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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by polishdude20 on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:49AM (#36907601)
Yep, fire the devs after they've built the software. Fire them because the software is already built. Slowly your software grinds to a halt and dies because you release features too slow or your software starts to become very bad.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by fnimick on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:59AM (#36907740)
By the time that happens the person who gets to tout the savings on their resume has already leveraged that for a salary bump somewhere else.

It's an unfortunate reality that if you're employed (not a founder) and you think more than a year or so out, you are going to be outcompeted by people who optimize for short term gain and leave before the bill comes due.

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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by myth_drannon on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:20AM (#36908151)
And some of the fired devs go to work for the competitor or start their own business. This is a natural lifecycle of software. Slowly rot and let others grow.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by johnnyanmac on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:32AM (#36916950)
sounds good, that's Future CEO's problem to solve. Who may or may not be current CEO. Current CEO gets a nice small bump in stocks and a good resume to jump off with.
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