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by richard_g 6y ago
What's strange to me is why they thought that email address would work -- after all it's not their address. I've got years of emails from France for the same reason. You can set up a filter for the incorrect version of your e
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by richard_g 6y ago
A good sign is when people are trying to do something using a complex workaround because they need it that badly, and you can implement a change to make it easier. If they haven't even attempted to do it now, chances are they won'
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by richard_g 6y ago
We have to remember that beach volleyball is clearly an essential part of the training for fighter pilots!
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by richard_g 6y ago
Simple idea that can't be repeated enough times: you don't convince customers to want your product. You show them how it solves a problem that they care about. The simplest form of validation is to sell something to a few people.
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by richard_g 6y ago
I used to struggle with this. It seemed like the first few steps of anything I could do would never measure up to these accomplishments that I saw from others. Then I realized that even being willing to take those steps is extraordinary --
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by richard_g 6y ago
There may not be a test of writing abilities in a job interview itself, but applying for the job is a test of writing abilities.
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by richard_g 6y ago
I think that's his point? If he drew like that but had no interesting content, no one would read the comics. If he wrote jokes but couldn't illustrate them at even a basic level, they wouldn't reach many people. And to be fai
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by richard_g 6y ago
When I was first starting out, one of my goals was to manage a team. I thought no one would hire me for that role since I didn't have the background for it. Instead I started freelancing, got a few clients, and eventually hired others
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by richard_g 6y ago
Spending a lot of time building something is a great way to put off the painful realization that people don't want to pay for it. Asking for sales up front means you have to face that right away. It's better for the business but h
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by richard_g 6y ago
Not only that -- a lot of people pursue "innovative" technologies and try to build something all new, when existing ideas have only reached 1% of the market that need them because it takes a lot of work to actually get people on b
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by richard_g 6y ago
All the time! I'll try to email one or two lines to myself to remember it later. I've found this is the quickest way to give myself confidence that I'm not "losing" the idea if I stop thinking about it now.
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by richard_g 6y ago
Reminds me of a Wordpress site that ended up having a bunch of files uploaded to the uploads directory with the extension .php -- and the webserver allowed them to be executed. Unfortunately things like this are often overlooked!
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by richard_g 6y ago
I've found the same. When you have things to done you get them done. When you don't, you can sit around browsing the internet all day. It tends to be when things pile up that you are most effective at getting through them!
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Why Your Load Test Will Hide Problems and Lead to Crashes in Production(medium.com)
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