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gsaines

1,991 karma · joined August 20, 2007

My name is George Saines, I've been reading HN several times a day since 2007. In fact, it was partially because of you folks that my two friends and I formed a startup in 2008. Three rounds of funding, innumerable mistakes, and 5 years later, we started our second venture http://www.codecombat.com and got accepted to to the YC W14 batch on stage at Startup School 2013.

I stopped working on CodeCombat in early 2015 and worked at a startup called Lovely, then Salesforce, then Facebook, over to Google, back to Facebook, and Salesforce. Beautiful symmetry.

Personally, I enjoy downhill skiing, talking about cars and computers, working with my hands, blogging, and music videos. Although I wasn't a computer science major, I've built two products from the ground up with the help of my two cofounders. If you'd like to drop me a line you can do so at my personal email gsaines at gmail.com

My personal blog is here: https://www.georgesaines.com

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The End of the End of History

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I Learned to Stop Worrying, Love AI, and Be a Bit Less Responsible

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Space Elephants Across the Universe: Why Nobody Knows What's Going On With AI

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A Frustrating Adventure Trying to Design a Logo with AI

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Why Is B2C User Acquisition Broken?

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Is population density the reason Americans can't discuss politics?

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My Experiences in Gray Swan AI's Ultimate Jailbreaking Championship

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What Are the Most Prestigious Tech Companies to Work for in 2024?

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Your First Role at a Big Company Will Probably Suck

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How to Get Lucky in Your Career

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Getting to L6 Is Skill, Getting to L9 Is Luck

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You're Probably Working on a Doomed Project and That's Okay

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It's Hard to Measure Work Performance. Act Accordingly

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Choosing to Have Kids During the End Times

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Tech Career Advice for the Financially-Minded

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What's the Best City for Techies in 2024?

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Starting a Side Hustle? Set Up an LLC Early

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Why I’m Not an Angel Investor

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Thinking About Buying a Home in the Bay Area? It’s Probably a Good Time to Buy

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Income Inequality

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Minecraft Isn't Educational

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Call Me When 3D Printing Becomes Practical

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Why “Computational Literacy” Is Ruining Coding Education

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6 Programming Languages. One Victor. CodeCombat’s newest tournament

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A Programming War Between 545 Wizards

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Write Code, Crush Foes, Get Hired – Multiplayer Programming Tournament

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CodeCombat (YC W14) Wants You To Learn To Code By Playing Games

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Reasons Why You Shouldn't Hack on Open Source Projects

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Why You Should Open-Source Your Startup

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The Tetris Effect and Markov Paul Graham

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