9 karma · joined December 17, 2010
also old!
Since you mostly feel "lucky", find the devs or other people who worked their asses off to make this happen and who did not get anything.... and share!
However, with a high-touch product (as mentioned above), you really need to have a lifetime of extroverted experiences which leads you to all the other extroverted (sales people) that will close those deals.
However, i would like to point out that the Consulting "climate", in Sweden is very, very good and it is super-easy to find a client. Few searches and groups on linked-in will yield interviews, and there are plenty of brokers that deal with independent contractors.
With that in mind 300k is a nice job still for one guy!
Having said that, to be more OT. I agree with you regards the code coverage. However, the quality of Tests should be raised, as i would rather be in a position where people are aware that stuff can break and be on their toes, then to have false sense of confidence with 100% code coverage using poorly written tests (for example, tests so complex they need testing on their own).
And sometimes, it is more important to get an MVP out there, and collect the users feedback then the actual tests.
My point, its a dynamic world, and it doesn't hurt to listen to each other more!
This type of attitude is creating a culture where everyone is "to scared to learn" by being to scared to comment on things, or even to ask a simple question.
So sad to see this...
However i'm still impressed by the execution, when you take it all in the acccount, regardsthe lack of tech knowledge and so on...
If there was a solution like that before they started, would they go and design their own jeans instantly, cause they really really wanted to do so?
Sounds to me like one of these "that would be cool if, I think"-type of ideas... I may be wrong though?
I did the dropout thing from MS and it bugs me still to this day. And this is even though i had/have successful startup path in my career...
something like that...