Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas 6 years ago
Trump got more votes in California than in any other state including TX and FL
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I am fairly certain that corporate charters were originally time-limited.
A liberal conspiracy /s
He was also roommates with the Viking of 6th Avenue, Moondog
EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards 6 years ago
Which will end up at SCOTUS and we will see the Chevron doctrine overturned
A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old 6 years ago
Yep, IBM was founded in 1911
The vertical integration and domination in the eyeglasses space has been a blind spot for anti-trust regulators.
USC's Dying Linebackers 6 years ago
The surprising thing I found with soccer was that female players had higher incidences of concussions
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2019/11/07/the-conc...
Hence the reliance on gerrymandering to maintain majorities. Look at the congressional districts around Austin
That's driven alot by the superior schools in Bellevue. 30% of Seattle kids go to private schools...
Eddie Van Halen has died 6 years ago
Two bouts of cancer, tongue and then now throat...
How we built a $1M ARR SaaS startup 6 years ago
My new disruptive startup will TEAR DOWN THOSE WALLS for the wall-less experience
Ask HN: How to learn sales? 6 years ago
Talk to the right people is key.
Qualification is one of the most important skills to hone in sales. Are you wasting time with a tire kicker? Someone without actual purchasing authority. Wants to buy but doesn't have budget this fiscal year. Do you know the customer's fiscal year? Do you know the purchasing process at the client? I have seen many deals fouled by procurement and legal even though the buyer is ready to go.
So a standard HN solution then
X-COM 6 years ago
Playing this game late at night with headphones added to the mood.
I no longer build software 6 years ago
Find a smaller enterprise system integrator in the field you're familiar with. Titles such as Sales Engineer, SE, Solutions Architect. Usually the compensation plan is a 70/30 or 65/35 split between base and commission. Once you cut your teeth and are building out your professional network, then looks for an ISV to be on direct sales...
I no longer build software 6 years ago
Sales engineering is a great place for being able to tinker, interact with a wide range of clients/prospects, and plus being a revenue center...
He is Just Asking Questions
Yeah, but the defense budget is optimized to benefit multiple Congressional districts as a jobs program, this doesn't work...
One here in Seattle at the Museum of Flight https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/lockheed1049g-super-...
Beautiful planes
Red flags I saw while doing technical interviews 6 years ago
Yeah that just drives me nuts. If you're recruiting, you're trying to sell me on the position.
Well we tolerate eugenics in some ways though. Look at the prevalence of Down's syndrome children now vs. the advent of accurate prenatal testing
Yeah. Dealing with a teen right now who feels completely isolated. Hanging in there.