What does 'rejected' mean, I thought they let you sign up free?
Either way, it's always nice to see alternatives, thanks for sharing
Either way, it's always nice to see alternatives, thanks for sharing
Lots of different situations could apply.
Tip: Add it to your HN profile.
Because possibly that's not what they want to do, build a widget.
What about hiring them to replace the whole engineering team, saving on salaries? Then you’re fucked when that person gets bored and leaves.
Hyper passionate individuals don’t make good hires. They might make good founders though.
The complexity though of making something like this though is definitely intermediate+.
I had my own startup, and built many projects first-hand, but I'm not going to de-anonymize myself for the sake of argument.
In my opinion, it should always be hard. OP had a good launch and delivered, which is something that's incredible and that only < 1% of devs do, especially by themselves. The design is terrible, but the idea and execution was great.
I also love the fact that he did this out of wanting to prove that he could do the work, and not taking the L from the rejection.
There are legions of engineers perusing HN that have double+ your experience sans the narcissism.