siracguy

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by siracguy 4y ago
Here's a reason to think about trial period rather than very limited functionality free-forever. I don't know who you are targeting, but I would imagine that the customer sweet spot for you would be the intersection of: - Trader
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by siracguy 4y ago
As an advanced(!) retail trader, this looks very interesting. I haven't signed up yet. Looking at your pricing structure, I don't quite understand - does the free tier mean that once you look at five pages of data, your free usage
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About life and work in central Appalachia(qz.com)
2 points by siracguy 9y ago|0 comments
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by siracguy 16y ago
This is a question a friend of mine has been closely researching recently - more specifically: Where do you search for Software Executive jobs [Sr Dir/VP-level] at small-to-midsize and larger companies? His answer so far: Monster (good), Li
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by siracguy 16y ago
I personally know several people who have moved back to India, both to start up Internet companies and to work at senior levels in multi-nationals. Given the increasing amount of outsourcing going on at Silicon Valley companies, it's harder
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by siracguy 16y ago
Yes, this industry is still very young. Another way to think about it is that we still build software the way they built cars in 1905 - to a large extent, most products are build from scratch by hand to serve a very specific set of requirem
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by siracguy 16y ago
One approach I've found useful when trying to meet any of the speakers at a conference (which I assume includes the FAMOUS GUY you refer to): find the speaker in some other setting at the conference, such as when everyone picks up a boxed l
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by siracguy 16y ago
This is what I was thinking as well as I followed this thread. What we call "intuition" is often a conclusion from our subconscious mind based on cues and observations of which we may not be explicitly aware. In other words, our mind is con
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by siracguy 16y ago
The problem is that most people are used to blue links to indicate clickability, and use this information subconsciously. If you make the links gray, you have to train users to click on those, and it's yet another barrier to actions/clicks/
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by siracguy 16y ago
Interesting! I wonder if the same (or similar) rules apply to ending actual face-to-face conversations?
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by siracguy 16y ago
This is off-topic for programming, not exactly HN-fodder, but I guarantee these books will help you in your career [and are easy reading to boot]: The Goal - by Eliyahu Goldratt Never Eat Alone - by Keith Ferrazzi
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by siracguy 16y ago
Thank you, Denny. That's a good point about self-employment tax. Yes, that was my plan, to do it myself, but I find that I'm spending quite a lot of time on busy activities like this - as a follower of MVP/Steve-Blank, I'd rather be out tal
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Ask HN: Recommendations for inexpensive startup accountant in Silicon Valley?
4 points by siracguy 16y ago|2 comments