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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by plumeria on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:02AM (#25589762)
Couldn't one expect at least a job offer?
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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by killtimeatwork on Thursday December 31, 2020 @03:55AM (#25590893)
Maybe, but working hard for months/years a chance at a job offer doesn't sound that amazing anyway.

BTW I worked in a startup once and a guy, who was developing opensource plugin for our product, applied for a job with us. The owner (a known blogger BTW) said "Why hire him if he's already working for us?"

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by besulzbach on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:44AM (#25591791)
I think that was the owner being shortsighted. If the plugin was something that a reasonable fraction of your users would like to have, then very shortsighted.

Not only you had a person that already knew much more about your product than the average potential hire, but a person that probably was interested in your product (and maybe knew what users wanted) too.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by inglor_cz on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:53AM (#25592193)
"Why hire him if he's already working for us?"

Because you do not want him to abandon the project if it is useful to you?

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