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by yashchandra 14y ago
What you can do is to start looking outside first. Try and negotiate the raise with the new potential employer. The chances of getting it outside are higher than your current employer agreeing to that kind of a raise.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Before we get into the discussion about what you should be worth., pure numbers show that you are asking to go from 45,000 to 55,000+10% = 60,500. That is almost 35% raise from your current base. I have been in your situation before and i
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Exactly the reason why I am so paranoid about third party APIs. I even asked this over a HN post here but did not get much response. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4162370
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by yashchandra 14y ago
i like this one: http://www.ideaswatch.com
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Person to blame: A Boss to 'A': what happened ? why the bug ? 'A' to boss: I just checked in the code. It was done by 'B'. Boss to 'B': hey what happened ? Why the bug ? 'B' to boss: I just merged the code from 'C'. boss to 'C': hey what ha
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Short answer: It depends. Long answer: In my experience, prototype is used very loosely and can mean many things. But the point is that a prototype is not a fully functioning app/system/software yet. It is used to demonstrate the possible f
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"They could still have the plaintext password in memory during the registration process" This is even worse IMO. so they are sending me a cleartext password that may or may not have been stored in db yet ? what if the db write process abort
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Why is it so tough to kill Email(blog.yashchandra.com)
1 points by yashchandra 14y ago|1 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Start with a python micro-framework such as flask. you can easily install it and it has its own dev. server which means you do not need any server configuration etc. to start with. That is what I am doing right now. If you get further along
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The world will not end in 2012 because Marty McFly visited 2015(articles.chicagotribune.com)
2 points by yashchandra 14y ago|0 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I have a hotmail account but i have not used it for years since gmail. So technically am I a user of hotmail ?
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"Do we open up the product and let people create a newsletter (takes just 5 minutes) and require them to login only when they want to publish?" Bingo. Do exactly that. As a user, I will love it that you are letting me try the product befor
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by yashchandra 14y ago
as in "hey did you see my graduation pictures online? Yes, I facebooked it yesterday." OR "I am facebooking about 2 hours a day"
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Ask HN: Is it time the word Facebook is declared a verb (like Google)?
1 points by yashchandra 14y ago|3 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Go ahead. Do it. What is the worst that can happen ? You learn a lot more while trying to create the book. What is the best that can happen ? You make some money along the way. Win-win situation I would say.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I wish I could upvote this one forever. lol
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"I think getting broken into is the biggest problem here" Perhaps. But that still does not undermine the importance of storing passwords securely with encryption. The idea is not to completely avoid an attack (crackers are pretty determined
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by yashchandra 14y ago
It is high time a site's registration form/process has a confirmation box confirming that they do not store passwords unencrypted before the user clicks "sign me up". This is getting ridiculous. I unfortunately used another site recently
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Is the screening process automated through some algorithm or it is manual? Just wondering because that is the toughest problem to crack.
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Ask HN: Why should any serious business use a third party API?
2 points by yashchandra 14y ago|1 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I don't think there is any confusion. BOA is definitely one of the worst offenders.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
what is your business model? the landing page seems fine but are you saying that we sign up for FREE and can win a lottery pool ?
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by yashchandra 14y ago
so do you have paying customers ? If yes, what is the approx. volume ?
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Do you have paying users ? How many if yes ?
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Found this on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4129306
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Can you provide some specific pain points ? Is it just the fact that there are several silo databases or records but there is no single centralized repository of EMR ? The question is: what is the incentive for a medical instituion to adopt
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by yashchandra 14y ago
timezone issue ?
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by yashchandra 14y ago
It is not a bug. It is a feature :)
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Ask HN: Is any bootstrapped startup running their own servers?
8 points by yashchandra 14y ago|15 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I was going to recommend "2001: A space Odyssey". But non-fiction might rule that one out ?

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