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There's Even on Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prasio.eve...) which uses powers of 2. It's really addictive!

Sure, you can be a good manager and write great code at the same time. But not on the same project or company. Maybe your pet project outside of work or an open source project.

To be clear, I'm making a distinction between a great tech lead vs. a great manager. Both those roles are often confused with each other.

A tech lead will lead the project to launch by managing resources, unblocking team members, making tough decisions, writing productive code, etc.

A manager will ensure smooth operation of their team by making sure their reports are motivated, encouraged, challenged, etc. They will actively seek to recruit new team members, solve resource issues, have tough talks with underperforming reports, navigate politics and negotiate with other teams, etc.

You cannot simultaneously do both. They require very different skill sets to be good and even higher skill to be great. If you are looking to keep coding and do some of the leadership work, then being a tech lead is better for you.

Step back from the marketing speak hyperbole and read that last sentence again. All you're saying is that "this app lets you take a picture and print it".

Ever read Techcrunch?

5 people in a small startup and not many mainstream users. It's very much early adopter.

Simply put: that's a risk you take for being an early adopter. Deal with it, there's a good chance it will happen with any/all early adoption startup products out there.

Actually, there is no risk at all (if you know what's behind the covers).

She is stagnating at Google. She had high ranking high influence positions at Google but over the years has been relegated to a position that has little visibility and control, mostly due to her non execution. This is a great opportunity for her to make some serious cash and be the "top dog" in a kennel of average dogs, rather than the opposite at Google.

Also, even if she crashes and burns at Yahoo, she will get many more opportunities simply due to the brand recognition she has due to her tenure at Google.

I'm sorry but I find it so hilarious. I worked at Yahoo and Google both. I know both their cultures (and especially the culture at Yahoo after all the good engineers left). IMHO, she is status quo - no different than the horrible string of CEOs being hired by Yahoo. In fact, I will put a stake in the ground that she will not move the needle further than what Scott/Bartz did.

I just can't get over how hilarious this situation is.

Wow, haven't read such a vaporware article in awhile. The author promises a "I'm going to change 30+ years of email UI/UX" and instead proposes 4 different labels and a workflow that works for him. Yup, you revolutionalized email alright.

Sure, I understand you now. You're taking the content-centric approach vs. the social-centric approach. Which I guess should have been your question all along if you were adding the +1 button in the first place?

In your specific case, it sounds like you want users to look at content that you pick as relevant. In most cases that Google is targeting, they want to give authors the ability to have their readers pick what to read based on social signals and past reading/+1 behavior.

I don't understand your logic here. If your site deals with a niche subject, wouldn't you want Google to recommend more in-site links to your visitors (especially ones you care enough to +1 your content)?

Basically, Google is enabling you to keep your readers on your site by giving you recommended links to your site for free.

I'm so fortunate that I don't know anyone who needs a wheelchair. There's no market for that kind of useless thing really. Aren't crutches enough?

Adding to what you said, someone who discovers, attempts and solves this solution is already better than 70% of the programmers out there. They show promise of being motivated to crack a puzzle that robs them of their sleep, and take the time to learn and code against the Scribd API.

Even if they don't "win", they are greatly superior than a normal resume pusher.

While your pitch deck is beautiful (no argument here), your usability is less than average. If those navigational elements are meant to be sections, why do you not support back/forward navigation?

As an investor, these sorts of omissions make me doubt if your team is detail oriented (not just in the design sense) and will be able to make a product that is truly intuitive and easy-to-use (because honestly that's all that you're pitching).

This is exactly why I both love and fear the power of Kickstarter. It enables half-thought out ideas (claimed as "projects") to have a way to sucker good people out of their money.

Couldn't agree with you more. I can't even fathom how ludicrous this idea is. What possible reason is there for a language to have a TLD?

Let's make custom TLDs for .py, .java, .c, .h, .php... really? Really?

This is Hacker News. Where hard working entrepreneurs look for advice, hope, reality checks, and support.

Yes, Facebook has wildly exceeded what most people expected. But to build a social honey pot isn't to inspire other hackers/entrepreneurs.

I don't wish them ill but I also don't take any inspiration from Zuckerberg/Facebook. In fact, I learnt many things not to do (i.e. screwing your founders, doing shady deals, making immature decisions, etc.). Interestingly, Facebook has succeeded so far in spite of doing those things. And I give more credit to Sheryl Sandberg than Zuckerberg.

