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Exactly the same for me. Edit: they just updated their status page for this.

In addition to the considerations others have mentioned, I would say from a strictly expected monetary value, a successful consultant will make more money than the first technical …

A day off every other week. Typical work week is 40 hrs/week. With 9/80, you split 2 weeks of work over 9 days and take the 10th off.

Ugh, you need a new product team if doing that is the norm. It's gonna happen sometimes, but shouldn't all the time. Maybe you can push back on them before getting too far into the…

Some things here (meetings, bad managers, etc.) are all too true, but not unique to software development/developers! The most frustrating is when I am completely convinced a change…

It's hard to say if it's a good offer without knowing how well you're currently being paid compared to market for the salary, and what you would bring to the company. That said, 5%…

Those companies decided to build their own solutions rather than use others not due to distrust, but because they saw a business opportunity. They all use 3rd party products somewh…

I agree with the thoughts others have written about fear of losing the best employees. In addition, I think a lot of managers keep things secret because they hope to avoid difficul…

Assuming you can convince him to join at whatever stock distribution is acceptable to him, you, and your other founder, you might not need to worry about what's left for future inv…

Couple things. You identified one thing to work on, which is not to panic. The other thing is that if that's all the feedback you got, it's pretty subjective. If you have a good re…

From a preference standpoint, I had assumed that founders were in the same boat as employees most of the time (especially first-time founders), just that they have a lot more stock…

My first reaction was to think that (b*d)/c was a cool way of expressing how to go after the low hanging fruit, or get the biggest bang for the buck. After thinking about it for a …

Reading through your responses, I'm not sure I can give you great advice because the two large software companies I've worked at welcomed moves out of what you call sustaining engi…

Great idea, hope that you are successful with this! If you're able to get good, verified reviews, the site will be tremendously valuable. The other area I'd personally like, which …

For US (not sure if it's the same in UK), you might go with a provisional patent filing only. It's a lot easier and less expensive to file. You then have a year (I believe) to file…

Congrats on the progress you've made so far. Personally, it doesn't sound like a co-founder. It's not clear whether you think he wants that title specifically or just a lot of equi…

You clarified for me the misgivings I've had with Invision. I've used it a few times on projects (as more of a stakeholder than core team member), and it just never seemed to live …

First off, if the stress is truly constant, I would advise you to do at least a consultation with a mental health professional. Can't hurt, and no one here has a whole lot of conte…

Well, a flat response of "Nope, don't have any questions," or something similar would possibly make you appear more uninterested than lame. Depends on how engaging the conversation…

For me, the negotiation has been different with each job, and has depended on whether I sought them out or they sought me out. You don't say your situation. Let's assume I'm satisf…

Some good thoughts on here. Pretty graceless comment on her part. Without having any context, my first guess is that it speaks more to her issues than yours. I've been married for …

There's a lot on Cooley's website -- http://www.cooleygo.com I have not been through much of it, but the General Counsel of a former employer pointed me there. What I've seen looks…

Seems pretty shady. Deferred raise, or bonus based on revenues, would be fine. I assume in this particular example, they mean to replace cash now with options, but it's worded stra…

No way any architect should know nothing about writing code, or have no dev experience. It is ok if they don't know everything, but would expect anyone in a senior position to know…