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Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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I'd pay $10k to figure out what exactly is wrong with my body. I've had constant injuries or issue with my shoulder, knee, and back for the past 5 years. Feels like I'm falling apart due to old age but I'm not even past 25 yet.

If you're in or around NYC (or can get there), go see Kevin Paretti - Kinephys.com. I was in a similar boat, had surgery, saw 10+ PTs over 4 years. Within 6 months of seeing this guy I was back to full contact sports. Hands down 10x better than anyone else I saw.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't feel like any of these ideas are worth $10k to most people, to be perfectly honest. 10k for a LI api to a company page? I don't get it.

You are most likely right, but OP was asking what was worth $10K to me personally, not what I thought would be worth $10K to others :) Just giving my domain-specific 2 cents.

Also its you as a business who will probably on-sell that info for $500 a month to each client.

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I'm aware of luxury services that provide similar services, but I would pay 10k for a matchmaking service that could guarantee a lifetime connection with partner. It could be a service that goes the extra mile in terms of discovery to find someone compatible in terms of values, interests and hobbies, etc.

No one can guarantee a lifetime connection. Relationships take work, and people are complicated. They change over time. All one can do is put in the work and appreciate the time when it's going well.

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I do a lot of freelancing but I have difficulty dealing with clients while doing the heavy lifting of tech work. Programming can be emotionally exhausting, and it's worse when dealing with clients who are manipulative. I'd gladly pay $10,000 for someone who could just handle sales and customer service for a project that pays $20,000 or more.

You should check out Toptal / Gigster.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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A few things I suppose:

- A mentor: I guess what Mark Hanna was to Jordan Belfort - I'm an undergraduate and just starting out my career, it would be cool to have a good, close friend who has experience, has a large network, etc, and would be willing to show me the ropes

- A financial advisor: A bit similar to the latter, a good friend who shares knowledge with me about finance, is open to endless questions, helps me with my finances (investing, etc)

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Extremely competent, perfectionist healthcare. Ideally the money would directly fund studies and the program would offer opportunities to participate in studies as well. Focus should not just be on acute issues, but the smaller quirks that a lot of people have. As an aside, most medical doctors i've encountered have a very bad confidence/merit ratio.

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I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the Linkedin company updates for any single company. I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me real-time Asian news (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) content that matches a keyword. I would pay $10,000 for an API that classifies an article into a topic such as politics, tech, etc. I would pay $10,000 for an API that shows me the annual/monthly trends for FB likes, Twitter fol…

Want to exchange information? I can provide at least 3 of those APIs almost immediately. Working in the same industry, pretty solid technology.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the Linkedin company updates for any single company. I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me real-time Asian news (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) content that matches a keyword. I would pay $10,000 for an API that classifies an article into a topic such as politics, tech, etc. I would pay $10,000 for an API that shows me the annual/monthly trends for FB likes, Twitter fol…

Want to exchange information? I can provide at least 3 of those APIs almost immediately. Working in the same industry, pretty solid technology.

sure email me at henley dot wing at gmail.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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I do a lot of freelancing but I have difficulty dealing with clients while doing the heavy lifting of tech work. Programming can be emotionally exhausting, and it's worse when dealing with clients who are manipulative. I'd gladly pay $10,000 for someone who could just handle sales and customer service for a project that pays $20,000 or more.

When you say handle sales, do you mean handle product development for each project that you have landed? So basically an account manager? Or do you mean someone that goes and lines up new sales? Just want to get specifics, so everybody understands what is being discussed.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

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I'd pay $10k to figure out what exactly is wrong with my body. I've had constant injuries or issue with my shoulder, knee, and back for the past 5 years. Feels like I'm falling apart due to old age but I'm not even past 25 yet.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21811497_The_coloni...

Maybe get tested for kissing bug disease (assuming you are American). It can significantly impact the joints and is seldom tested for.

If you have it, I take PayPal.;)

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