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Re:Why You Should Fire Your Clients And Launch A Product on Friday August 01, 2008 @09:57AM (#263992)
The assumption that your choice is a binary one is silly. Its never either/or. Its always both.

The first product you build are in a client driven business structure where they are telling you what and how to build it. Then if you do that well enough, you can transform yourself into a product business.

Re:Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search on Monday July 28, 2008 @09:40AM (#259048)
what I find shady is that its against the law to spoof your competitors domain name, but google will allow you to display ads for when people search for your competitor.

thats a little underhanded if you ask me

"tubular chassis that is glued not welded"

Oh yeah I feel safe already. I wonder what its crash rating will be?

Re:I quit my job today, oh boy on Tuesday June 17, 2008 @12:53PM (#219881)
agreed
Re:Object Oriented Programming has Failed Us on Monday June 02, 2008 @09:19AM (#206663)
I can't get passed the spelling and grammer mistakes personally
Re:Does Fatherhood Make You Happy? on Saturday February 23, 2008 @11:53AM (#122073)
could not have said it better myself
Re:Please evaluate our site on Tuesday February 12, 2008 @11:42AM (#114094)
can't get to the site
Re:Are you a real programmer? on Wednesday February 06, 2008 @04:21PM (#110459)
GNU Emacs on Windows, but not for any special reason. Help convince me, is XEmacs better?
Re:Are you a real programmer? on Wednesday February 06, 2008 @02:57PM (#110420)
yup...I'm an emacs guy.
Re:#1 Reason for Leaving Your Job: "Boss Dissatisfaction" on Monday January 14, 2008 @02:29PM (#98259)
I currently am working on developing Talent Management software and I always cringe when I hear that one of the key selling points is that it can help increase employee retention rates.

I've always thought that Talent Mgmt software can only take you so far. Any system in place, no matter how good it is, still can never compensate for how a shitty manager interacts with employees.

In the end, its people working with people.

Re:Ask YC: What do you think of this NY Times feature on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:53PM (#97287)
Phew ... I am not alone
Re:It's Gonna Blow! The Critical Mass of Web 2.0 on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @04:27PM (#96531)
awesome!
Re:Wanted: Software that helps you make money on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @04:22PM (#96527)
gotta agree - the common problem for any serious BI implementation is getting the executive buy in.