Viewing profile — inessence

That was me, heh. I responded earlier to this thread as well!

Actually, I did get hired thanks to the Nov 2011 HN thread - one post in particular caught my eye and while I initially just asked for more details, I ended up starting my new posi…

Looks like that's a day old; Groupon's already priced it at $20 a share ( http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/groupon-prices-i-p-o-... ).

Exactly; it's not so much about building a "better" product so much as being able to find a key differentiator (though to be fair, overall quality WOULD be a strong one).