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One point rubbed me the wrong way: "And you stand an excellent chance of shipping a success -- people greatly overestimate how difficult this is."
Do you? Analysis of projects on Indie Hackers [1] casts a bit of doubt. Not saying it's not possible, but "excellent chance" might be a stretch.
[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/post/holy-heck-this-is-hard-8eb...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What makes you think that Patrick is mistaken about his claim that he is a capitalist?
I'd guess the commenter means, that from a Marxist perspective, most workers are not 'capitalists,' i.e., they don't make their living from owning capital. These 'non-capitalist' workers get wages primarily from capitalists. Perhaps the author is moderately successful and does live off of investments now. That could technically make him a 'capitalist' - again, from a certain perspective. I'll readily admit this is mo…
Otherwise we all have our retirements in 401ks makes us de-facto capitalists too. We're supposed to eventually live off of those investments.
I agree with the post for the most part. It's important to feel that your work is acknowledged to feel worthy. I disagree with this statement however: > I prefer being upfront with people rather than doing the "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission" route a lot of folks suggest. Asking your employer if you can work on a side project is like asking them if you can play golf on the weekend. It's y…
I think you misunderstood the context of that sentence. It's about the IP property ownership, and many employment contracts have specific clauses about IP ownership. And those clauses are sometimes draconian. For example, the preceding paragraph has this sentence: > Companies in our industry are gradually becoming more reasonable about IP assignment clauses -- there's less of the "we own everything you think of at an…
(1) in itself is not unique to him, there are many great comment writers on HN and elsewhere on the blogosphere. What makes him exceptional, I think, is (2) which sets him apart from most people at that level of public visibility.
After reading his posts I feel like I'd love to have a beer with this person and have a deep discussion on a multitude of topics. The only other content I've gotten the same joy is pg's (earlier) essays.
How do I make sure people actually see it assuming I "finish" tonight? Seems like GUS is not updating anymore.
Idk most of this fell flat or feels outdated. I’ve never had issues getting jobs without externally visible artifacts. During interviews they ask you to describe projects you’ve worked on. A few companies will also call references. My experience is in the usual Bay Area tech cos, maybe this advice applies better elsewhere. As far as side projects, most broad clauses are to protect the company. You don’t even need to…
That doesn’t mean pato11’s advice is bad. This can be an effective way to have a career. It’s just not the most common or even a particularly easy way. It just seems that way because operating in this open source world is more visible.
Great read, as usual. One point rubbed me the wrong way: "And you stand an excellent chance of shipping a success -- people greatly overestimate how difficult this is." Do you? Analysis of projects on Indie Hackers [1] casts a bit of doubt. Not saying it's not possible, but "excellent chance" might be a stretch. [1] https://www.indiehackers.com/post/holy-heck-this-is-hard-8eb...
I agree with the post for the most part. It's important to feel that your work is acknowledged to feel worthy. I disagree with this statement however: > I prefer being upfront with people rather than doing the "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission" route a lot of folks suggest. Asking your employer if you can work on a side project is like asking them if you can play golf on the weekend. It's y…
I like this framing. In graduate school, I worked for 2+ years before my first paper was published. In that time, I passed my PhD qualifying exam, took classes, wrote code, read papers, learned math, and so forth. Yet when I applied for internships, I received no interest from employers. I suspect this was because I had no concrete signal that I knew anything in my field. While working on my second paper, I started b…
I totally agree and had a very similar experience in graduate school. Writing about my experiences and things I had learned (technical and project management) had a huge impact on my ability to demonstrate my knowledge and is without a doubt why I quickly received two job offers before defending my phd (biology/neuroscience). I think papers are a really poor way to demonstrate the huge amounts of work you've done unl…
Thank goodness I have been meticulously keeping track of what I've learned in Org mode for years. I've just gotta dredge that old database for some blog posts (starting with why folks who are similar to me should really consider not going to grad school...).