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by toocool 10y ago
Definitely a sound argument. I didn't specialize in school, I like to have a very broad set of CS skills, I found it immensely useful being able to know a bit of everything. At the same time, in the startup I've been able to speci
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by toocool 10y ago
I have about 7 years of full time experience on my resume, being in most places a functioning individual contributor. In the startup I have been able to explore other skills such as management and interaction with other parts of the busines
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by toocool 10y ago
Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I don't feel comfortable in sharing the names, but if you google "top 30 hedge funds", they'll be there. From the interviews it seems like these companies are actually looking for
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Ask HN: From tech startup to finance. Bad move?
9 points by toocool 10y ago|14 comments
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by toocool 11y ago
I bet my monthly rent covers 6 months of your housing expenses :) I find useful in these cases to compare monthly_income / monthly_rent to get a relative index that is more comparable across countries.
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by toocool 11y ago
From my understanding, titles are not free at all: they present an opportunity cost, especially when the company is on the right trajectory. Promoting someone to VP means that there will not be room to bring a VP from the outside with a tra
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by toocool 11y ago
Consulting might as well be an option, if I just had more free time. The problem is that we are still early enough that I have to work a lot, and it completely drains my professional energy (nowhere close to a burnout, a "healty"
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by toocool 11y ago
> Does the startup have technical founders? Yes, one. > How many rounds of investment have you guys taken on? Seed and Series A. A new round might be coming soon. > How many employees have an equal or higher title than you? On the
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by toocool 11y ago
Thanks for the wisdom, appreciated :)
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by toocool 11y ago
Thanks for your reply. That's an incredibly sound advice, and I feel like I missed a detail in my post: the contribution that I'm giving to this company is requiring me to work a lot (not like crazy, but let's say a good aver
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Ask HN: Any advice for an early startup employee who feels screwed and lonely?
29 points by toocool 11y ago|50 comments
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by toocool 12y ago
The funny thing is that where we are based (LA-area), there's no scarcity at all of developers jobs, so, as I said, the main reason why the founders are getting away with this is because they managed to find people "naive enough&q
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Ask HN: Weird underpaid situation
5 points by toocool 12y ago|6 comments
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Stocks advance to put S&P 500 at a record high(sfgate.com)
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Annual Asset Class Returns(ritholtz.com)
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Charles Bukowski, Letters to John Martin and William Packard(unix.cc.wmich.edu)
5 points by toocool 12y ago|0 comments