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1114 points namuorg | 4 comments | 11 Apr 25 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.814s | source
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bitbasher ◴[14 Apr 25 16:53 UTC] No.43683313[source]▶
I was laid off (as a founding engineer) nine years ago from a startup. It __still__ burns to this day.

There's a betrayal in there that is hard to let go. It was a catalyst for burnout and an overall vitriol for the entire tech industry that hasn't really let up to this day.

Luckily, I created a product that has given me financial freedom with zero employees. I don't think I'd have made it if I kept working for people.

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1. beacon294 ◴[14 Apr 25 23:41 UTC] No.43687476[source]▶
Have you written anywhere about your product creation? I would like to create a product and it seems like there's a lot of unique things to get past. I'm looking for resources.
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2. bitbasher ◴[15 Apr 25 01:41 UTC] No.43688190[source]▶
I have written about technical things (how I choose technologies, what to avoid, reasons I went from language X to Y, etc).

I never had any interesting social interactions from the blog/writing and the internal pressure to keep it updated eventually wore me out, so I got rid of the blog.

I have considered distilling everything into a book, complete with a working application. I'm more interested in the technical aspects and I am unsure if it would be of much interest/use to people.

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3. karolist ◴[15 Apr 25 15:21 UTC] No.43694096[source]▶
Is it a SaaS? Phone app? Hardware device? Not looking for specifics, just intrigued by your post to understand what tech category the product is.
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4. bitbasher ◴[16 Apr 25 01:22 UTC] No.43700396{3}[source]▶
It's a b2b saas offering.