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I think I’d like to be able to see big shifts in sentiment or at least be able to graph it over time and compare it to the overall market.

But like you said, this is also just a hobby project for me.

This is a really good idea! I can definitely add some functionality like this.

I do not take ConvertKit for granted. Every point I made is pointed directly at GitLab. GitLab isn't open or bootstrapped. I have nothing but respect for every company on the open startups page of Baremetrics, including and especially Baremetrics themselves.

I have worked for a few startups and I've been laid off from a couple of them. I would never believe a bootstrapped company could do what we're doing but we do and I'm lucky enough to be a part of it. We aren't unique either. Basecamp has been doing this for a lot longer than ConvertKit has.

https://m.signalvnoise.com/how-we-pay-people-at-basecamp/

Bootstrapped companies face many challenges that VC backed companies don't. GitLab isn't bootstrapped. I lament that companies with all this money don't treat their employees better when they definitely can afford it. If they say they can't then they are probably wasting money. @emilycook said in a comment below

...I was able to negotiate for a higher salary and they adjusted. If GitLab wants you badly enough then they'll do what every company does and try and make themselves competitive. You just have less leverage to negotiate in general because you're competing with international talent vs local talent.

So, they have the money to pay more but they are simply choosing not to.

The CEO of a VC backed company I worked for got a 40% pay raise immediately after a 60% workforce layoff. He was already the highest paid person in the company.

We do plan on scaling to $100,000,000 in ARR. We are planning on keeping this model. We have actually purposely limited how many people we hire to fewer than 50. I'm curious what GitLabs ARR is. I know GitLab raised nearly $170MM whereas ConvertKit has raised $0. 52% of the profit is distributed twice a year to employees at our company retreats. We're on track to hit $20MM ARR by the end of this year. We have a 401k program with 4% match. We get a $1000 "Paid" Paid time off bonus once a year. GitLab is a "Unicorn" but they've cheated their employees to get there. A billion dollar company can't pay people the same based on their role? Sounds like SV venture sharks speaking under the guise of remote work.

https://convertkit.com/mission https://convertkit.com/careers

I work for ConvertKit. We’re fully remote and have public, standardized salaries regardless of where you live in the world. Pay is based on title. If you want more pay you need a new title and if you know someone’s title you know their pay. Not all employees share their title because it’s personal but it’s also not a secret.

It’s way more fair than what Gitlab does IMO.

Also our financials are public. We’re bootstrapped and profitable with no outside investment so saying standardized salaries hurt the company is a lazy cop out at best. https://convertkit.baremetrics.com/

He isn't explaining why the blackhole would look like a fuzzy coffee mug stain. He's explaining why the _picture_ of the blackhole will look like a fuzzy coffee mug stain.

To your point, it's like taking a picture of Uranus with film and waiting for it to develop. People familiar with the matter can guess what the _image_ will look like not what Uranus actually looks like.

This is all very clear in the first 25 seconds of the video if you actually listen to what he's saying.

I disabled javascript on techcrunch (and all similar sites). Makes many sites more enjoyable to use.

It'd be funny but since he was born in South Africa he's disqualified from running.

I don't think my physician calls the edge of the universe anything unless he's a hobbyist physicist as well.

I don’t think so. I think it’s pretty naive to think some people exist without personality flaws.

Everything people do is out of some sort of greed. Some of it results in good deeds others not so much.

You volunteer or donate to charity because it makes you feel good, boosts your ego, and/or inflates your sense of self worth but you ARE being helpful in the grand scheme of things.

50 pushups, 50 situps, 50 bodyweight squats, and 3x1 minute planks (left, right, middle) every day followed by a shower before I go to bed.

Stretch my hamstrings every day. I, like much of HN, sit at a desk all day and my hamstrings had gotten incredibly stiff.

Earn at least 1 crown a day on duolingo.

I feel better and I sleep better.

I also believe this. If you run a side project by yourself and you don't target EU users directly, but might have a few, it most likely won't be worth the effort to actually follow through on enforcement.

However, that seems like a very arbitrary line and governments love to waste money.

I guess the question is what does the EU value more, privacy or their relationship with the US?

I don't have an answer but I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

The US and EU have a good relationship. The EU can (probably will) use international law to hold you accountable and the US is likely to comply.

EDIT: you is the hypothetical you. If the EU targets you then they will use international law to do so.

Nit: the site should be serving all of its assets over https.

CMD -

I think this explains why the docker registry is down as well.

http://status.docker.com/

Hi, really sorry about that. It should be fixed now.

Well good thing this came out just now. I was literally about to start another parse project tonight.

Hi! Thank you for posting and doing this! I was wondering if I could still apply even though what I'm working at the moment is still just a side project that I work on on nights and weekends. It's generating revenue and I'm hoping to pursue it full time in January/February. The problem is that I only qualify for the general office hours. Would you suggest that I apply or wait until June for the next general office hours?

I've never gone through YC but I have had a few interactions with Qasar. He is a very intelligent man and in my few interactions he has given me great insight into my own personal projects.

I really like codecombat personally. For new programmers the instant, visual feedback seems really helpful.

Great! Hope it helps. If you need additional help with meteor infrastructure feel free to set up a video call with either me (https://sunsama.com/kris/meteor_infrastructure) or with Jacob (https://sunsama.com/jacob/meteor_docker_aws)

What's with the aggressive attitude? The writer admits that he doesn't fully understand the psyche of a "millennial" and then tries to be subtle and smear Uber. I'm a millennial and a software engineer so I make enough money to be able to purchase an eight passenger suburban and drive it around if I wanted to but I don't own a car so instead I choose to ride share. Is getting into an Uber more offensive than buying a suburban? This whole article felt like they were trying to prove why they are better than Uber by trying to make some fake sense of guilt for using Uber. I use Uber exclusively because my experiences with them have been so much better than the experiences I've had with lyft.

Instead of focussing on why Uber is bad they should try to focus on helping make lyft suck less.

Best user experience with a BTC company in a while.

This is awesome!

Well the upside in best case scenario is huge and the downside in worst case scenario is that I got way better at node.

For me it's worth the risk.

That is a good question and concern and one that investors as well as other founders have asked.

At this point in time the reward of me making it is a lot higher than the risk of them putting resources towards doing themselves. Also, it would be a complete shift in what they are doing to try to go after this. At least for now.

I could be completely wrong and get shut down later today but I don't think that will happen (knock on wood).

Stripe bar none.

I was ialwayschooserock

Dude that was cool. I think it would be neat if there was a chat.