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Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
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Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#22I need a CTO willing to work for equity that can help me finish my Django/Python application so I can bring it to market. It's presold to 129 customers as a subscription before it's even done.
Too many people looking for a CTO. If you have that many customers, you should be able to hire a contractor.
Capital compensation for the product won't flow through the doors until we launch. We had a CTO start the product but he had to move into an advisory position due to health concerns.
Hiring an outside firm would also put the knowledge of the platform and the product into their hands. It'll make it more difficult for us to iterate and grow beyond just the MVP concept into a full business. That's why we want an equity partner. Someone who believes in the product and wants to see it grow with the rest of the team.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#23I need a CTO willing to work for equity that can help me finish my Django/Python application so I can bring it to market. It's presold to 129 customers as a subscription before it's even done.
Why don't you tell us what your app is and what kind of skills you need to get it to the finish line?
We are in the recruiting/hiring space. The CTO who had to step into an advisory role because of his health thinks there is about 300 hours left for someone familiar with Django.
Stack is: Google App Engine, Google CloudSQL, Django/Python, Bootstrap, Stripe for transactions
If you are interested email me lanec@hush.com and I'll give you more information.
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Don't be hopeless before you you know for sure where you both stand.
Maybe they are not out of your league. What makes you think they are?
If they are, is it even in a dimension that matters in a relationship?
If so, you can work towards getting up into their league.
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Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#26I'm a junior/mid-level developer. I wanna know how will I know that I'm ready to be a contractor, also the dos/donts about being one.
I'm not a developer but I can help from a business standpoint.
Contracts and deposits. Don't take on work from people who won't sign contracts and always try to get paid up front. Don't work out of their repo unless you get paid in advance.
Licensing. Try writing software that you can re-use for multiple clients. Just be sure you license the software to them in your contract. Most clients on small projects don't understand licensing or intellectual property ownership. It's easier to close small projects by recycling code. It's legal so long as you retain ownership of the source code but provide the client with a license.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#27Porting to Python 3.
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#28My wifi is ridiculously annoying - I live in an apartment block where there are literally 30 other wifi routers interfering with my own router. I pay through the nose for superfast broadband but it's completely redundant!
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
The best way to solve this is to build yourself into more than what you are right now. That's more long term, short term you can try and polarise her and see if she's attracted to who you are now. What's the details?
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"heck, it's Valentines day, do something sappy and tell them how I feel"
I have never seen this actually work. I have failed doing it myself.
Sappiness is what girls want from the guys they are already head-over-heels attracted to. It does not work for converting a girl from neutral or slightly attracted into wanting to go with you.
The best thing to do is just to hang out with her casually, flirt, be playful, tease her, do active things, go for walks, have fun, and gradually escalate physically, escalate touching, escalate sexual innuendo in your conversation. If she reacts positively, escalate more, if not, then there is sometimes nothing you can do.
The best book I have read on this subject is "Models: Attract Women through Honesty" - http://www.amazon.com/Models-Attract-Women-Through-Honesty-e...
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you told them?
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Good luck!
You could: - Write a script - Perhaps say you have feelings for her instead of dropping the L word. L is big. And I think it's hard to really make exist if you're not actually together for a while. - Make sure you're aware / able to control your breathing while you tell her. Will chill you out.