FROM BUILDERS, FOR DOERSVOL. 03 / QUALITY-FIRST DISCOVERY

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Real experiences, useful perspectives, and things you wish you’d known.

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Submit.co – Where to get press coverage for your startup

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It didn't really help us considering we failed, but it felt good and with more runway it may have been useful.

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Early Nintendo programmer worked without a keyboard

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But there's complexity at the other end, too.

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No One Fails Anymore – Everybody ‘Pivots’

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Thing is I failed because the first business did not have a credit card system and we took checks that later bounced.

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"Most of you steal your software"

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Hell, as a result I even go out of my way to make sure developers are paid their dues by purchasing almost any app I …

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Seattle to deploy Gigabit fiber network

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In WA I pay about a 9% sales tax on things I purchase excepting housing and food.

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Ask HN: How much do developers earn in Europe?

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I failed one for "cultural fit", one because I didn't do well enough in the technical phone screen, and with the third one I decided …

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The struggle with Rust

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the reason why I decided to check it out vs go) is that I don't have a lot of experience thinking about memory at a …

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How to start a successful freelance business as a software developer (2017)

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- PayPal invoices are nice but they were my biggest expense, 3% of my revenue!

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How much money are you earning from your software products?

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One had over $250,000 in sales in 18 months before I sold rights to it for another $90,000 to another company.

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