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"Stupid and superficial" is a good description of today's low-need, low-investment, small-problem start-up environment.

>In other words, you will do what 99% of all applicants will do, even the ones that didn't really want the job in the first place: you'll tell the interviewer what you think they w…

Of course you can shop around for a doctor who will diagnose and prescribe what you want. All you have to do is find someone who will completely disregard medical ethics in the nam…

Actually, I'd say the #1 thing not to ask me in an interview is "What is your passion?". Did you really want to hear about my time between the sheets with my wife? No. Did you real…

Frankly, if you can stretch your degree into an additional year or take summer classes, do it. My primary regret from university (May 2011) is that I graduated in 3.5 years. On the…

If you made $250k and lived off $50k/year, after taxes and about 6 or 7 years you'd have $1 million in the bank. After 10 years you'd definitely have enough to generate a perpetual…

Take the libertarian claptrap somewhere else, please. The person entitled to determine whether you should take Adderall is your doctor .

Isn't this just really a nicer Craigslist with some social-trust components?

One of the few things that actually stands to make a difference in this zone is the possible implementation of crowdfunding laws. If small, new businesses like start-ups could actu…

Ah, the old Giga Drill Breaker model. Easily said, a joy if done willingly, but an incredible pain to make others go through. Group heroism is... difficult.

Welp, I need to work more. Google is quickly creating my customer base.

They advertise no jobs at all outside of San Francisco and Houston. They base everything on GitHub, screwing over those of us who have been using Sourceforge, Google Code, Bitbucke…

By that standard, what's not a dead-end job? Today you develop software, tomorrow you... develop more software?

>But I just wish more people would have the gumption to say 'I made a big set of money hats for myself, my investors and my employees, and I feel great about it'. It would be great…