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New York City, NY - IAC Mobile ( http://www.iac.com ) We're hiring a few iOS and backend software engineers to work on new mobile ventures in a very startup-y environment. Email me…

ahh, this book looks like a wonderful primer; thank you

Recently read "Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality"; slightly biased, but really thoughtful book. In any case, it got me interested in learning a bit more re: m…

Eh, can't agree with you here; too many obvious examples to the contrary. A lot of people realize their entrepreneurial streak later in life, I'd like to bring that moment of reali…

Oh, I misunderstood what you said; apologies. And I don't know if you're right; I work at a startup, and my search was almost exclusively relegated to VC-backed companies; in fact,…

That's a cool idea! I don't know if it works with that timing, and those constraints, but that's such a cool idea, just conceptually.

Agree with a lot of what you're saying, but not all of it; I want whatever it takes to build amazing new companies that change the world, I don't really care who's doing it, as lon…

But you didn't straight out of college, which is my point. I am in the same boat as you.

Heh, thanks Greg. I may have not expressed it clearly, but when I say "compensation", I mean something that compels the talent you're hiring away from other industries. I think som…

VERY much agree with this; why didn't I have a Sequoia-backed high school startup program? VCs/angels are the ones with the money to support this; forget about the gov't doing it, …

I disagree, I know plenty of students who just need that initial push. Also, anyone who has worked at a startup at a junior level knows equity is usually meaningless, and you're lu…

I don't really see it as a complaint. I'm just mirror-ing what I hear from a lot of people I went to school with; I work at a startup now and I love it. But I know that to attract …

interesting stuff!