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After VWO’s acquisition, its founder reflected on workflow problems, customer feedback, and keeping growth within the means of the business.
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Ask HN: How much did you spend on your startup before you got ramen profitable?
Original EnglishThe company became ramen profitable pretty quickly but I went back to doing part-time consulting work to maintain a lifestyle.
Lessons from California: The perils of extreme democracy
Original EnglishRemember, for 2008, there were no budget problems for CA; our revenue has cratered since then because we're so reliant on personal income.
Ask HN: Bullied into managing (again), how to stay on the IC technical track?
Original EnglishI used to ignore monthly sla reports because who cares but my manager was let go because our slas failed.
Ask HN: What email service(s) do you use for your side projects?
Original EnglishI use my registrar's (Porkbun) email service for human communication (name@, support@, etc).
Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch
Original EnglishIn my past non-profit we used WPEngine, that was about 10 years ago.
At the age of 38, am I too late to change career to front end dev work?
Original EnglishI have had a few contract positions 3 to 6 months at a time but mainly it's been freelance since I made the switch.
Ask HN: Freelancers what is your average monthly income?
Original EnglishI wish I made the move years earlier (I started freelancing at 32 years old).
Bezos defends model of keeping 65% of (kindle) book revenue
Original Englishbut you do keep a larger share of the revenue. …
Ask HN: How good are freelance programming sites?
Original EnglishI agree with ankeshk, I've had the best experience with odesk because their workforce is better qualified and the hourly billing is ok for me.