Thanks frereubu. Sorry, I posted it because the author kadavy wrote the book "design for hackers" and it was big on HN a while ago. I was going to add the "design for hackers author" to the title, but I didn't want to editorialize it.
I thought this community would like it and can relate to it, but I understand if it goes against guidelines.
is this good enough to post or unflag, or is linking directly to Amazon not a good idea. Thank you!
... and just like that everyone all of a sudden hates product hunt on hacker news. I don't understand most of these comments.
Product Hunt is still very new and we're already talking about how the algorithm is no good and bad tweeting practices.
Of course other users are going to ask their friends to upvote their submissions. Of course the founders are going to make sure that quality products are shown near the top. Of course the founders are going to make sure that engagement is higher even if that means notifying users via twitter.
Why can't we just say congratulations!? Why do we have to hate so quickly? Everyone acts like they have been doing this for 10 years and they should have all this stuff fixed by now.
Agreed with parent comment. I'm a big fan of quitting, but make sure you address the issues in your life first. I was also a workaholic and was able to get out of it.
Even when I hated my job I could still sleep at night.
A lot of great advice in this thread. My input is to get involved in organizations that are the most likely to help you find clients.
If you're a digital marketer, get involved in digital marketing meetups. If your clients are most likely lawyers, go to lawyer meetups. When I say get involved, I mean really get involved. Get a position on the board. Immerse yourself in the community where your clients are.
You don't. You can give your input with the known challenges, but you don't tell him to stop doing the idea. People learn by failing and your best friend's idea may never work, but what he learns from that and what spawns from that might work.
I remember specifically when a company pitched their idea that it would never work, and 3 years later the business is doing really well.
The only way you can really tell your best friend to stop, is if you have direct experience in what he is trying to build and have succeeded.
Your friend will learn the hard way and that's the best learning that there is.
