sreedhar
Re:Ask HN: My side project has 5 happy paying customers. How do I get ...
on Sunday May 17, 2026 @08:21PM (#48174380)
After seeing the state of school management apps, me and a friend started building this app 3 years back. We have 5 paying customers now who are paying monthly/yearly subscription fees.
How do we scale from here? How to get more customers other than spending on ads?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth taking a 25% paycut to join a startup?
on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @06:12AM (#18291063)
It is 25% less because i will no longer use my COBOL experience but will start working on node js, python etc. I will contribute with my domain knowledge. so it is a win-win.
May be they have a budget!
Re:Ask HN: Is it worth taking a 25% paycut to join a startup?
on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @06:10AM (#18291045)
Thank you very much for the detailed advice and sharing your personal experience. Really appreciate it.
I am in my late 30s. So, I think it is probably not worth it considering all the uncertainties.
Re:Ask HN: Is it worth taking a 25% paycut to join a startup?
on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:08AM (#18281879)
The startup is around for more than 7 years. Less than 15 people in the team. They got some funding recently and another partnership. Hence they are trying to grow their team.
The domain has some overlap with what I do. So, they will definitely gain from that from me. I think the Founders' exit strategy is to get acquired by some other big player.
They have been growing their product slowly as and when they get feature requests from their clients.
Re:Ask HN: Is it worth taking a 25% paycut to join a startup?
on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:02AM (#18281852)
Thank you very much for the solid advice.
Re:Ask HN: Is it worth taking a 25% paycut to join a startup?
on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:15PM (#18278057)
Thanks for the msg. Yes, I do have a family, home loan etc to pay for every month. So, it will be tough if they miss a salary. I will have to dig into my savings. They don't have any bonus or other benefits. And i need to travel more for this.
I think I can wear multiple hats. That should not be an issue.
hmm... i will have to think more on this.
The fact is I am not happy with my current job.
Ask HN: Is it worth taking a 25% paycut to join a startup?
I am working in a pretty comfortable job working on a COBOL based software. The one thing that bothered me all these years is my lack of exposure to all the newer technologies.I started interviewing and I have got an offer from a startup. But the offer is almost 25% less. They say they will add 20% of the salary in stock vesting over some time.The advantage is that I will be get exposure to all...
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Re:Ask HN: Attending a C# interview in 5 days with no prior experience...
on Sunday October 15, 2017 @05:07PM (#15479310)
I agree :) How i wish that I go 10 years back and do something different!!
They know that I don't have c# exp. But do languages really matter? I feel logic matters the most!
Ask HN: Attending a C# interview in 5 days with no prior experience. Any tips?
Although I have worked with C I think C# is bit different. I am reading Headfirst C#. What other resources do you guys suggest?
Use of subscription shares
Hi,If a company is being sold, can they issue subscription shares which will be used for cash incentives for its current employees? The reason I am asking is that it actually reduces the total money available to be split among the shareholders. Not sure if it is right.
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Re:Ask HN: Airbags / parachutes for airplanes?
on Friday April 04, 2014 @04:25AM (#7530005)
Very true.
Ask HN: Airbags / parachutes for airplanes?
Just some thoughts after the watching some air crash investigations.Should airplanes have outer airbags which can be triggered before the crash - to reduce impact?Should airplanes have some kind of parachutes - may be 100s of them which can be triggered before the crash - again to reduce impact?