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by robfitz 15y ago
I've been hounding /newest pretty regularly for the past couple weeks as well, and it seems fairly steady.. I don't understand why people keep bothering, as there's no way it's showing results. I'd assume HN is wrapped into some brilliant-a
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Hard work and high skills - notch and the value of the individual hacker(thestartuptoolkit.com)
74 points by robfitz 15y ago|28 comments
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by robfitz 15y ago
I think you are depressed by what you think you read, not what you actually read. He explains their motivations quite thoroughly (talent is currently available, so for now, cash is their major bottleneck, not scouting). They've also been in
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Suggest HN: earn karma for each flag after your own?
10 points by robfitz 15y ago|5 comments
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by robfitz 15y ago
This is actually an interesting site, but the way you're posting here is going to get you flagged off for gratuitous self-promotion. If you provide some more context on your goals for the site, your experience building it, or what sort of f
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by robfitz 15y ago
Agreed that options can be a bit of a tax chore. Since you're on board before the incorporation, ideally you can just have your shares allocated in the same way as the founders do, for a value of a ten-thousandth of a cent (or whatever) per
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by robfitz 15y ago
First off, it strongly benefits both sides to reach the 'correct' agreement here. If you over-negotiate and get too much equity, the CEO is duty-bound to fire you once they realize their blunder, since it's irresponsible to the other stakeh
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by robfitz 15y ago
I was a hacker edged into the biz/sales role (we had 2 other, stronger tech guys on the team). So this is my perspective from watching (and building pieces of) the tech over 3ish years. Code quality matters. We did enterprise sales across s
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by robfitz 15y ago
I like #2. Infinite runway from freelancing gives you a lot of options. As someone leaning toward design rather than programming, you might consider plugging into a platform ecosystem rather than building standalone. In particular I'm think
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by robfitz 15y ago
On the one hand, I haven't used a resume since my college internships (5 years founding startups, then freelancing through the network built up during the startups). On the other, I still think it's worth the time. Being forced to write big
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by robfitz 15y ago
I prefer taking all my notes on index cards. Notebooks failed me BC I ended up w/ short term (meeting notes) & long term (ideas) mixed, which made it hard to sort & hard to review. Index cards I can throw away my meeting or call not
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by robfitz 15y ago
Resolve #2 by thinking about your desired daily lifestyle (as opposed to the work or ideas). Comparing grand visions is impossible, so how would you be happiest spending tomorrow? Regarding #1: I was pretty burned out after working on my st
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by robfitz 15y ago
Procedural art is fun. If you combine it w/ real world tools like projectors/cameras or even something like a laser cutter, really neat stuff can happen The processing page has a nice gallery and also happens to be a very pleasant way to pr
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Startup Developers – Make sure you think about the business too…(devblog.seomoz.org)
17 points by robfitz 15y ago|2 comments
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by robfitz 15y ago
The syncing doesn't work for me when I open 2 browsers and share it to myself..? Does it just share the initial state (which worked great) or also updates?
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by robfitz 15y ago
I think you're fighting an uphill battle getting her to appreciate the end result (e.g. the code), but most artists can appreciate the value of the creation process itself. So maybe focus on the craftsmanship and exploration by drawing comp
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by robfitz 15y ago
Depends a lot on what role you're looking to fill. There's very little meaningful strategy/business work that can be moved to a new hire. Most very young companies still have terrible development practices, which makes it hard to quickly pl
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by robfitz 15y ago
I think the distinction is that you can learn a lot about a problem-centric business (e.g. typical lean startup) from an unpolished version, whereas the article's author is claiming that games are unique in that you must polish BEFORE you l
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by robfitz 15y ago
It's a great town and an amazing climate for getting motivation & support for building your ideas. Move if you'd like to! But please don't go, as some people have, under the belief that you'll immediately stumble across a pile of money
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Game Development: You Need $100,000(whatgamesare.com)
111 points by robfitz 15y ago|38 comments
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by robfitz 15y ago
Talking to agency founders, it seems the primary way to make the leap from 1 person freelancer to 3 person agency is to go through a phase of being a 2 person partnership. That first follower can't be an employee. If you're happy staying ve
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by robfitz 15y ago
For web programming, I like to start by writing a simple blog and add rss, tags, search, etc as I need to learn more. For open source web work, I know Khan Academy needs help and I believe Resig has recently re-vamped their exercise framewo
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by robfitz 15y ago
You are seriously on the wrong site.
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by robfitz 15y ago
Are you talking specifically about app & social games, or would you make the same argument for other distribution channels (console, downloadable, board/card games)? Anyway, excellent article. Looking forward to digging through your arc
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by robfitz 15y ago
A big steak with stir fried veggies, some grilled pineapple, a loaf of french bread, and a nice beer. Starving yourself or eating low energy bullshit is not productive =/
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by robfitz 15y ago
Calling their tech "infinite detail" instead of "voxels" feels no different than calling the iphone screen a "retina display" instead of listing its resolution details. Good marketing is not inherently evil. Here, though, they're suffering
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by robfitz 15y ago
After years of notebook use, I've recently fallen in love with index cards. I hesitate less before writing down a probably-bad idea (some of which turn out to be good) because it won't permanently "contaminate" a notebook. I can sort &
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Quick thoughts on Edge (Adobe's html5 keyframe animator) workflow & practicality
7 points by robfitz 15y ago|1 comments
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by robfitz 15y ago
This feels akin to counting all time in gmail as "work" regardless of what one is reading/writing. The most dangerous distractions are those which disguise their presence. The mental burden of task switching is about changing mindsets, not
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by robfitz 15y ago
Depends a bit who you're selling to and what you're selling. Governments organisations have special data requirements that are difficult for a small startup to reliably promise, for example. Clients and big brands want reliable phone &

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