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Re: Ask HN: Team for Hire?

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Post by heminasti » Mon, Oct 10, 2016, 8:09 PM UTC

LargeCompanies wrote: post #25

wilwade wrote: post #13

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1) Outside of family and homes, the cost of living is just crazy. Especially with a family. Also the area is more family friendly than SF (since I was there last). Commute is short and easy. Plus trees (different than SF). 2) Yes 3) No 4) As always comments are my own and may not reflect the opinions of my employer. (They have been quite kind in offering time and space to assist in job transition.) 5) These differ ar…

Heck yeah anywhere in TN vs. SAN Francisco. There's about a zero homeless epedemic(it's very sad to see/experience how many suffer on the streets there) in Nashville and elsewhere compared to the Mecca of that SAN Fran. Cost of living is great.. mountains.. fresh air.. no people shouting crazy stuff with a megaphone and more. Note I live and am from the D.C. area and graduated from MTSU.. visited SAN Fran many times…

Like, as long as you can ignore it, it doesn't bother you, right? Homeless and crazy people make me, like, super sad and scared too. I totally get it. I'd live in Tennessee in a second if only there were no black people. It's so depressing having to see racism.

Re: Ask HN: Team for Hire?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 10, 2016, 8:18 PM UTC

stray wrote: post #88

bbarn wrote: post #44

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Funny, as a cyclist - Chatanooga was a really exciting prospect for a trip. There's beautiful mountains to ride on, great looking roads, etc... but the locals were awful to deal with when we went. I have had less altercations and negative experiences with people in Chicago than there. Boulder on the other hand was always great for that. Chatanooga proper seems to have done it's best to be welcoming, but it's the moun…

Very clear non-whites weren't welcome? I'm going to have to ask for proof because it hasn't been 1961 for a very long time now. And Chatty is a very very long way from Vidor, Texas.

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Re: Ask HN: Team for Hire?

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Post by heminasti » Mon, Oct 10, 2016, 8:33 PM UTC

bbarn wrote: post #96

stray wrote: post #88

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Very clear non-whites weren't welcome? I'm going to have to ask for proof because it hasn't been 1961 for a very long time now. And Chatty is a very very long way from Vidor, Texas.

I'm specifically referencing confederate flags and signs that said "Trespassers will be shot, niggers will be shot twice", when riding up in the mountains, on rural but modern paved roads. I could probably dig up specific garmin files from the rides but it was more than one place. This was 2014, not 1961.

+1

When you live in the South and see yourself as a good person and surround yourself primarily with liberal types, I think it can be easy to miss how pervasive the behavior you associate with "the hicks and rednecks" really is.

Especially if you are a little bit redneck yourself. When you're white and haven't lived anywhere different it's hard to imagine how it would feel to live in the South under other circumstances.

It hurts a little if you love your friends and family and hometown. But the South is a racist place; so is the US, but there's a particular character to and acceptance of it in the South that I think one might accurately describe as "worse."

Re: Ask HN: Team for Hire?

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Post by tehwebguy » Tue, Oct 11, 2016, 7:16 AM UTC

LargeCompanies wrote: post #25

wilwade wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) Outside of family and homes, the cost of living is just crazy. Especially with a family. Also the area is more family friendly than SF (since I was there last). Commute is short and easy. Plus trees (different than SF). 2) Yes 3) No 4) As always comments are my own and may not reflect the opinions of my employer. (They have been quite kind in offering time and space to assist in job transition.) 5) These differ ar…

Heck yeah anywhere in TN vs. SAN Francisco. There's about a zero homeless epedemic(it's very sad to see/experience how many suffer on the streets there) in Nashville and elsewhere compared to the Mecca of that SAN Fran. Cost of living is great.. mountains.. fresh air.. no people shouting crazy stuff with a megaphone and more. Note I live and am from the D.C. area and graduated from MTSU.. visited SAN Fran many times…

> doesn't see the suffering in Baltimore

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Re: Ask HN: Team for Hire?

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Post by sailfast » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 9:05 PM UTC

mrfusion wrote: post #94

sailfast wrote: post #75

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Well - this is a broad question and sales / pipeline building is an art all its own that is industry specific BUT assuming you want to build products for people for hire you might: - Identify a number of potential network contacts working for companies that may need the help, reach out to them, tell them about what you're doing and ask to meet for coffee to talk about how you can help them - Work your network to see…

How do you contact a cto or cio?

Call them? E-mail them? Find them on Twitter and reply to an issue they're having? Dig in and do research about their market and the problems you often encounter in that market, say you can help, and ask for fifteen minutes or coffee depending on the culture of the company.