bmcmanus

Codecademy is smart - they realize that collecting use/accomplishment data on high-quality lessons carries much more upside than trying to sell the content created on their platform.

thanks for posting these, guys.

one request - could you please get rid of the devastating meebo bar?

Frankly, this is just sad.

Your answer is based entirely on the premise that working for a startup boils down to killing yourself for the chance to get rich, which couldn't be further from the truth.

The "rich people" who do startups do it because they love building things that solve big problems, the work hours and payouts are, if they're lucky, just a byproduct.

Sure, I'm 24 and I have basically nothing to lose, but really I have no choice - I have to build things. I can't deal with just performing maintenance.

And even if you are ok with just performing maintenance, working in a small team is simply more fun than working at a larger one.

Seriously, reflect more on this. Writing off startups because they're "in a business of greed" is a straw man at best.

The tech world deserves to read a post on one page too.

Why is "resume comes in" always accepted as a given first step?

Redesigning the tech hiring process starts with discovery. You can't keep posting your hiring needs on HN, Github and Stackoverflow and just expect a great person to find you, read more about you, and pull a resume together for you to make your life easier. We expect you to make our life easier because we know we can work just about anywhere.

As I guess pg might say "Go to your users!" to founders looking for help making a decision, you need to go to us if you want to grow your team! We're real freaking people who hate creating a BS piece of paper for you that means absolutely nothing. Find us in person and spend time with us so we can skip this resume crap and focus on actually building things that we both actually enjoy.

"some conversations will be different?"

...and that's worth building an entirely new product and trying to move select people from HN to it?

Honest question -- what's the real utility of a founder network like this above, say, actively participating on HN regularly?

Forrst is so useful because it's specialized. I don't see that (yet) here.

Amen. I think an information shortage is at the root of all of this outrage.

For example, check out resources like LiveScience or MobileActive.org every once in a while.

Wonderful people are solving big problems as we speak, I promise.

Best one I know is the Silicon Valley HackersDigest: http://thehackersdigest.com curated by Santiago (@dfect).

covers lots of bay area user group meetups, hackathons, & hacker dojo events.

Which StartupDigest issue(s) do you ignore and why?

As easy as that is to say, this isn't a get-bought-and-get-paid company; it's a shake-up-the-world company. I'm sure he and his co-founders discussed that at length and understand it.

And ultimately, if you have a remarkable team with strong financial backing, isn't that the type of company you really want to work for?

Tell HN: Don't waste your time watching this like I did. It's a two-minute video with a sexy headline and no insight.

Can anyone recommend a few useful post-acquisition interviews? Thanks.

Agreed. Small, focused local meetups, however, I've found useful much more frequently and should not be lumped together with said conferences.

While I do like your last name, I have a hard time believing that "it's had an m for 15 years" is really the best argument against .co.

For example, does a .co domain inherently carry any security or SEO problem?