Ask HN: What do I do if my co-founder is playing video games? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What do I do if my co-founder is playing video games?

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Post by uberman » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 1:50 AM UTC

nightfly wrote: post #5

uberman wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The player is the co-founder, not a co-worker. Does that change your recommendation at all?

Why should it? Founders aren't robots

Since they are a co-founder, who is "the management" that is going to see individual performance issues and solve them? I hope you don't think that "the board" will know in a vacuum that an individual is underperforming...

Re: Ask HN: What do I do if my co-founder is playing video games?

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Post by armchairhacker » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:15 AM UTC

Challenge him to a game, winner takes the loser's stake in the company.

Re: Ask HN: What do I do if my co-founder is playing video games?

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Post by adawg4 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 3:30 AM UTC

Make them ceo

Re: Ask HN: What do I do if my co-founder is playing video games?

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Post by phendrenad2 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 5:49 AM UTC

In the office? When he/she should be working? During board meetings? At home? Are you peering in the window? Is he/she winning?

Re: Ask HN: What do I do if my co-founder is playing video games?

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Post by ssss11 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 10:53 AM UTC

If it’s a gaming startup I’d say they’re hard at work testing product! Otherwise I wouldn’t care whether it’s gaming versus _insert any other non-work activity_ unless the work isn’t getting done.

If it’s not getting done I’d focus the inevitable conversation on that metric, not the gaming.