you're wrong though. Rights have limits, even rights we can all pretty much agree
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ASk HN: How would you make $25,000 if you had $25,000?
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I don't think it's hyperbole at all. That the 99 Designs "logo" is as terrible as it is, proves nothing about the almost-as-terrible logo that is in use now.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I once worked at a software company where a big deal has been made for software + hardware. It was a lot of hardware, and the software was maybe 10% of the overall cost, which was approaching $1million. Then the company backed out and said
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by pmichaud 16y ago
It's not earth shattering, but it's an interesting look at the broken criminal system (can't call it a justice system...) from the type of guy who is rarely in a position to really see it.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I did this without really planning it during my break between high school and college. I really enjoyed it, but it's not really practical if you have a "normal" family life. It's kind of analogous to a lot of good software ideas, that would
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by pmichaud 16y ago
Answer: Not very.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I've thought quite a bit about this, and I don't know what the answer will ultimately be, but I do feel strongly that a world in which we can all live shamelessly and honestly will be better than the clouded and duplicitous public life the
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by pmichaud 16y ago
$40/hr. I'd expect to pay at at least $2,000 for an identity package which usually means some collateral as well as the "logo" itself.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
More like a /woot/ point! Amirite?
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by pmichaud 16y ago
This is an extremely intuitively satisfying explanation to me, and I've been on both extremes.
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by pmichaud 16y ago
I'd like to just throw my hat in the ring in support of Steve here, who wrote exactly what I would have in response to you. And I'm talking from experience as well. Your assumptions are quite common though, so it's nothing unusual.

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