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Comment · 2 years ago
Heavy Ruby/Rails user here.

We basically run type checking on major hand-offs between modules using DrySchema/DryValidation, a gem that makes it easy to set that up.

Without doing this, the integrity of the codebase erodes with scale.

Comment · 3 years ago
I agree. What started as a title that signaled the individual was there at the earliest parts of building the venture, it has been abused.
Comment · 3 years ago
It just depends on if you have the background and talent to warrant that role. I think that is an exceptional case for someone to get funding and support to build a venture without any operating experience.
Comment · 3 years ago
Sure, I didn't mean to imply it's the only path to those seats.
Comment · 3 years ago
The folks designing the compensation plan and explaining the plan to the potential employee. I can't speak to unethical cases in which things are misrepresented.
Comment · 3 years ago
The path to getting into these founder / c-suite roles is those founding engineer roles in which you can learn how to scale and operate these ventures.

The founding engineer role at 0.5% is not meant to be a role to retire on, but a stepping stone to those bigger roles.

Comment · 3 years ago
From a business perspective, unlocking this precision for infrastructure is only worth the investment at the highest levels of scale.
Comment · 8 years ago
Do you still run the Bot?

I'm interested in talking with you

I'm currently running a bot on GDAX

Comment · 8 years ago
Can you send me an email?

I'm interested in talking with you

Comment · 9 years ago
I have a venture, ping me about it. It is a SaaS and ML play in the marketing automation space.
Comment · 10 years ago
If you can point me to one of these niches, I'd give you 15% of revenue generated on it
Comment · 10 years ago
http://www.magentoreporting.com

struggling to scale sales, i'm more of a product and development guy

Comment · 11 years ago
hahahah this comment is absurd
Comment · 14 years ago
really slick and impressive site

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