cgrusden

Yes, i understand, but where did that cash come from? If it's from investors, it "doesnt count" for our conversation purposes

I speculate that the direct-listing + SPAC's created by Chamath are at play here.

Bad things happen when you have parties involved in an idea that aren't directly working on that idea, coupled with lots of money.

We've all seen this movie 1,000 times before.

First off, how is Palantir "cash rich"? A look at their financials they're losing money just like all the other shit startups on the NYSE.

I did not go to college/university for engineering, but just hearing the tools of 'real' engineers is great.

I've been opening up Jekyll in the morning as the start of my day. I write the blog post for the work I'm about to do. I've noticed that I'm getting better at explaining the problem clearly and the solution. When there is a paragraph that feels out of place I yank it into a different file immediately to get it out of the current flow of the post. The paragraph felt out of place because it was probably a distraction from the problem Im trying to solve today. Also, the great thing about this technique is that I have a blog post at the end of the work day that I can look back on and say, "Damn, I shipped something" if I didn't feel like I shipped anything else (common problem in our field of software developers)

Hire me, I'll tell you - short of that, keep asking like a broken record at the end of every week. At some point they might break down and tell you -

Here's how I implemented what you're asking to my company: I would first ask how they are doing and how the project is going. And then I would ask if theres anything we could improve - the first few times, nothing. After that, they would tell me improvements (finally)

Maybe, but the asian market will eat this up

Wow, love this article. The context of this article is how I ran my consultancy and the developers didn't enjoy my choices to choose the "boring" tech over what new tech they wanted to bring in, in the middle of a project. "Secrets of Consulting" is a great book if you've never read it, too

I love this. Reminds me of my MajorMUD days, thanks for sharing

I like to see how other people try to "optimize" their lives. Unfortunately there is no silver bullet, but definitely some takeaways from this lifestyle I like:

* Multiple blender pitchers (to not have to keep rewashing one)

* The multi-photo frame on the desk (I would probably put cars/places to travel or that I have already traveled)

* Dedicated 3pm time to exercise

Most of the actual activities of this "fully optimized life" are completely subjective. This optimized life description is really just a routine and sticking to it. If everyone actually stuck to a routine, they would also have ample time, but most everyone allows distractions to de-rail them.

After reading the comments, no one asked about "which"SaaS business model. Yes it is extremely possible to bootstrap a SaaS business alone depending on which model. Example: help a reporter out that peter shankman grew into a Monster of a SaaS business.

Another example? GroupOn. Was a email newsletter first.

I've seen a group of guys go sign up for Wordpress and were generating $2,000/month themselves for a kickstarter-like concept by using plugins. Not all SaaS businesses require a programmer, especially these days.

Will certain models require a programmer at some point? Maybe. Maybe someone just wants to build 10 SaaS newsletter sites that all generate $1,000/month each... $10kMRR in total with no need to hire a programmer.

If my whole way of making money dependent on awesome bridge builders and I could only find those bridge builders in Europe, do you think I would want the government to allow those people into the country - or at least somehow give me access to them? When reading anything that has to do with immigration, keep this in mind: "follow the money".