yashchandra

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by yashchandra 14y ago
"spend about a week trying to understand your customers needs and figuring out how to better serve them" Effective blogging is one of the ways to do this. The point is not about blogging just for the sake of bloggin. Point is about spreadin
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I switched from iPhone to HTC radar windows 7.5 and love it. It has its own app store though which may not have every app that iPhone has but I personally don't care.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I have worked on trading floor most of my corporate life so far. I am so used to loud noise, paper planes, ball throwing, swearing etc. that I forget sometimes that loud noise is actually a hinderance at work. People like us consider it a p
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by yashchandra 14y ago
But it is worth learning about. Also, it shows that it is possible though very unlikely.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Thanks. pretty good.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
This one is awesome. Thanks
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Performance appraisal at large corporations definitely suck. Reasons are many. But the point that managers or companies miss is the fact that performance cannot/should not just be appraised at the end of the year by collecting feedback. It
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Ask HN: Is there a site where people share bootstrapped stories?
14 points by yashchandra 14y ago|6 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
1,8 in that order for me.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
A developer can definitely produce software independently. I do that as well. But the question is about selling that software to the business users. This is where a good BA/PM comes in again. I have said before that in small setup such as s
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by yashchandra 14y ago
You took it literally when i said "go home". Fine I will refine it for you. Go home as in go build the next product.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"Seen any freelancing PMs or BA?" Seen many.If you understand business domains, have experience dealing with lines of business, managers, executives, you can freelance. Not everyone needs to (or should) write code.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
after almost 50 comments, I say let the developers, BAs,PM, QAs all win. After all, we all want to get the project out of the door, make some money on the way and go home.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"I know they get paid better for doing what i Don't want to do" You summed it up well. BA/PMs do the dirty work that developers can be shielded from. Dealing with people is always a dirty work but extremely difficult to master. A good BA/PM
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by yashchandra 14y ago
sure. try to be the first point of contact for a massive project for anyone under the sun including fellow developers, business users, IT heads, business heads, internal consultants, external consultants, SMEs etc etc. If you can handle a
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by yashchandra 14y ago
I used to be a programmer who transitioned into BA/PM role lately. I see and understand the pains of both sides. Sometimes, I want to switch into the technical/programmer mode where I want to solve/code the thing myself. The point is that t
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"a good developer should be able to take on all three roles" I generally would agree with you but it is not that simple. A good BA or PM can do lot of dirty work that the programmers can be shielded from in order to focus on their core valu
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Agreed with multiple versions of Resume. I have always believed that what you know does not matter. What you can offer the prospective employer that they are looking for, matters. Big difference.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"But you would say anyway that it would do more harm then good?" Not at all. It may not do any harm but it may not do you any good necesarily. Usually, recruiter/managers scan only for 2-3 seconds unless they find specifics that they like.Y
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by yashchandra 14y ago
" am a soon to-be new graduate " I am assuming you do not have any real world experience yet other than internships possibly. In that case, anything over 1 page is overkill in your case. In general, 2-3 pages is max. that a Resume should ha
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Nice. but the definition of "cold" varies in different parts of the world or even USA. i like the app though.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Definitely a good move. The idea is not just that you might get hired. The idea is to get visibility to the outside world of people, share what you know and learn more in the process or just enjoy yourself while you blog. Of course, your ch
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Ok thanks all. So you can possibly get an EIN using an agent. But I am sure that you cannot incorporate certain entities such as S-corp (which I own btw). But good learning otherwise.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Interesting points. Yes there are many parameters that could be application specific but i was wondering if some of them could potentially be provided as libraries ? for example, able to select subdomain style vs. others, set a billing cycl
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by yashchandra 14y ago
One thing to note. The blog writer Girish already had lived in the US before and had a social security number without which I do not think you can get a federal EIN. So if you have never been to the USA, you cannot have a social security nu
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by yashchandra 14y ago
sorry you misunderstood or I did not ask clearly. I am not looking for just a framework. I am alread aware of ROR and Django. I am looking for a framework that can help build Software-as-a-service (SAAS) applications.
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Ask HN: Is there an open source SAAS framework?
2 points by yashchandra 14y ago|6 comments
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by yashchandra 14y ago
"I'm looking for $105k but your company is so awesome that I might just be willing to give up a bit in exchange for $AWESOME_PERK." Good luck negotiating that unless you are in high demand. Also I don't quite follow your argument. The only
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by yashchandra 14y ago
http://www.onstartups.com by dharmesh shah.
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by yashchandra 14y ago
Then using this logic, why only ban iPad purchase. Why not laptops, PDA etc. Point is that it is stupid to do what this particular apple store did. They assumed that just because the person spoke foreign, they are foreigners and not US citi

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