Don't work with assholes • Hacker News Board

Re: Don't work with assholes

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Post by suprjami » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 5:45 PM UTC

pelasaco wrote: post #62

suprjami wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The asshole was not named so the negative effect on the person is zero. The author clearly states the moral to not work with people where the alarm bells are ringing.

"Don't work with a holes" is assuming the premise that the author himself isn't not the a hole in the story. If his company was so good, why he wanted to sell it in first place?

This person decided to start a company and sell it as an income stream. They wanted a fair price for their labour. They got that fair price in the end so their argument is justified and correct.

Re: Don't work with assholes

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Post by pelasaco » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:20 PM UTC

suprjami wrote: post #71

pelasaco wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Don't work with a holes" is assuming the premise that the author himself isn't not the a hole in the story. If his company was so good, why he wanted to sell it in first place?

This person decided to start a company and sell it as an income stream. They wanted a fair price for their labour. They got that fair price in the end so their argument is justified and correct.

> They got that fair price in the end so their argument is justified and correct.

You don't know! Just because it is written in the internet, doesn't mean that it is true. That was the only thing that I asked/complained in my first comment. Without any proof, its just a fanfiction. Internet content.

Re: Don't work with assholes

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Post by suprjami » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:35 PM UTC

pelasaco wrote: post #72

suprjami wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This person decided to start a company and sell it as an income stream. They wanted a fair price for their labour. They got that fair price in the end so their argument is justified and correct.

> They got that fair price in the end so their argument is justified and correct. You don't know! Just because it is written in the internet, doesn't mean that it is true. That was the only thing that I asked/complained in my first comment. Without any proof, its just a fanfiction. Internet content.

You sound a bit too passionate about this.

I'm beginning to believe the other comment which accused you of being the unethical broker.

Re: Don't work with assholes

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Post by pelasaco » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:49 PM UTC

suprjami wrote: post #73

pelasaco wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They got that fair price in the end so their argument is justified and correct. You don't know! Just because it is written in the internet, doesn't mean that it is true. That was the only thing that I asked/complained in my first comment. Without any proof, its just a fanfiction. Internet content.

You sound a bit too passionate about this. I'm beginning to believe the other comment which accused you of being the unethical broker.

lol, I'm not. Just all the arguments supporting the author are not strong enough. The whole story sounds super fake.

Re: Don't work with assholes

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Post by GuB-42 » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 9:53 PM UTC

mnky9800n wrote: post #2

this is sort of besides the point of the article, but why do people make businesses to sell them? as a scientist, i am not terribly interested in giving away the ideas that i have worked on for, typically, years. i become quite invested in them and continue to pursue them and evolve them until the funding runs out or new interests pop up that are worth replacing the old ones (typically this is an evolution as well).…

Creating something and working with something established are two different things requiring different skills.

Let's say you are an inventor, you just made, say, a new type of coffee maker. You just did some prototypes, worked out the details, made it safer and more convenient, have it make better tasting coffee, considered mass production, etc... You filed the patent and now have a great product on your hands, and now what? Are you going to do value engineering, process scaling, etc... and build your career on that? These are interesting topics, but maybe that's not what you are good at, and you prefer inventing, so you will sell that patent to someone who is more into mass production and optimization and work on your next invention.

Businesses are like inventions, some people prefer and are better at creating new businesses, others are more about keeping things stable and profitable on the long term. The work the founder has done does not necessarily make him better for growing the business and making profits.