blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Don’t use company property or Internet, ever - Another clause in most employment agreements is that anything you do physically at work, or on software and equipment owned by the company (e.g. Assume every laptop has a secret program that records all keystrokes, mouse clicks, screen shots, web sites and emails you read or write.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

I ruffled a few feathers with my recent post The Software Product Myth. The unrest surrounded my statement that making $2500/month from your software product wouldn’t allow you to quit your day job. As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I assume you have some new take on what youre doing - otherwise you wouldnt be doing it. The main takeaway of the post is that you almost always need feedback to execute new approaches properly. Shocking, I know.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

In fact, I am convinced that if you could find some of IMVU’s earliest adopters, they would say something like this: “sure, those guys at IMVU HQ were helpful in writing code and stuff, but in the end they were just the hired help. It was really the community who built that product.&# It is a stage that must be outgrown.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? Don’t wait to fill the void before letting him go (but obviously get all the code / usernames / password). The way I do it. Build something.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I have a webcam and a headset, and also connected all the various messaging apps into the web browser and the desktop which I highly recommend. I felt like the news was just moving on from one crisis to the next. I was developing a mesh network that I envisioned being useful in the developing world and for the internet of things.

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