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How do you all deal with downloading and archiving your bank, credit card, investment account and other statements? I find myself constantly logging in everywhere and downloading them manually which takes a lot of time…

What are some good solutions to prevent businesses from using your software past termination of a licensing agreement or past a trial date? Specifically, this is in the context of software that is installed on linux…

I have been offered a certain number of RSUs as part of a compensation package and need to determine what the realistic value is of these RSUs. The company is not public yet but has been around for about 10 years and is…

These are questions for those with a law school background who have some experience with hiring processes in larger tech companies. 1) Do you have the right in California to demand and receive copies of all interviewer…

I have been faced several times in my consulting business with choosing between consulting work that comes at unpredictable moments, but when the work shows up, it pays very well and much better than the average…

Being overwhelmed with a million things to do and always being behind as a bootstrapped founder I would like to hear from other founders who decided to hire assistants: 1) when did you start hiring them 2) where are…

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For those of you with ~20 years of experience as engineers, how have you explained you do not do timed coding interviews? have you offered other types of assessments such as a take home instead or a walkthrough of…

The title says it all. What do technical founders do who have large code bases and they have come to the point where there is significant technical debt hiding in some corners to the point it starts to hamper…

wondering what everyone's thoughts are regarding open sourcing your own code you've kept under lock and key for a long time, with the rise of AI and inability to enforce licenses or control whether code is used for…

Share your experiences with collecting payment from consulting clients who refuse to pay for work performed. In particular interested in service providers and clients located in California and tips on what to do. Asking…

I'm wondering what tools work well for selling services via email, that allow you to message prospects and then automatically follow-up until their either schedule a meeting or unsubscribe from messages? Something that…

I built some 32 cpu / 64 thread workstations with threadripper cpus for a project which are idle since project got cancelled. I thought about using them for mining but with the cost of electricity in CA i doubt it is…

Let's say you are a struggling founder which has been at the startup game for years. You are trying to get a product business off the ground. It has been an uphill battle due to lack of funding, necessary to scale the…

I have a feeling I have developed late-onset ADHD as an adult due to recent/past events and I would like to hear from other founders/engineering people who have similar stories and how they overcame their situation and…

Interested in stories from bay area or other tech metro folks who moved to Switzerland and have a career and life there now. How is it, why did you move, what is your story?

Thinking about hiring a virtual assistant to do cold calling to sell my services. Goal is to schedule meetings with me when there is an interest. Thinking about using Capsule CRM but I also need a VoIP solution they can…

Any C++ devs who got off the train and went C-only to focus their skill set and spend more time on picking up other archtectural type skills instead of keeping up with the new features and standards?

A while ago lots of people moved out. Due to the current AI fad people came back (?). Does it still matter to be there and in what circumstances?

What are your favourite tools to monitor your website search engine ranking daily/weekly?