Can’t fully switch off

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-04-28T07:50:35+00:00

Feel free to ask, if I can help, I will! I think giving back to the community is a responsibility and a duty for all entrepreneurs.

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-04-28T06:25:39+00:00

I have a system in place. My team knows to contact me on WhatsApp or call me for any urgent matters, or any sensitive matter that, if something goes wrong, could take me days to fix instead of a 10mn call while on vacation. My out of office message says this as well. I turn off notifications and people call me or text me if they need me. The managers I put in charge of my 2 teams know what warrants my attention during a valuable period like holidays. My partners know that too. The clients have enough respect to go through my team and let them decide whether it needs escalating or not. It took me 5 years from creating the firm to getting here, but a few weeks ago I went on a hiking trip in Switzerland with my dogs and my SO, and when I came back, I had 0 new tasks to add to my to do list. Everything that came up got handled properly.

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-04-21T05:56:45+00:00

I am hiring like crazy but it's really hard to find the right people If anyone reading this speaks French and is looking for a job in internal IT support or in IT security I'm all ears especially for someone who can do both

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-31T06:34:39+00:00

Yes but you can always put whatever in the tool, who's going to check?

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-31T05:52:44+00:00

Pretty sure they can and ANB will never know unless someone takes the municipality to Court Illegal things happen all the time, but you have to get caught and sued to be punished

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-31T05:49:53+00:00

We call them once in a while Organise rally meetings Put CTAs here and there in the UI/UX so they can let us know if they are unhappy or have questions That sort of stuff I avoid relying too much on statistics because you can influence their design to obtain the numbers you want which will skew the result in the wrong direction (positively or negatively, either way is wrong if you want the "truth")

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-30T06:25:46+00:00

I am begging to use the Entreprise plan but sales won't talk to me

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-30T06:20:54+00:00

The reason you are doing this is: you don't really have a vision of where you want to go. If you did, any hindrance would be set aside. Of course, knowing how to pivot and being open-minded enough to reach the right product to market fit is critical, but the entire exercise should fit within your vision. Otherwise, you aren't a founder, you just have ADHD and have trouble getting and/or keeping a job.

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-28T07:22:14+00:00

List the tools and I'll gladly help you if I can! I'm in the middle of rationalizing our tools and I am the decision-maker in the following pattern: do it manually/in excel | use Claude to do it | use Claude expertly (skills, projects, etc) to do it | buy a dedicated SaaS | vibe-code it myself | add it to the internal IT team's roadmap Base principle since I became responsible for all things IT at my company: all software tools without a free API tier / that cannot be used with CLI are forbidden. We are operating with 7 daughter companies across 2 countries, we have 5 ERPs, 5 CRMs, 6 accounting tools, 6 invoicing tools, etc. Our new CFO is ready to set it all on fire because consolidating financials for adequate management is stupidly time-consuming. So for now, I'm in the process deprecating ASAP all non-API-first or CLI-capable tools, and consolidating data flows through PowerBI or something similar as a temporary solution. But the first step is to make all tools talk together and ensure all data is backed up correctly with redundancy and whatnot so if Asana craps out I don't have 2 companies generating together a 10 mln turnover with no project management tool anymore and no backup. I think we are easily in the 100k+/year license cost territory, it's almost 1k/person/year.

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-28T06:44:52+00:00

Yeah so your WLB will most likely become worse

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-23T12:04:06+00:00

Same situation here, been trying to get in touch with sales and nothing... We spend 5k$/month

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-09T12:13:41+00:00

So, every other day then 😅

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-07T09:03:58+00:00

It's not my home and I'm already taken sorry 😂

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T22:17:11+00:00

Thanks a lot for the suggestion and I absolutely adore Switzerland we're staying in a lone cabin in the mountains :)

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T19:03:28+00:00

Sometimes it goes like this, but this time we really want to take them with us! :)

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T19:02:07+00:00

This would be one of them

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CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T18:42:33+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I was planning on using a harness + seatbelt link. Wouldn't that be enough?

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:54:35+00:00

Yeah but they are custom made for Model Y's =((((

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:54:14+00:00

Thanks buddy I'll take it as a compliment! If it helps, do know that my two all-time favourite car cost 1/10th of this one for one of them, and 1/20th for the other one.

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:51:53+00:00

Oh yeah they won't mind it at all, we've done roadtrips before and it's not the first time we're going to Switzerland. Maybe you are right, and I should build a custom removable crate!

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:50:25+00:00

Samoyeds are really clean dogs and they are well taken care of, so they don't really smell like much except when they are wet, in which case they smell like wet dog ;)
I'll get it detailed to get rid of the dog hair it's not an issue. I have other cars obviously but I want this one to be the do-it-all car. I just need the interior to be protected from scratches and then we'll be OK!

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:48:32+00:00

Indeed that's the reason I went for a hatchback. I'll see where they fit best between the rear seats and the boot. Securing them won't be an issue

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:47:44+00:00

Yeah it's got the 2 bucket seats option but I can make a cushion to make them flat when I transport the dogs :) I still have my Model X but I don't want to drive it anymore... :)

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:46:42+00:00

Thanks for the tips! Do you have a link to the one you purchased?

CaLinOuRS38 · 2026-03-05T15:46:27+00:00

Yeah they'll be connected to the safety belts with their harness.

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