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@trinsec

Dude your a minecraft junkie, Hate to break it to ya but thats an old game at this point :)

@gpowerf

At someones suggestion I now added "Drugs" to the list as well. This is the new list. Discussion welcome:

My stance on various issues:

Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed

@berkes

aesthetics != ergonomics.

The use of the global function has exactly the same number of key presses to represent it. It may look ugly, but beyond that there is no down side. Ergonomics implies it makes the problem physically straining, it does not.

Ugly vs pretty isnt really important, not in a utilitarian sense. For me I weigh aesthetics higher than most and it will effect my desire (or rather lack thereof) to use python. But I recognize that is really just a silly quirk of mine and not a functional black mark against the language.

@mdk

@gpowerf The only games I have played through to the end more than once were from that era.

@gpowerf

Well I used the term modern in what I said for that specific reason. I have tons of older 8 bit games i love and can play till the end, some multiple times (Zelda series for example).

@trinsec

@gpowerf

Only modern games i enjoyed enough to play till the end was witcher 3 and Elden ring. That said I do enjoy the whole dark souls series its just the co-op is just too slow/hard to use most of the time.

@trinsec

@niclas

> I did say "part", and perhaps I should have said "part of remuneration".

You just have to be careful here. I usually recommend a normal salary with a small equity and then let the person decide if they want to exchange some salary for more equity. I would also say the people wanting to take more equity should be prefered hires early on when you want your initial hires to treat the company a bit like their own.

> What I try to address is "Why would staying 2 years be rewarded as much as staying 15 years?" which was bothering me back in the days.
>
> Curious to hear your thoughts.

Oh thats simple, you usually just give them more stock with a similar vesting schedule as their old one vests. You only do it this way because its easier. The correct way (but requires a lawyer so not suitable when a company is brand new) is to create stock options such that they get a little trickly of stock each month. Stock options are legal trickery though and not the same as a direct vestment. Also its common that stock option stock is of a different class, not something I like to do, but very common.

@admitsWrongIfProven @jenny_wu

@berkes

They could have done it sure. I dont think anyone is denying the style you suggest isnt doable.

@mdk

Pro tip. Give your midlevel male programmers the title of Seniór Developer, abbreviated Sr. Dev. They will think its a promotion and work harder.

@berkes

All but the last point are valid but purely aesthetic.

The last poi t about overriding is valid, though i doubt there is much need to override, there may be some edge cases.

Lets face it this is python, they gave up on aesthetics a long time ago.

@mdk

@jenny_wu

The growth equation is a bit different day one. For our current game plan we would expect about a 10x increase in valuation within the first year. Even someone who joins 9 months in wont see that sort of growth.

@admitsWrongIfProven

@admitsWrongIfProven

While we do try to have a familial relationship here and look after eachother i dont think anyone is fooling themselves into think we are a family in the real sense. People will get fired if they truely deserve it and we are still out to make money, ethically at least.

@jenny_wu

@admitsWrongIfProven

For those who took less salary for a boost in equity they will get raises. For those who took a normal salary for less equity will get a little extra equity. Both occur after our next round of funding.

@jenny_wu

@bananarama ill add it:

Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed

@niclas

Equity should always vest over time (be earned) but it shouldnt replace salary. For my guys they must stay with the company for 2 years before their equity vests.

@admitsWrongIfProven @jenny_wu

@jenny_wu

Not sure infollow. Why would a team want a new employee to fail? Do they see the new employee as taking away their potential raise money?

Raises for anyone who took a cut for extra early equity will certainly happen. As for those already paid fairly they will likely get more equity.

As I hire for our new company I find myself insisting everyone get some stock who comes on bord, including the lower skilled people.

Im my eyes its not just the right thing to do, its good business. When employees own part of the company they tend to lookout for the company interests more.

@admitsWrongIfProven Not sure i follow you, also laying down to bed.