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Tell HN: I quit my job Starting full-time on my startup on Monday.

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Re: Tell HN: I quit my job Starting full-time on my startup on Monday.

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Maybe I have a bad habit of criticizing company names, but you should be aware of the word's definition if you aren't, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/actionable 1. furnishing ground for a lawsuit.

Heh, we're aware of that. Although the other definition works for us. "Relating to or being information that allows a decision to be made or action to be taken."

I'm also not sure how many people noticed but the name is IActionable not iActionable. It comes from the concept of Interfaces types which many object-oriented languages have.

Re: Tell HN: I quit my job Starting full-time on my startup on Monday.

#33
post #9

Congratulations!!! That's exactly the feedback I got from my former coworkers as well - 95% were very happy, and had the "well, at least someone is getting out of here for the better things" attitude. Keep in mind though - you'll have to be working much harder than you ever did at your day job ;)) Good luck!

I got the exact same response when I left my job a few weeks earlier. I was pleasantly surprised with the overwhelming positive response and support almost from everyone (friends, acquaintances, (ex)co-workers etc). I am based near Delhi, India and entrepreneurship is not exactly a very hot thing here (compared to US).

All the best to the OP and you as well!

Re: Tell HN: I quit my job Starting full-time on my startup on Monday.

#34
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, that companies should be prepared for developers to leave. I maintain that developers and engineers should leave their work maintainable. I know I'm going to get downvoted, but this needs to be said. With great programming power comes great programming responsibilities. And you and I know this power doesn't come from silicon or management. We all bitch about crappy products, and fail to see the developers on…

I totally agree. I perhaps should have clarified. It's not unmaintainable due to the code, its unmaintainable due to the lack of people capable of maintaining it. This is largely due to hiring me as the sole .NET developer (where their other devs who are primarily PHP devs felt somewhat comfortable with C#) and then deciding that I should be the sole Java developer instead (yeah, I was REAL happy about that), in case…

Also a pretty big opportunity for him if he can pull it off.

Re: Tell HN: I quit my job Starting full-time on my startup on Monday.

#36
post #8

from my perspective I feel more like I'm late to a marathon that I have been jealously watching others run for years Naaa. Those were other marathons. Your marathon starts Monday. The marathon analogy seems especially appropriate. No need to be jealous or worry about the competition. Just participate and finish. Best wishes!

It starts today at 5:00 to be more precise. Startups tend to be a 7-day a week sort of obsession from my experience:)
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