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by vogt 10y ago
I live in Pullman WA. It is certainly very nice here but there is not a lot to do, and it is very much in the middle of nowhere. We rent a 3BR, 3BA house with a massive yard for $1400/mo. You couldn't put a price on the peace of m
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by vogt 10y ago
Cool stuff here. I'm getting to the point in my career and life where I'd like to remain working in tech, but I've realized the major cities of the world just aren't any place for someone like me. My priorities revolve a
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by vogt 10y ago
I actually think we agree more than it may seem, even if not entirely. I too am no longer comfortable working for or with those people. I just think it's egregiously bad form for a CEO to send a mass email calling for X group to quit i
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by vogt 10y ago
Maloney's email was terrible. I would never want to work for someone like that, and never will if I can avoid it. It was a kind and wonderful thing to send a company-wide email saying something to the tune of "If you ever feel mar
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by vogt 10y ago
As a die hard Noir buff, I love that there is someone who has retired from the SV scene and now dedicates their time to not just noir film history, but specifically as it pertains to San Francisco.
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by vogt 10y ago
I'm not trying to underestimate anybody. I don't think it's a stretch to say that this material is not exactly on-brand for a monthly razor company, hence the surprise.
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by vogt 10y ago
No, not at all. Just not who I expected to be the source of a post like this, is all. A flat out shocker, to be honest.
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by vogt 10y ago
Interesting content marketing from, uh, Dollar Shave Club.
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by vogt 10y ago
Yes, that is definitely a fair point. Also for clarity's sake I'm a designer but the principles here are the same.
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by vogt 10y ago
Since Oct 2012, I've gone from $32k, to $44k, to $75k, to $85k (and killer benefits) now. None of these were in SF, NYC, LA, Boston or Austin. All from switching jobs.
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by vogt 10y ago
FullStory is a vastly better offering than Inspectlet IMO. I rarely see a feature done as poorly as Inspectlet's search/filtering is. Just absolutely terrible. Don't know if I'm the only one on that, or what. If this is
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by vogt 10y ago
It helps when you aren't in The San Francisco Bubble. I have hired programmers in cities that aren't as flush with talent (Dallas, for one example), and make no mistake: age made absolutely no difference. We just wanted good progr
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by vogt 10y ago
Thanks! I don't know of anything to speak of like Tony's courses but they look great and I will try them. http://adamschwartz.co/magic-of-css/ This material, while not a course per se, was really integral to
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by vogt 10y ago
I really like these, thank you.
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by vogt 10y ago
I'm a UI designer who has a pretty strong mastery of HTML and CSS and am just starting to really dive into JavaScript. I will use this material to learn and let you know how it goes. My goal is to have a strong mastery of the fundament
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by vogt 10y ago
Hope things improve. I can relate to a lot of what you are saying. Guessing you're probably at desert manor or siegel suites. For whatever it's worth, I'm younger and you really have got me thinking about a lot of the choices
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by vogt 10y ago
i addressed that at the end of the post. i left working with the Shark before that show, Beyond The Tank, (an entirely different program) started. some of my former co-workers actually made an appearance though. i would guess that show is a
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by vogt 10y ago
I worked for one of the Sharks specifically in dealing with their Shark Tank investments. It is not a lie. The verbal agreements on the show are just that. This founder is saying things out of spite because his deal fell through in due dili
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by vogt 10y ago
Bummer. I know that reality exists, it's just unfortunate. I wouldn't want to work for anyone who had that attitude if I had the option.
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by vogt 10y ago
Weird. I have found this to basically never be the case. Even some of the worst managers I've had have supported learning on the clock, through reading materials, tutorials, or otherwise. I've even had some jobs where learning tim
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by vogt 10y ago
There are things like clearances and drug tests that a lot of people in tech find prohibitive to working for a defense contractor.
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by vogt 10y ago
The nuance both you and the parent commenter are missing is that editing text feels like a chore to Joe/Jane User, and controlling a GUI doesn't.
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by vogt 10y ago
Designer here. If there's anything I wish I had done differently from the beginning it would have been to learn the "professional" soft skills like delegation and diplomacy early on, particularly with management/business
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by vogt 11y ago
I sometimes hide under my desk after hitting command+z. That pinwheel of death is just unacceptable at the rate in which I see it while performing such a critical and rudimentary action. I still couldn't imagine going back to Photoshop
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by vogt 11y ago
I have to know, simply because you're the only one I've known who has mentioned Zao on HN: which small record label did you own?
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by vogt 11y ago
The big difference seems to be that bots built on this platform are not to be used as an ad delivery mechanism, like, say, outbound.io. The App Review section of the docs makes this a little clearer of what is acceptable and what isn't
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by vogt 11y ago
Scarface and Django Unchained are movies for twelve year olds?
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by vogt 11y ago
This is a common and unfortunate knock against Netflix. People conflate Netflix not having what they like with not providing good content. Most of those movies are massive critical hits and huge cult films.
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by vogt 11y ago
My nest cam is a cool device but hardly functions the way it should. Super frustrating. Not really very surprised by learning all this.
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by vogt 11y ago
Like I said, it was just my 2 cents for what they are worth here when Jason is being called a bully to people. I don't expect my experience to be analogous in the VC world or anything.

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