zmitri

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   by zmitri 14y ago

   Aviary's filters are actually quite bad (I've done a bunch of research on this because we open sourced a live filter camera picker for iOS) so I'm not sure what Twitter is trying to accomplish with this either. That being said, I think good
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   I'm on the other side of the fence now. Yes, it's much harder, and much more stressful, but it's on my terms. There's a lot more to this story, but I've decided to draw this out over a couple posts. Funny you mention being risk averse. I've
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   If I were American and didn't need an H1B, It would have happened a year earlier.
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   Surprisingly similar to my situation when I quit (except I didn't have a baby, and I'm not American). So nice to hear things turned out.
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   Not a problem. Looking back, I admit it was nice to be able to get "instant" credibility, but if you know you are going to eventually pull the trigger, the sooner the better.
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   I am definitely not qualified to write that one!
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   Exactly.
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   That's fair, but unfortunately that's probably the least important detail of the article. I'm still learning how to write blog posts so I'll take that into consideration in the future. I changed it to reflect the fact that many people, whet
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   by zmitri 14y ago

   I totally agree with you, which is why I tried to list out a bunch of things I noticed. There are lots of different approaches when your job starts to sour, but for me, it wasn't just about finding a new job. By the way, I was actually desc
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Well, I thought about it for a while, and realized it wasn't worth it waiting N years to get a green card. I filed a petition to go from H1B status to B2 tourist and asked for 3 months to stay in the country to finish up my affairs. After t
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    A young person's guide to quitting your day job(arbor.posterous.com)

    103 points by zmitri 14y ago|65 comments
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Guido --> Dropbox Matz --> Heroku Rasmus --> WePay
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Your pricing seems way off (too high). What exactly am I paying for that I couldn't do quite easily?
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    In the article it mentions neighbors not having to deal with ever changing tenants.
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Woah, this is very recent! An article published today: http://betabeat.com/2012/11/david-tisch-techstars-new-york-c...
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Out of anyone I've met personally in NYC, Rap Genius dudes seem by far the smartest investment. Hard to make sweeping calls like that until you see numbers, meet the founders, and hear about the vision.
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    I think a lot of money got thrown around too quickly and now investors are being much more wary. With TechStars NYC going on hiatus, and things like this happening, sounds like trouble ahead in NYC. Find it more interesting though how criti
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    Browse HN by Active Threads(news.ycombinator.com)

    1 points by zmitri 14y ago|0 comments
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    The "virality" of an app is so important and yet overlooked by many first time consumer app creators. Even if you make an absolutely beautiful app, chances are most people won't share from it if you don't focus on that 100%. I am literally
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Who is the CEO? I thought Tikhon was, but he is gone from the team page https://parse.com/about/team
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Here's a youtube video from 2010 of almost exactly the same presentation he gave at startup school http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4 If you need to be assured that it's the same talk, here's a live blog from sus2012 http://bac
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    I tried to summarize it here http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap Supposedly he gave a very similar talk in 2009 and it's somewhere on youtube.
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    For those who weren't there, Trello was funded by Fog Creek employees investing their bonuses into developing the product. I thought his slides also added a lot. Very straight forward and clear -- he almost didn't need to speak.
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    I totally agree. Her talk was by far the most practical, and provided serious actionable advice. I really liked it! I also agree that Travis was probably the only one who didn't give much insight or advice into entrepreneurship, which was u
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Here's a summary I made with backspaces: http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap also more at http://backspac.es/tag/sus2012
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Thanks. I totally see it. Will have a think on alternative designs.
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Backspaces ( http://backspac.es ). It's the app you're looking at it with. If you want to be more specific about what makes it unclear I would love if you emailed me at dmitri at backspac.es and let me know.
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    Definitely true. It's pretty cool to think back and imagine gas companies, airlines, or basically anything that has now been commoditized on an industrial scale and imagine them being built as a two or three person team. I'd love to read a
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    Show HN: I travelled cross-country to Startup School only using YC apps(backspac.es)

    38 points by zmitri 14y ago|8 comments
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    by zmitri 14y ago

    C-x C-c I believe Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer :)