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Hey Walter, What were your "salesman" lessons from Empire? What would you do differently today?

Thank you for sharing the details.

Hi, How did you manage to get them to pay you hourly to create a project plan? What did you propose? I also need to do this for my venture but never clicks. Please share some advice. Thank you.

even if it's explicitly stated in the contract and the employee has agreed to it? Why would it get thrown out?

Thanks for sharing that.

Did you promote/share it somewhere? How did the customer find you?

Welcome back Walter! Which is your favourite D compiler? Do you ever play around with other compilers too and compare the executables?

Could you enlighten on how you managed to take those to market after the rejections?

I was just looking at your classicempire site and stumbled upon the rejection letters!!

Did you take up Sirius's offer to act as broker for 30% cut on deal?

I was a bit surprised by the inclusion of lesser languages and the omission of D !!

Please share the secret of your tenacity and inspiration in the face of such "setbacks". How do you do it on a day to day basis?

> "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"

You are an inspiration Walter !!

Dear Walter,

Thank you for the great work you are doing.

If you could get people to include D in the benchmarks / shootouts that get published it would help improve the popularity of D.

FYI - Thatneedle.com already uses it for part of the backend data processing workflow.

(a) In the short run, a good job generally gives much better financial returns than a startup. From the overall vibe of your post, I would say don't startup unless you have a compelling drive to startup.

(b) Stay sharp. Don't depend on "bigco" to manage your career/skills for you.

(c) Spend wisely, Save wisely. There's no silver bullet there. Of course all the savings might not be enough for certain cases, but that holds true for both bigco and small biz. Don't become a slave of your lifestyle while the going is good for you whether it is a small-biz or a bigco job.