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Per the post -- "Working on OpenAI has been more exciting (and more complex) than I ever imagined, and I’m excited to be able to focus on it more fully."

Primary discussion here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18352275

Primary discussion here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18352275

Primary discussion here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18352275

Primary discussion here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18352275

Primary discussion here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18352275

Primary discussion here- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18352275

do you at least get to stick with one school until you've completed the respective grades in that school? also - do siblings end up in the same schools? or are they also randomly assigned?

Happy to talk in more detail directly (email address is my HN username at gmail) but in terms of the analysis done for software projects, the timing is generally a combination of 2-3 meetings over a period of a week or two. Each meeting can be an hour or three, but the goal is to get a sense of a) how mission critical the app is b) what are the primary challenges the client is trying to solve w the app in question c) who are the users of the app d) what does the client know about the users and their needs / pain points e) what are we going to prioritize when building f) who are stakeholders involved to get buy in g) what does the codebase look like and can we build atop it or is this gonna be a net new effort.

When I'm trying to closing six, seven, or eight figure software dev deals, this process definitely involves a "sales" type of person as well as two - three devs and architects.

The outcome is a proposal that sometimes is just a powerpoint deck with a summary of our understanding of the problem and the process / cost / timeline we'll take to solve it.

Once I deliver the proposal, then it's all about getting to agreement on cost, timeline, and then getting signed contracts. Rule number 1 is that a deal is never ever a deal until the contract is signed and executed.

Just chiming in that this is how the bigger software dev agencies do it as well. I worked at Viget (www.viget.com) and now at Pivotal (pivotal.io) on the biz dev / sales side and spending time on pre-sales analysis is key to making a software project successful and thus winning the deal / securing the contract.

Therein lies the issue, the assumption a) that we're stuck with JSF program for the next 50 years and therefore b) we need to fix the fighter... because we're stuck with it. Classic sunk cost fallacy.

Yes, the $1.4 Trillion is an all-in capitalized cost for the cost of the program, but the click-baity article gets to the heart of the issue pretty quickly: that building a product for 3 different users / businesses that each have their own unique needs and requirements is a failure of a product development strategy. You can either throw money at the problem and attempt to fix the product, or come to the conclusion that it's unfixable, admit that you were wrong, come up with a better product strategy and roadmap, and start all over again.

Twitter does have a way to see chronological tweets: by using Tweetdeck

1 - Estimated Prime Users - http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-prime-subscribers-tota...

2 - Estimated Church Goers - https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/139575-7-s...

3 - US Population -- http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/

Found this 2012 article about a joint NYU / Stanford study regarding terror civilians face from drones.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/25/study-...

Let's be honest - most people don't want to hear that the people living in drone target areas of Pakistan, Yemen, etc feel this way, else we'd be seeing many more stories about the psychological trauma faced by these folks.

Buried at the end of this article:

> "Most of the 116 videos I watched generated very few views. The average video had less than 10 views, although a handful had more than that."

where can i use these login credentials?

Good catch, re: email in the URL. I'm likely to the blame the sender of the email for including PII in the Google Analytics UTM parameters, which is is a clear violation of GA's terms and best practices [1]. If it's 80000hours.org that sent the email and created the tracking params, then the OP should contact them and hope that they remediate this.

[1] - https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6366371?hl=en

I have a few questions about the ABQ area. How can I get in touch with you? Alternatively, mind emailing me? <hnusername> @ gmail

Get involved with a local community organization, even if it's temporary. Whether it's the local homeless shelter, the local Rotary Club, or a religiously affiliated organization, the thing that recharged me the most during my brief 3-week break between jobs wasn't the hikes, the long drives, or extra gym time, it was spending time helping people who had a lot less than I did.

Now that I'm settled into my new job, it's the one thing that I'm still doing more regularly than going to the gym or going on hikes.

Surprised that this is one here. Curious- how many folks are helping you run this? I'd love to chat about how my skills / experiences (sales, marketing) can help you out. Email me [hn_username]@gmail.com so we can talk.

re: not being married to one idea, are you a moving company now or a furniture marketplace that moves furniture?

if you ever want to grow the service, i'd love to chat about either white-labelling it or selling it directly to other real estate brokerages. i have a few connections at a top national firms as well as regional players. my email address is my HN handle [at] gmail if you ever are interested in chatting.

Here's President Obama's tweet on the matter --

"Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great."

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656

Interesting to see that "Everday Carry" now has six employees and revenue in excess of $1M [1]. Can't tell if it is just affiliate revenue, or if there is something more beyond Amazon and eBay affiliate programs.

[1] - http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/print-edition/2015/0...

edit - grammar

Just saw that the author, Barbara Oakley, has a (free) Coursera course titled "Learning How to Learn" starting Oct 3. Sign-up here - https://www.coursera.org/course/learning

$14 - $16 at Trader Joe's DC for a Kosher Broiler chicken.

unrelated, but are you still actively maintaining Folyo?

hmm - that's weird. wonder why. maybe it was the way i formatted my response and inserted links? mods - would love an explanation, if possible.

I've found that sometimes its hard to figure out what to test when you are seeking user-centered validation, and then, as a byproduct of having a hard time figuring out what to test, the tendency is to simply put your head down, avoid testing, irrationally fear user feedback, and then focus on pushing to production.

The plan then turns into "I'll test once it's live, once I have actual usage data". But, testing never occurs, and instead, your product team is faced with scope creep. You (or your stakeholders) think that a product is failing because you haven't jammed enough into it already, so go ahead and jam more features into it. Build all the things!

The cycle then repeats until the product is pronounced dead. sometimes on arrival, sometimes many months or years later.

So, the sooner product creators, designers, and developers let go of the fear of testing, the sooner a team can arrive at a product market fit.