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My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Re: My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Post by mkull »

rossedwards wrote: post #22
keeran wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rails doesn't need any hand-holding any more. Apache+Passenger take care of most cases, Nginx+unicorn/mongrel take care of the rest. Big, heavy traffic apps require special attention, but then that's the same for all big/heavy apps.

The only issue so far ive seen is that there arent any rails/ruby sites that have complex interfaces. Twitter is barebones. ONce theres a site that has heavy traffic and a more complicated interface its possible the perspetion of the technology will change.

Check out shopify.com. Their entire service is built on rails.

Re: My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Post by ezmobius »

coffeemug wrote: post #67
run4yourlives wrote: post #50

Now is the time for me to focus on spending as much time with my son and family as I can and I can no longer commit to 100 hour weeks at Engine Yard. I also wanted to move to Portland where my folks live so my son can grow up near his grandparents and my wife and I can have trustworthy babysitters so we can have a social live of our own(even if it’s just a little bit;) This is a man with his head on his shoulders. My…

I don't understand the whole 100 hour week business (unless it's an exaggeration). Even at 7 days per week, that works out to 14 hours a day, or 9am - 11pm. I could pull off those hours for a few days (and sometimes I do), may be a few weeks if really necessary, but no human being can do this consistently and do even remotely creative work. We run a startup and meet fairly aggressive schedules at half the hours. Why…

try being a founder of a ~100 person startup and you will see how weeks quickly become 100 hours. I never meant to say that I did 100 hour weeks every week but I did a lot of 100 hour weeks and definitely not very many 40 hours weeks.

Re: My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Post by guelo »

jackowayed wrote: post #55
mishmash wrote: post #38

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I don't think anyone would leave right before their stock was about vest, without a solid reason. :) But the key term is classy. True story: in the early days of Merb, before it had really gotten a lot of attention, I once hit a show stopper - hopped on IRC, told him about my problem, he found the bug, fixed the bug, pushed a new release in something like 15 minutes IIRC, and stayed cool about it the entire time. Bes…

> I don't think anyone would leave right before their stock was about vest, without a solid reason. I wouldn't assume that there's some hidden reason for him leaving. First of all, leaving right before his stock is about to vest just means that he's leaving a little bit of stock on the table. As he said, the vast majority of his stock has already vested (as one would expect after 4 years), and he gets to keep that. I…

I've seen startups handle the "all my options are vested" motivation problem with what's called an evergreen program. An evergreen program keeps issuing options such that your monthly vesting rate remains constant after the initial 4 years.

Re: My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Post by railsdev »

ezmobius wrote: post #65
refulgentis wrote: post #62

Not to turn HN into a gossip site, but here's some dots to connect: Alex Payne quits Twitter, moves to Portland, cofounds BankSimple, an attempted game-changer if there ever was one. - http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/17/alex-payne-twitter/?utm_sou... "Wow. @banksimple just leveled up. In the last 24 hours we signed on four of the best engineers I know. Can't wait to announce the team." Alex Payne - 8/11 - https://twitt…

nice guess but I promise it is not BankSimple

The VMware deal fell through...they couldn't get Engine Yard, so they'll just have to settle for you. Sound about right?

Re: My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Post by [deleted] »

ezmobius wrote: post #65
refulgentis wrote: post #62

Not to turn HN into a gossip site, but here's some dots to connect: Alex Payne quits Twitter, moves to Portland, cofounds BankSimple, an attempted game-changer if there ever was one. - http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/17/alex-payne-twitter/?utm_sou... "Wow. @banksimple just leveled up. In the last 24 hours we signed on four of the best engineers I know. Can't wait to announce the team." Alex Payne - 8/11 - https://twitt…

nice guess but I promise it is not BankSimple

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Re: My short history of Engine Yard and my Resignation

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Post by railsdev »

railsdev wrote: post #74
ezmobius wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nice guess but I promise it is not BankSimple

The VMware deal fell through...they couldn't get Engine Yard, so they'll just have to settle for you. Sound about right?

Yeah, I pretty much called this one.
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