Yeah... Adderall only works effectively if you're getting good quality sleep. Also doesn't prevent you from falling asleep, thats called caffeine or provigil. Additionally, the dosage needed to keep you awake will also likely make you act like a distractable manic mess. that's also ignoring that if you're not sleeping, your backend shit can't be that tricky.
Point being, the metaphors in the blog post are both in bad taste (some people actually need adderall et al for medical reasons), the lifestyle described is unsustainable, and if I'm working with someone who's so widely sought, I'd be celebrating their awesome and feel flattered they think I'm worth their time.
That flag is driving me insane, as well as the social bar and the moving "Aaron Dinin", takes up the entire page and won't get out of my way so I can read the text - some of us like reading on phones you know (iOS 5.1.1 here)
Absolutely agree. The constant "Get Started" fade in/out box was way too distracting. I haven't seen FlagTap on other sites, but hopefully the behavior isn't the norm!
It's even aggravating on a desktop. It's distracting, which makes it difficult to read the post. I clicked on it just out of hope that it would make it stop.
It's still all in the way for me on iOS (when I zoom in to actually read)... but thank you for taking the feedback into account, it's good to see. Hopefully il be able to read the actual article soon :)
Honestly, headhunter contacts are a dime a dozen. Front end, back end, whatever, if you have any visibility at all you get used to ignoring them pretty quickly.
Seriously, just having a basic LinkedIn profile will get you a couple recruitment messages a week. If your co-founder tempted by standard form letter recruitment emails then you have bigger problems.
Yeah, guess I should have scaled the servers before posting. Good lesson for next time.
Thanks for the feedback. I guess I'll be lucky to get a cubicle in the same building as him (though to be fair... I never called myself a server admin).
Thanks for the feedback and sorry for putting the punchline below the fold. At some point, I might improve Intellisult's UI, but that'll have to wait. For a silly site like that, and with a budget of $0, it's difficult to prioritize every detail just for providing people with some free entertainment.
If you'd like to contribute any good design ideas, I'd be happy to implement them when I have some free time. =)
I dig FlagTap. I'd been looking for a decent way to incentivize the users of my dating site into reaching out to other users, and ended up building a rewards module myself. It's been a big hit on the site, but I'd much rather have something easier to implement in the future. Would you be able to do a custom implementation of FlagTap (custom gifts, matching palette, etc)?
I do not feel that this post deserves front page mention.
Frankly, this reads as less about the co-founder being approached but rather the OP wishing to be poached as well.
It's not as though highly talented back end developers are lacking recruitment offers these days.
So I decide to try and work out what flagtap actually is. The page which the flag link takes me to asks me to either login or sign up based on 3 images which promise to fulfill all my wildest dreams. No thanks.
So I cut the end off the URL and checked the front page, just a login screen. Oh, there's an about link down the bottom, that's what I'm after. Click. Huh, I need to login to see the about page?
I'm...what sort of whiney pathetic loser writes this dribble. Are you actually begging companies not to try and hire talented people? Um, welcome to the free economy. Better get your business moving faster then...
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 89.4 ms ] threadParticularly the last line.
(Latest Safari on Lion)
Can I blame that on my co-founder? He's responsible for cross-browser issues :)
Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Point being, the metaphors in the blog post are both in bad taste (some people actually need adderall et al for medical reasons), the lifestyle described is unsustainable, and if I'm working with someone who's so widely sought, I'd be celebrating their awesome and feel flattered they think I'm worth their time.
Fixed!
(We'll add an "x" to close it as well... shortly.)
Though I guess that still puts me at fault either way. I'll get it fixed ASAP.
Thanks again for the feedback!
Thanks for the feedback. I guess I'll be lucky to get a cubicle in the same building as him (though to be fair... I never called myself a server admin).
http://imgur.com/EKlmK
Edit: I also didn't see the green flag the first time. When I refreshed it showed up.
And what about all those poor folks with 1024 x 768 monitors?
If you'd like to contribute any good design ideas, I'd be happy to implement them when I have some free time. =)
But, this is a 100% true story (except maybe the Adderall part I thought HN would appreciate.
We kind of figured we'd need to add custom options, so it's good to hear people would like to see that sooner rather than later.
We'll get it implemented as soon as possible!
Of course the post was written in jest.
Yes... if anyone wants him to work for one of those companies less than me, it's him.
It's not as though highly talented back end developers are lacking recruitment offers these days.
So I cut the end off the URL and checked the front page, just a login screen. Oh, there's an about link down the bottom, that's what I'm after. Click. Huh, I need to login to see the about page?
Sigh.
Goodbye.
Umm... clearly it's a very early beta.