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I don’t get how anyone thinks that spending 100s of hours over and over again on projects that make $0 is a good idea. “Definition of insanity” and all that. You are in denial that…

The White House calling somebody "hostile and political". Hmph.

How did you know he used tools like this one? You sit him down and interrogate him? Or did they own up to it? What was the result? Did you cut them loose?

The industry seems so divided on AI right now. We have interviews where we aren't allowing the use of it (yet interviewees are using stealth AIs to cheat). At the same time, I am a…

"Supabase with a Vercel app" I guess mega geniuses make mistakes too...

Has there ever been a successful SaaS startup that was built with “no code” methods/tools?

Ha, awesome name and username.

"If I was Eddie Vedder Would you like me any better? That's it, I quit, I don't Give a shit" Local H, "Eddie Vedder", 1996

Could you explain what you mean by upward mobility here? If you mean by working more hours, that’s not a novel way to make more money.

Sure, make arguably less than minimum wage but do it whenever you want.

Yeah, surprise surprise, $13/hour is getting close to the average minimum wage ($11.18/hour). Except without any benefits, and all the expenses that would normally be covered by yo…

Yes, this came to my mind. That all this AI work will someday culminate in a generated Lynch Return of the Jedi.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Not many people are going to totally ignore their opportunity costs to join as a "founder-ish" engineer at a startup. I have taken a role like this before, but when I did so, I was…

"Here’s a particularly bleak statistic: a 2021 report showed that almost half of all entrepreneurs earn less than $30,000 a year. That’s less than the average kindergarten teacher—…

Look at Daniel Cormier too. Incredible athlete.

Conversely: “Just because you look the part, doesn’t mean you can play, ask Manute Bol.” - Sage Francis I'm not sure Manute is actually a great example but it's still a good line. …

Ha. Not that anyone lies to VCs or anything.

It’s a great title and idea for an article. Maybe start a blog for the board, and create that article? Signed, Non-expert in content marketing

The title of this post has sparked a good discussion here but it links directly to a job board? I was expecting an article.

I wonder if their product people get their ideas from Hacker News. Just the other day, a top thread comment was about an idea for a social network where you would receive tons of e…

Hacker News.

Right, didn’t send.

Once I found I couldn’t iMessage a .xyz link I decided to stay away…