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by ztratar 9y ago
Quality can been self-assessed quite readily, and for tricky situations we usually coach people to develop a supporting network outside of Boost. So far we have paying users who are VPs at large companies all the way to College Students. An
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It was posted by our head of coaching. Suspicious? People self post all the time. We didn't run an upvote group, if that's your concern. HN algorithms are way too impressive.
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So first of all, this isn't a bot. I don't think a bot would be able to help with complex political situations very well. As our customer, you're our sole focus. Your needs, desires, goals, etc. We succeed when you succeed, s
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Hey there runT1ME! If you look at people who tend to say they're going to do something vs actually do it, the #1 signal is social support and encouragement. For many, their networks aren't doing these things either. Boost can be t
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by ztratar 9y ago
Only half-kidding you say?! :) - legit curious what you mean by that.
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Boost is 100% confidential. People talk about complex power grabs and political situations all the time. For Boost to work well, people need to be able to trust it with Information thy want confidential.
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We are aware of bubbles and are proud to say we help people across many different industries and socio-economic statuses.
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Hey! Founder & CEO here. Love the emotional response. Hey -- some people have to think it's incredibly stupid for it to be a good idea, right? #vclogic ;) Anyways, we don't see this as just an advisor/coach that you use o
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by ztratar 9y ago
Hey! We are friends with Fouad (founder of StrongIntro) and he let us use the images. :)
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Hey dtft! Boost can do things that help you daily or weekly such as: - Review communications (inbound and outbound) - Help you develop new skills and stay up to date - Assist you with targeted networking - And much more. Overall, this is a
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by ztratar 9y ago
One thing I want to mention is our upcoming event! We'll be hosting Amjad Masad, Founder of Repl.it and former JS Tech Lead at Facebook where they built projects like React Native, BabelJS, and Jest. Tickets are free. Event is in SF on
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Love Repl.it! And with Google I/O yesterday, this is very appropriate.
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Hey Fecak! Fantastic -- and important -- question. We have trained career coaches on staff, an advisory board for coaching, and an extensive network of experts who are within reach. Through all of this, each conversation acts as a knowledge
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Shift+Enter is usually reserved to make a new line, wherease command or ctrl+enter is used to submit. Does that work for you?
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Hey there! We're looking to scale this in a similar way as Facebook M -- where our coaches on staff have control over specific bots with specific purposes, and can leverage an entire world of data/knowledge to quickly craft person
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Thanks for the feedback! There's actually currently an AB test where we remove topics. It seems that most people are confused by this, and it created a strange flow in the conversations. A topic is basically an entire chat engagement,
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Hey Elfen! Founder here -- thank you. :) We're always looking to hone in our pitch and improve the product. If you or anyone else here has feedback, let me know.
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Awesome use for GraphQL!
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Main thing: solve problems, don't fight them. If it appears you must fight really, really hard to fix an issue and there isn't a clear way to move the needle without potential work, move on (avoid sunk cost fallacy) and figure out
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by ztratar 9y ago
Hey! I've dealt with burnout myself (although in a different role) and run a career coaching/advising startup that has helped hundreds with similar issues ( https://getboost.io ) First, your specific questions: - Burnout
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You make quite a claim, and then only discuss speed and throughput. App boxes are usually pretty easy to scale up (and cheap). The efficiency of your app layer in terms of I/O is very rare the bottleneck for a scaled application. The b
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Love Amjad and Repl.it!!!! :D
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This is fascinating -- likely one of the biggest moves a company has taken to foster and cultivate open-source. Working full-time on anything that isn't providing a reliable source of income is frightening and I think it's prevent
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GraphQL: A Tutorial for Getting Started (Hello World)(jobstart.com)
55 points by ztratar 10y ago|9 comments
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Absolutely agree, Matt! We run our operations with transparency. It takes a lot of loyalty and trust in order to be transparent from a managerial perspective, but if people don't like real data they may not be a fit anyways for the com
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Should I Leave My Startup?(jobstart.com)
2 points by ztratar 10y ago|2 comments
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“Career Journeys” Video Interview with Steve Corona, Former Founder of Twitpic(jobstart.com)
1 points by ztratar 10y ago|0 comments
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Founder fatigue is a serious problem, so it's nice to see something -- anything -- being done about it. I'm curious how the hyper-logical mindset of most founders will mix with the spiritual ethos of this calling. I think there&#x
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How to Land More Interviews Using Email(jobstart.com)
5 points by ztratar 10y ago|0 comments
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We are completely creatures of habit. That's a pretty great habit that you've developed, Nathanael. I think the importance of the little enjoyable things is easy to understate -- like watering the plants.

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