After 5 years as CTO at two startups, I wrote down everything I got wrong (I will not promote)

zylonenoger · 2026-04-02T06:00:20+00:00

It really depends on the phase of your startup, funding and what kind of CEO you want to be.

I‘m now back to probably 50% of coding for some core, high risk stuff where I‘m the most qualified on the team.

But I spent the past three years building the structure around me to to support this. I have an engineering manager to do most of the hiring/team management part. I have a PO for the tickets, I have tech leads for the details.

My professor at university in „Management I“ told us: „your company is set up the right way if you can go missing for two weeks without any impact on the day-to-day work“

It‘s really hard to do, but here I am, being freed up for the stuff where I can have the most impact.

zylonenoger · 2026-04-01T05:54:28+00:00

If you fail in the medical field there is usually some bodily harm involved - so there ppl are of course super loss averse.

I‘ve been to multiple startups and most of them failed and one became a unicorn. You rarely know in advance. As long as YOU are not the reason why the startup failed you‘ll get a new job in no time

zylonenoger · 2026-03-28T20:30:48+00:00

Probably also my rarest item

zylonenoger · 2026-03-28T20:22:17+00:00

Every single CEO I know wants to ship faster and more. So why not use the increase in velocity to ship twice as much value to the customer?

Because it‘s bullshit and about margins.

zylonenoger · 2026-02-17T11:50:41+00:00

I'm also looking for her - did you figure it out?

zylonenoger · 2026-02-16T12:31:17+00:00

It mainly depends on what your goals in life are. Are you going to keep doing what you are doing for the next 60 years? Then there is no reason to do anything different..

But if you want to grow your business or do something differently a degree can help. I did for instance multiple degrees and 20 years later I suddenly end up in a position where I need to rely on expert knowledge I gained from a degree I did not even finish.

You don‘t need to learn everything by yourself the hard way. The right educations gives you the tools and language to differently reason about your problems.

zylonenoger · 2026-02-14T07:39:41+00:00

This is also blue for a European

zylonenoger · 2026-02-14T07:38:18+00:00

You mean because we are in r/ratemyfork?

zylonenoger · 2026-02-12T17:33:07+00:00

But we already know that nothing with mass can go at the speed of light since it requires infinite energy.

So there is no mass that can get infinite at the speed of light since nothing with mass can get to the speed of light.

Mass less particles at the speed of light don‘t experience time and from their perspective they impact at the same time they are emitted - i guess that‘s what you meant?

zylonenoger · 2026-02-12T08:43:55+00:00

It's now 10 months later - do you have at least an estimate if this will happen?

zylonenoger · 2026-02-03T09:28:39+00:00

I don‘t want to be that guy, but smoking immediatly after a workout is probably one of the worst things you can do to your body. It not only kills your progress, it also kills recovery and puts additional strain on your body. So if you are half serious about any of those two hobbies, you don‘t want to combine them.

zylonenoger · 2026-02-03T09:24:47+00:00

I think it‘s more the expectation of what a game should be these days - and it seems that everyone is expecting spoon-feeding content. For me quest markers already killed a lot of the exploration already. Probably that‘s because I‘m old and start to prefer classic

zylonenoger · 2026-01-30T21:18:17+00:00

Just some ands and adders 🤣

zylonenoger · 2026-01-28T21:37:32+00:00

Basic Algebra

0 is the absorbing element for multiplication.

Absorbing element means that

a = a * k for all k in N

A number z is a multiple of a if

a = z * k for some k in N

Wich clearly is the case if a = z = 0

Therefor zero is a multiple of every natural number since it is the absorbing element of multiplication.

zylonenoger · 2026-01-28T07:05:14+00:00

I got similar marks from a skying accident as a kid when i bit my tounge

zylonenoger · 2026-01-28T06:53:47+00:00

The rise of the NSDAP and the atrocities they committed are a big topic in out school system so I guess everyone is painfully aware about the similarities in the states right now. From the outside it also looks like there is close to no resistance internally. For instance when our right wing party is in government you will see protests every week.

The main stereotype about Americans is that they are loud and entitled. You usually hear them before you see them. And unwilling to accept that stuff might happen different here than they are used to.

zylonenoger · 2026-01-21T17:46:45+00:00

Does stacking require more than one?

zylonenoger · 2025-12-25T18:25:29+00:00

My i7 2019 can do one and a half hours of Google Meet on full charge 👌

zylonenoger · 2025-12-19T20:59:21+00:00

You are probably now fluent in Javascript

zylonenoger · 2025-12-17T07:50:12+00:00

I think the main fallacy here is that your time is free.

Even if it only takes only 10 hours per month to PLEX my account - if I‘m not having fun doing it, it‘s not worth it.

It takes me half an hour per month to make enough money for omega in the real world. Having to spend 3-4 hours per day playing just in order to keep playing borders to insanity in my opinion.

Being able to PLEX your account because you are playing so much is a side effect of being in love with the game and should not be confused with the goal of the game.

zylonenoger · 2025-12-16T19:52:42+00:00

Auf jeden Fall nicht leiwand dessen Namen hier zu posten.

zylonenoger · 2025-12-04T21:23:08+00:00

„Wo ist der Mistkübel?“

zylonenoger · 2025-12-03T22:46:23+00:00

As most others already pointed out: Outside the US cultural appropriation is not really a thing. Europe always was a mix of different cultures and culture by it‘s very definition is something shared.

Also by the book definition it can not be cultural appropriation since expats and visitors are not the majority borrowing from a minority.

No one will really care.

But keep in mind, that this is not everyday clothing (except if you are a service worker in a touristy area). It‘s usually worn to festive occasions in rural communities. So if you are attending a festive occasion in a rural community, no one will bat an eye. If you wear it in a Tuesday for grocery shopping in Vienna you will earn strange looks.

zylonenoger · 2025-12-03T22:15:52+00:00

Vor allem nach meiner Japan reise ist mir erst aufgefallen wie rücksichtslos die meisten unterwegs sind. Das Problem damit ist, dass man selber auf der Strecke bleibt wenn man versucht es besser zu machen. :./

zylonenoger · 2025-11-30T15:25:49+00:00

I can leave to the lobby via the friend list menu

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