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is this opensource or have to buy from Databricks?

There's more to it than just pure databases. They have a pretty large vertical of SaaS apps, specifically ERP. Oracle Saas (their ERP platform) is used by thousands of customers - these are systems implemented with SI's and run super critical functions like payroll, manufacturing, etc really hard to rip out once they're put in place. This has been fueling their growth for some time, and seems like OCI is picking up now from a pure infra POV. But yeah I don't think I'd ever use any Oracle components voluntarily or at the very least find ways to have exit paths

appreciate it! feel free to drop us a line if you'd like to chat - [email protected]

We've been toying around with the idea of what a proper IDE would look like for the data science workflow and open sourced our first cut at it. Super high level: quick data exploration, cell based code execution/native .py, and experiment management built in to the IDE. Drop us a note if you'd like to test it out or provide any feedback. Happy Friday!

Hello HN, this is an OSS project we’ve been working on to improve the UX for data scientists using Jupyter notebooks. A lot of this stems from things we wanted: coding in native .py format, easier data exploration and experiment management. We’d like to build out a holistic ecosystem for data scientists so they don’t have to deal with context switching between multiple tools. Feel free to try our beta release and share any feedback (good, bad, indifferent all is welcome) - my email is [email protected]. Docs can be found at: docs.cnext.io.

what's the ROI for someone actually paying 25k for verification?

this is awesome - definitely takes some skill. is there a website for simple games like this (sorta like miniclip)?

I would disagree with this statement. It's really interesting in markets like the bay area from an individual consumer perspective

this is pretty interesting do you have any samples of the project status graphs or anything along those lines?

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius was a really good one for me. There's a translation by Gregory Hays that's pretty easy to consume after you get through the first section. I think it's a unique perspective on how to react to the issues of life.

honestly it could be useful for the OP... and you never know how big the market is like for some of these services (perhaps they can build on that OSS project)

this is pretty cool! i've definitely been digging through reddit threads - I like that you also index 'deleted' posts. how much are you looking to charge for the service?

I could share a sales perspective on this and hopefully that helps a bit. Depending on the maturity of a company I think the type of sales person you hire changes as you go from early stage (<$1M) to growth ($1M-$15M) to beyond (the right environment will allow your reps to mature and grow with the org). One thing that's crucial at this stage is that you get along well with your first rep. You can't expect to just give them the info and leave it completely to them. As CEO you really need to partner with them and ensure success, essentially teach them the playbook of how you're doing these initial deals and from there most reps will start to add their own touches to the sales process. Begin documenting and tracking some basic items like ideal client profile, sales cycle time and average deal sizes (this is useful for funding and recruiting future employees).

To your question on where do we find reps - honestly a really underrated approach is to do some 1-1 outreach via platforms like linkedin (if you the CEO are reaching out to reps that's enough for most reps to want to take a meeting and learn about you and the company). For these first sales hires I would shy away from the large company reps (e.g. Oracle, Microsoft, etc) - try and find those reps that have some startup experience and have worked at young companies.

Some questions to gauge aptitude, etc: * How they would think about handling initial day to day sales as well as building the foundation for the sales org (if they'd even have any interest in doing some of the foundational work). * Ask them if they've hit their numbers regularly (if not, why - keep in mind early stage sales is a bit of a crapshoot) - you'll start to get a sense of the rep and their style * What early stage experience do they have? How do they do outreach? * A regular ask from most sales managers is a 30, 60, 90 day plan (ask them to do some basic market research and think about potential prospects, etc).

Regarding compensation most early stage SaaS companies I've worked with do a combination of salary, commission and equity. It sound like you guys are majority owned so might not make sense to give equity away if other employees aren't getting any.

If you have some time there's a lot of information out there around the first sales hires (John McMahon's stuff is quite good around sales process/cycle - a lot of the stuff from the sales leaders at AppDynamics is pretty solid).