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by remyp 7y ago
There are intervening steps between meeting someone and deciding to work long-term with them. My cofounder and I didn't know each other at the outset we worked together for 6 months before deciding to commit full time and draw up paper
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by remyp 7y ago
In addition to this thread, those looking to network with other HNers should check out Kismet: https://findkismet.com Disclaimer: I created it and that's how I found my cofounder.
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by remyp 7y ago
I've hired a decent number of engineers for a few different companies, so I'll take a stab at this based on what I've seen. - Fixed costs for hiring for PT and FT are the same, but the company gets more output for FT, so they
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by remyp 7y ago
Yep. Try sending an email using Yesware to Gmail.
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by remyp 7y ago
That's about 1% of the work. Email is old, arcane at times, and has a ton of interoperability and vendor-specific nonsense. Add in the fact that it _cannot_ go down for enterprise and that you have to do all of this at huge scale and
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by remyp 7y ago
I'm still bound by various paperwork that (probably) prevents me from disclosing that, but if you root around on the company site you can find a few relevant patents with details.
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by remyp 7y ago
I've always been a fan of upfront pricing, but I don't work there anymore. As near as I can tell not having publicly available pricing seems pretty common for enterprise software.
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by remyp 7y ago
In addition to the above, many tracking services log your location and some even measure how long you read the message for. They can also make a good guess at whether you forwarded the message to someone else. Even if you turn off images i
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by remyp 7y ago
Not only are tracking pixels an invasion of privacy, they've held up in court as proof of receipt. I helped build a product that blocks them at the enterprise level without affecting the presentation of the message or requiring end use
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by remyp 7y ago
Personally I've always been as upfront as possible with candidates about the state of things. I've never had a new employee join and be surprised with what they found, and I've never showed a candidate code prior to hiring t
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by remyp 7y ago
I absolutely agree that this is the employee equivalent of "jumping through hoops". With that said, for the companies I've hired for in the past someone who sees the state of unit testing as a dealbreaker would likely be a ba
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by remyp 7y ago
This feels a little hostile, but I don't consider this outcome a bad thing. Everyone wants to avoid a bad fit - my intention was simply to help people fully understand how they may be perceived.
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by remyp 7y ago
Like I said, I see why people ask for it. If the benefit to you of getting that information is worth the risk of potentially making a bad impression then go for it.
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by remyp 7y ago
I’m always surprised when candidates ask for this. I can see why they would want to, but it presents problems for the company: Employees always sign stuff to protect the IP. I’d have to go get paperwork from the company attorney to cover no
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by remyp 7y ago
“Is there anything I didn’t ask that you wish I had?” I recognize that I’m not perfect at interviewing and want to give people the opportunity to brag about themselves and express something I might have missed.
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by remyp 7y ago
Static HTML. The last thing I need is to worry about keeping blog software up to date so it doesn’t get hacked.
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by remyp 7y ago
I built Kismet ( https://findkismet.com ) and don't have nearly as much time to spend on it as I'd like. I would consider selling, but only to someone who wants to continue supporting it for the long term. I'd love
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by remyp 7y ago
I work solo on my latest side project, but if I were recruiting others I would think of my side project as a mini nonprofit. How do nonprofits recruit talent despite the (usually) bad pay? It could be that the utility of working for an org
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by remyp 7y ago
I built a side project ( https://findkismet.com ) and my cofounder found it. He reached out and a lot (a LOT) of conversations later we decided to build a company together. Finding a cofounder is like love: it often happens whe
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by remyp 8y ago
No. Scrolling down the page should not make my 2018 i7 MacBook Pro spin up its fans.
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by remyp 8y ago
Read your agreement again, carefully - maybe you got lucky and cashless exercise is available to you.
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by remyp 8y ago
A different (possibly oversimplified) way of thinking about it: the people paying you that rate are only doing so because they're getting a return on that money. If you can find a way to do what they do (run a successful business) then
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by remyp 8y ago
Technology is not the only “moat” there is. A photo sharing app is ultimately CRUD but it’s pretty hard to take down Instagram.
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by remyp 8y ago
SEEKING FREELANCERS - Remote within US (NOT negotiable) * C# .NET full stack developers * AWS devops generalists Ongoing staff-augmentation placement, usually with larger companies. For details on currently available opportunities and quest
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by remyp 8y ago
The conventional wisdom around here is that you can't beat the market, it's efficient, all information is already incorporated, you should buy index funds, etc. This is good advice for the vast majority of people. It's possi
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by remyp 8y ago
It's also brutal if you use a well-known VPN service.
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by remyp 8y ago
Yeah, I mean, fine. Chicago's corrupt, I guess, but I've lived there 10 years and it's not like the alderman is shaking me down for protection money or whatever. Every city has advantages and disadvantages. I'd defy yo
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by remyp 8y ago
I do this 100% manually with the help of a CPA. It's far too important to trust some app to handle for me.
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by remyp 8y ago
How else will they know you’re looking? Most people want to help if they can, and if they can’t they’ll politely say no or simply not respond.
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by remyp 8y ago
Not all networking happens in person. Send emails to former colleagues and let them know you're looking for business. Ask around in online communities. Reply to strangers' tweets. Just keep talking to people. I made a little a

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