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SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by Meai »

maren wrote: post #21
Meai wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, I dislike it when someone (especially a non-technical person) talks about me working all night. This is going to be my future job ad: You recognise the importance of a fit body and mind. You work out. While at work, the words "Facebook" "Kongregate" "Hackernews" sound like jibberish to you. 'Being right' just means 'delivered a successful product' to you.

I work all night, I work from early morning to late, late at night so yes I do expect someone to work with me...

Since you insist on these terms, please provide the exact number of hours you put in each day, excluding breaks.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by TheSkeptic »

1. You do not need a "CTO"; you need a solid web developer. They are not the same thing.

2. While I think many posters here have focused too much on the the job-posting-as-dating-profile approach, the reality is that something like this will send the wrong message to the type of person you want to avoid, and may hurt your credibility with the type of person you want to attract. I don't need to know that you like long walks and are feisty; I do need to know that you have a solid product and a viable business model.

3. The number of experienced developers who will jump at the opportunity to work long hours with a person they don't know in the hopes that their equity in a startup that hasn't been funded will one day be worth something is fairly limited. If you are going to find a person willing to do this, it will probably be somebody you already know, or somebody you meet locally and build a relationship with.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by theblueadept111 »

ziffusion wrote: post #27
maren wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming I won attention whore from the tone of your comment? I'll take it, though the whore part is a bit offensive - but I usually don't bitch about things that offend me. I'm not knowledgeable enough w/ technology - hence why I'm looking to fill that void in my new company. Glamor shots? Any pictures you see on my site are taken via phone using Instagram - hardly glamorous. I added a picture of myself because…

> I added a picture of myself because that's who the person who fills my position will be working with - ME - not because I'm self-involved. But I'm still not getting the need for cleavage.

Speak for yourself. Will work for cleavage.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by maren »

TheSkeptic wrote: post #32

1. You do not need a "CTO"; you need a solid web developer. They are not the same thing. 2. While I think many posters here have focused too much on the the job-posting-as-dating-profile approach, the reality is that something like this will send the wrong message to the type of person you want to avoid, and may hurt your credibility with the type of person you want to attract. I don't need to know that you like long…

Good points - well taken :) Thank you.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by maren »

Meai wrote: post #31
maren wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work all night, I work from early morning to late, late at night so yes I do expect someone to work with me...

Since you insist on these terms, please provide the exact number of hours you put in each day, excluding breaks.

I don't expect someone to work as long as I do, I know this is my baby - maybe that's a line I should cross out.

I think 8 like a normal job is great, if someone gets excited about a project & wants to work late w/ me I'd enjoy it - that's the only point I was trying to make.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by maren »

pstack wrote: post #29
maren wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming I won attention whore from the tone of your comment? I'll take it, though the whore part is a bit offensive - but I usually don't bitch about things that offend me. I'm not knowledgeable enough w/ technology - hence why I'm looking to fill that void in my new company. Glamor shots? Any pictures you see on my site are taken via phone using Instagram - hardly glamorous. I added a picture of myself because…

As I said, it's not exactly the same thing, but I was responding more to the notion of the too-common extreme the poster above me seemed to elude to; not necessarily directly in response to your content. Other than perhaps this individual posting of yours, I don't think you're in the same ballpark as the more common and extreme examples I discussed. (I was going to post the URL of the most recent example of this game…

I see what you're saying, definitely not trying to join that camp, but point taken.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by maren »

ziffusion wrote: post #27
maren wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming I won attention whore from the tone of your comment? I'll take it, though the whore part is a bit offensive - but I usually don't bitch about things that offend me. I'm not knowledgeable enough w/ technology - hence why I'm looking to fill that void in my new company. Glamor shots? Any pictures you see on my site are taken via phone using Instagram - hardly glamorous. I added a picture of myself because…

> I added a picture of myself because that's who the person who fills my position will be working with - ME - not because I'm self-involved. But I'm still not getting the need for cleavage.

Like I said, wasn't meant to be a cleavage shot - just a picture - I didn't dissect it and think "hmm... how many people will be offended by this" maybe i am just jaded from growing up in Vegas but in my world that is so not a big deal.

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by maren »

sp332 wrote: post #30
maren wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming I won attention whore from the tone of your comment? I'll take it, though the whore part is a bit offensive - but I usually don't bitch about things that offend me. I'm not knowledgeable enough w/ technology - hence why I'm looking to fill that void in my new company. Glamor shots? Any pictures you see on my site are taken via phone using Instagram - hardly glamorous. I added a picture of myself because…

It really is a distracting amount of cleavage. Maybe you're just jaded from Vegas? :)

It could be :) You definitely don't leave Vegas unscathed

Re: SWF (Sassy Woman Founder) Seeking Technical Soulmate

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Post by maren »

spudlyo wrote: post #16
sliverstorm wrote: post #13

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It's not like every great idea is immediately obviously great. I could have sworn one of the values in this community was tireless drive when nobody else believes in your company, doing whatever need be done to make it a success? How is what she's doing (if that's what she's doing) particularly different? Especially considering I bet there's at least a couple founders on here who have occasionally turned on the charm…

Perhaps it's not that different than how charismatic folks routinely get people to help them. I realize it's supposed to come off as a funny piece that reads like an online dating profile, but it does feel like pandering to me. I guess I was more offended by it than I first thought.

Crap, it's getting more offensive the more you think about it? :(
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