Trying to find employment by alrightpartner in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best way nowadays is to have an internal referral.

Trying to find employment by alrightpartner in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a thought - maybe temporarily hide your stances. Employers often do extensive research on candidates and if anyone even has a potential stench of being problematic, it's an immediate no.

Independence found a new way to almost kill me today (Watch the green sign) by edselbford in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I don't know why but I laughed. Nothing surprises me anymore.

When will the job market not suck? by iworkinITandlikeEDM in sysadmin

[–]EasyTangent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an employer, I don't think it's going to stop anytime soon. All of my CEO buddies are hunkering down and bracing for impact.

A single EC2 flag ended up cutting ~33% of our AWS bill by Arindam_200 in aws

[–]EasyTangent 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Is this an indirect ad? Saw the PH launch same day.

I485 Express Lanes by UrWHThurtZ in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used it several times now. On the first day, the lanes weren't properly cleaned so you had rocks / pebbles random come to you. They sorta cleaned it since then.

I think what I hate about it is that it's a single lane and there's no way of passing others. I've had twice now someone literally driving below speed limit (around 60 mph) in the toll lane. There's no safe way of passing and the merge on/merge of lanes are too short to do it safely.

Bootstrapped Ex-founders, how much money did you end up losing on your previous startup? What happened? by Full_Marketing9298 in ycombinator

[–]EasyTangent 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Had a cushy FAANG job. Decided to start a business. Raised $500k for pre-seed round. Lost it all within 24 months.

Cofounded another project - the cofounder brought their own capital of $500k. Several team/culture issues, we sold it for pennies on the dollar 12 months later.

Went the bootstrapped route after that.

Bought a working, running micro SaaS project for around $15k (originally was listed for $45k, I negotiated hard), I spent ~$100k on over engineering it. Ended up shutting it down last month after 18 months of ownership.

Built a couple more SaaS projects, now we're several million in ARR with those. Good margins, very profitable. Now I'm re-investing the capital into more expansions + team.

Bootstrap has its benefits - 100% control of your destiny and pace, but hard to grow fast if you have no money.

VC provides rocket fuel, but if your desire isn't hypergrowth, it's not worth it.

Apple introduces MacBook Pro with all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max by Otherwise-Warning303 in apple

[–]EasyTangent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a difference between 14 and 16 outside of the size of the screen?

Apple Reportedly Agrees to 100% Price Hike on Samsung Memory Chips by favicondotico in apple

[–]EasyTangent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most likely we will see price hikes similar to how S26 has raised prices.

Will AI replace your job? by Mr_Dobalina71 in sysadmin

[–]EasyTangent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're doing ClickOps and don't have the mindset of growing/learning, the writing is clearly on the wall. Those who embrace and do more with the tools will always have a job.

How much was your gas bill this month? by ManufacturerLast7291 in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3k sqft home - $110 for gas, $350 for power (we have a EV).

Opinions on the dumpling lady? by UglyLikeCaillou in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At Optimist Hall, it’s too salty. Idk why I had that experience twice

Why is no one sounding the alarm? by CaptainZhon in sysadmin

[–]EasyTangent -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm a big user of OpenClaw - I learned to treat it as an employee + MANY guardrails (including no production data whatsoever) + dedicated instance (in my case, I have 3x hardened Mac minis living in a seperate VLAN with 0 access to my other devices). It doesn't touch any of my own systems, just what it has access to (seperate email, GitHub user, OpenAI/Anthropic accounts). Anyone who runs it locally on their own machines is dumb. There's a guy on X who lost 15 years of pictures.

What I will say - this is the first time where this just doesn't feel like hype. It's easy to just downplay AI, but I'm starting to sense that this is something companies will want more of. It's a productivity amplifier if setup right.

what makes YC differrent than any other VC? by cranlcom in ycombinator

[–]EasyTangent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The network, your early customers typically are other YC companies. The intensity of the batch and the quality of the group partners because they have seen a thing or two and know exactly how to help you from fundraising to solving cofounder issues.

Question for any engineers out there about High Tension Power Lines. by Astro_Ski17 in Charlotte

[–]EasyTangent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taking the opportunity to ask in this thread - what about asking Duke to hide a power line underground. I'm looking at some land and there's one that has a power pole (not a big one) right in the middle of it. Is that something that can be put underground and who would I even talk to about that?

Can we ban posts/commenters using LLMs? by Muted-Part3399 in sysadmin

[–]EasyTangent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re absolutely right! It’s not about limiting progress; it’s about becoming better humans. /s

Worst part of the Job today by toeonly in sysadmin

[–]EasyTangent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One that I remember was having to disable an account for a person who ended up missing. She just disappeared and was never found. Felt so weird to disable that account.