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Re:Will help Startups initiate their product design on Thursday January 02, 2014 @01:44PM (#7001292)
What are your qualifications? What's your track record in product design that we should be so interested in enlisting your help?
Re:Ask HN: Female hacker-founder AMA on Thursday January 02, 2014 @04:14AM (#6998827)
to draw attention to herself, of course
Re:Colorado Stores Throw Open Their Doors to Pot Buyers on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @03:40PM (#6996495)
Sure, for the under 21&18 crowd.
Re:All Things Digital shutting down on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @01:15PM (#6995768)
Well if they can't even change their own configuration, how can we expect them to code? </ sarcasm>
Re:From near-death to Silicon Valley CEO on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:23AM (#6978524)
Being a "Silicon Valley CEO" shouldn't entail as much fan-fair as we like to associate with those words. Declara certainly isn't doing anything groundbreaking. We'll see if the company's success can match her touching story.
Re:Ask HN: How to fire your co-founder? on Thursday December 26, 2013 @03:21PM (#6967855)
He likely has a clause in the employment agreement preventing him from competing in any way. Pretty standard
Re:Unicorn Jobs on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @04:25PM (#6961177)
Nothing unethical there. Its the responsibility of the manager/lead to assess skill set and the amount of time one should spend on a project.
Re:Code != computer science on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @02:10PM (#6960674)
Ryan Carson is the next Steve Jobs
Re:RapGenius Growth Hack Exposed on Monday December 23, 2013 @11:46PM (#6958265)
>"We're investing this now."

wow, google must have been super impressed ;)

Re:Interviewing as a Front-End Engineer in San Francisco on Monday December 23, 2013 @12:45PM (#6955462)
>"A correct answer to this will demonstrate both an understanding of basic computer science principles as well as a deeper knowledge of what jQuery is doing behind the scenes."

How does the referenced jquery statement represent basic CS principles? OOP? Definitely not that.

Re:Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:30PM (#6939053)
Who is your employer?
Re:Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:29PM (#6939047)
> the engineering salaries are significantly lower than I would've expected for a well known startup in the Bay Area.

While some of them do work overseas, Buffer employees should note they're drastically underpaid for Silicon Valley, NYC, or even LA salaries. If they didn't know this before, they should now. Any mid-level dev with decent skills would start around 110-120k before benefits in a highly competitive job market. I know because I hire and offer these salaries right now.

Anyone heading customer service would be in a tier within the rest of customer service, capped at around 90k. This is especially true for a small startup where their duties aren't managing a huge customer service team but rather playing the role of basically another customer service rep.

Re:Introducing Open Salaries at Buffer on Thursday December 19, 2013 @01:31PM (#6936625)
Can't say a lot of good things about a company that pays a "Chief Happiness Officer" more than most of its engineers. I know plenty of startups that seem to be doing alright in the customer service department without an overpaid exec heading it.

Does she really contribute more to the bottom line than any of the other 4 underpaid engineers?

Re:We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m (2012) on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @02:01AM (#6926269)
oh.. that means its working for everyone, right?
Re:How to get a job after you've been rejected on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @11:09PM (#6925840)
>I spent the next 8 weeks coding for three hours a day and preparing for interviews.

what were you doing the rest of the working day?

Re:How to get a job after you've been rejected on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @01:35PM (#6922831)
so what you're saying is your "technique" doesn't even work for you
Re:Tydlig – Calculator Reimagined for iPad and iPhone on Sunday December 15, 2013 @03:27AM (#6908777)
Looks great. Just needs a new name. Tydlig?
Re:Vim.js - JavaScript port of Vim on Friday December 13, 2013 @01:58AM (#6899431)
Lots of comments seem to expect some further web integration with various services but this looks like more of a prototype/proof-of-concept using emscripten.

Cool nonetheless.

Re:The Price We Pay for Cheap Meat on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @12:16PM (#6881968)
Too bad its on Rollingstone. Can't visit that site after they glorified the boston bomber on their cover.
Re:Apple Honors Mandela on Home Page on Saturday December 07, 2013 @02:34AM (#6865841)
Steve Jobs, of course.

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