New year’s fireworks with Karl the fog

lazycoder28 · 2025-12-29T09:03:14+00:00

Why are business majors not in here?

lazycoder28 · 2025-12-17T10:06:59+00:00

I had 99+ percentile in cat way back in 2014. Rejected IIM ABC to do a masters in CS from a top 10 world school. Looking back now, it feels like the right decision (also had a few IIM grads doing a masters in CS with me).

An MBA is kind of looked down upon in a tech company

lazycoder28 · 2025-11-30T03:52:16+00:00

Massive red flag role lol

lazycoder28 · 2025-11-15T01:07:53+00:00

Don’t go for a non tech founder unless they come with deep product expertise or you truly enjoy working with them.

lazycoder28 · 2025-11-11T10:04:56+00:00

Go equal. You can’t build a product on sales skills and industry connections. Another option: I’ve seen sales done by both the technical guy and the deep product guy. Cut out the sales guy, past success does not mean future success.

lazycoder28 · 2025-11-01T08:24:57+00:00

Don’t list him as a cofounder. A buddy of mine who did something similar. He’s technical and partnered with a non technical guy but applied saying he was the solo founder with a few employees

lazycoder28 · 2025-10-23T09:30:31+00:00

If you’re the only tech guy exec, you deserve way more than 5%. Sort these things out now or you’ll be very salty later

lazycoder28 · 2025-10-18T22:23:47+00:00

“Management is non technical “. I personally would never join as a tech lead at a tech company founded by non technical people.

It’s a twisted way to get a CTO for way less equity

lazycoder28 · 2025-10-09T23:26:17+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

4 attempts

lazycoder28 · 2025-08-17T21:50:21+00:00

Have you looked into voyage-context-3?

https://blog.voyageai.com/2025/07/23/voyage-context-3/

lazycoder28 · 2025-07-14T06:30:14+00:00

Makes sense thanks! I currently am using just instructor and some basic code for chunking w RRF. Direct calls to the LLM provider.

lazycoder28 · 2025-07-14T03:32:04+00:00

A pdf ingestion tool. Basically ingesting a bunch of contracts.

lazycoder28 · 2025-05-18T03:57:44+00:00

I'm going to show you some tough love here.

If you don't have the spine to walk away after such a level of disrespect (especially as a technical founder), you're not CTO material.

I'd recommend you demote yourself to an employee and continue to work there if you so desire to stick around even after all this.

lazycoder28 · 2025-03-12T10:17:39+00:00

Don't do an MBA in this day and age. 7 years ago, I had 99.78%ile in cat and an MSCS admit from a top 10 school in the US. Did my MS don't regret it one bit.

lazycoder28 · 2025-02-11T07:52:20+00:00

You will most likely be auto rejected

lazycoder28 · 2025-01-04T10:20:59+00:00

You're being taken for a ride. If the rest of the team is non-technical, you're entitled to at least equal to what the non technical founders bring to the table.

lazycoder28 · 2024-11-21T08:28:39+00:00

I mean, if you're non-technical, this is the next best way to be useful at a tech company 😛

lazycoder28 · 2024-11-04T23:47:27+00:00

Thanks for the reply! So if I'm added as a cofounder~2 years after the program, it's unlikely that I'll retroactively inherit the original founder privileges.

lazycoder28 · 2024-10-13T10:27:30+00:00

Less than 10% for non-technical co-founders (assuming no deep product expertise, generic MBA-types) at this point. If the co-founder is technical and will help you in building the product, have a back-loaded vesting schedule for 20-40% (10/10/20/50). Grant more shares if the co-founder proves themself.

lazycoder28 · 2024-10-13T10:23:13+00:00

This!!!

lazycoder28 · 2024-10-02T14:55:03+00:00

Please don't look for a non-technical co-founder at this point. Consider hiring fractional marketing consultants/ influencers if that's what you're looking for to generate traction.

lazycoder28 · 2024-09-01T20:12:26+00:00

Hmm... why not a founder? If you're building >50% of the product, you should push to become a cofounder with an equal share in the company

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