kcsavvy · HackerTrans

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I think you should be open to the idea that your competitors are not competing with you in the way you think they are. They may be fighting (and winning) elsewhere. Fundraising, customer acquisition, specific use cases, communities, niches, etc. Also, they might be losing. From the outside every company wants to look successful - raising money, hiring, growing, etc. The real story is almost never told, so you can’t assume much from the outside.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

I started and sold a company in the industry, and agree that macro level analysis misses this. In the us healthcare as a “product” has an AWFUL customer experience. On so many levels. And the worse it gets the more people want to “burn it all down”, despite the fact that it might not be as dire as we think when we do the high level analysis. Whether or not that’s a good thing is up for debate.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

I built and sold a yc-backed startup that used a BaaS vendor years ago.

Even then, the inside scoop was that Synapse is poorly built and operated. Among the fintechs in YC Synapse has been known as a no-go for a while.

There were a lot of flags - compelling media hit pieces, churning customers, departing execs, etc.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

Agree with you that the overall sentiment is surprisingly negative (especially when I have been really enjoying using gpt as a lightweight tutor), but AI girlfriends are going to happen and could have huge social and cultural impacts that are worth exploring now. Especially given the birth rate difficulties western nations face.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

Users should have access to their own data. Whether it’s a university coursework app or anything else.

These students should be applauded. They are making studying easier. How are universities, of all places, so inept at making basic common sense decisions?

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

Would like to see pgvector included. If I can keep data in pg… I will.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

I think the stereotypical calm company is one with strong financial performance in a stable industry that is somewhat insulated from swings in the macro economy. Think large regional players in insurance, healthcare, finance, banking, etc. It’s large enough to have “professional” managers and a big customer base (so one customer having a problem is not a hair-on-fire emergency).

In my experience you tend to find many more penny pinching owners in the world of small businesses, not at a 1000-person regional life insurance company.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

Calm companies exist everywhere. In fact, calm companies probably outnumber “frenzied” companies 10x.

They are the quiet, stable, regional, unsexy businesses that have been around for 40 years. I have a friend who is an SWE at a large regional insurance broker. Very calm work indeed.

They just don’t pay SV wages.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

Lots of people dislike their first jobs, which is totally reasonable because you don’t know what you like and what to look for. So congrats on realizing quickly what you don’t like. Over the course of a career, that’s progress.

You could change careers, but if you like tech and coding maybe try changing environments first. There are certain things you don’t like about your current work environment, and you can probably find a new place where those things are not present.

kcsavvy

há 2 anosdiscuss

I think it would be unwise to tax away a financial ecosystem that has driven innovation for the world and funded one of the nation’s largest growth industries in exchange for marginally increasing infrastructure spending.

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