So excuse me if I don't agree that the top-voted comment on this thread should be words of praise for Zuckerberg.

A great engineer is superior to an average engineer mostly due to their communication skills.

Usual practice in most companies. It protects them from exactly these sorts of things.

Most companies that have this agreement in place also have a similar agreement when joining the company that if you forego signing the exit agreement, you forego any outstanding debts owed to you by the company.

Yes, debt can be (and usually is) zeroed out when you leave a company.

As I explained in another comment, most companies (don't know about Miso) make you sign an agreement during your exit interview that the company does not owe you anything except X, Y, Z items that are enumerated clearly (these usually include your last paycheck and check for unpaid vacation days).

I agree with your central theme that more data is better. That's why as I suggested, he should have handled it on his own and taken legal action against them, so that there was a clear legal record of such behavior by Miso.

No they cannot refuse to send him his last paycheck.

I can't speak for the paperwork involved when leaving Miso, but most companies make you sign an agreement (often in the exit interview) that you are not entitled to/owed anything more than X, Y, Z items that are explicitly stated (which usually included the last paycheck and any unpaid vacation days).

Your stance is very black or white - either you're for the employee or you're a founder. I don't think it's quite that clear.

As an employee, I wholeheartedly agree that he should have been paid if he had some written form of agreement (email counts).

As a sensible logical person, I think he should have gotten paid when he was an employee especially since this was an employee perk.

I don't need to be a founder to know that he's not entitled to anything from the company when he's no longer an employee. What's the limit here? Can any past employee in the history of the company suddenly realize he's entitled to some perk, come back and demand it? And if he doesn't get said perk, publicly shame the company?

I disagree. Handling things professionally and keeping people honest are two different things.

There is no "service to the SV community" that this guy is doing by airing dirty laundry. If you've been wronged by your former company, handle it on your own. Shaming the company is not going to help you, the company, or anyone else. What you're effectively suggesting is that your "service" is to warn everyone to stay away from Miso.

Unfortunately, as a hiring manager, I'm going to stay away from you. While I wholeheartedly agree that you should have gotten your $10K referral bonus, I also believe it should have been while you were still an employee there. Once you leave, you're not entitled to anything more from the company.

VC's are working for their investors, and this startup is probably more apt for Kickstarter funding.

But my salient point is that average consumers cannot and usually will not do their due diligence on whether the people who are raising the money have a good chance of succeess.

I hope you're not suggesting all a business needs to be successful is capital and customers. Because that's just plain dangerous.

Never argued that Kickstarter is a bad thing. Like I said originally, it is a very good thing and as you stated, it is great for certain types of projects (too small for VC's, not large enough return, etc.)

VC's have to judge if there's a market and Kickstarter helps with that. But VC's also try to judge whether the founders have the ability to succeed, whether their business plan (costs vs. revenues) are sensible, etc. How does one do that through Kickstarter? I'm sure you'll agree more than 50% of the people who've funded the project on Kickstarter didn't even bother to figure out whether the startup is set up to succeed. (For additional evidence, see "Diaspora")

Btw, when you say Kickstarter campaigns can be 100x smaller, I'm assuming you meant to exclude ones raising upwards of $3.8 million right?

I humbly offer a contrary view.

It's the fashionable thing to joke about VC's making wrong investments, investments at bubble prices, not knowing what they are doing, etc. But let's face it, it's their job to make sound investments. Sure, they may not get it 100% right, or even 50% but their job is to continually improve this success metric.

It's great that companies like Kickstarter are giving average consumers the capability to fund these sorts of companies but let's not equate the consumers' endorsement of the startup as the potential for value or ability to succeed. VC's do their due diligence for a reason, they want to back successful companies. Average consumers funding on Kickstarter are not doing their due diligence, they're looking at the marketing pitch and handing over their hard earned dollars. I fear this is bad for both the startup ecosystem as well as for consumers.

There will be companies on Kickstarter that take money and fail. My prediction is that it will be higher than the startup space. So before we get caught up on buying exclusivity with this fundraising, let's do our due diligence.

Don't quite follow the logic in your argument here. Correlation != Causation failure?

You can try to make it easier (probably a UX challenge) but most people don't take the time to be meticulous with setting up their filters. e.g. Gmail filters, Twitter lists, etc.

Yeah, let's make things more complicated yaay! Filters, and more filters - now I have to remember exactly which one does what.

Stop thinking like an engineer and think like a non-technical common user.