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Scott Porad
Personal blog · scottporad.com · on HN as scottporadcareerprogrammingstartups
Scott Porad's personal blog at scottporad.com covers career, programming and startups. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 35 times, most often “What it really means to be a CTO”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Most-linked posts?
- What it really means to be a CTO2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-11-15
- A simple way Google could have avoided fucking up Google+2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-25
What Hacker News says?
1-3 remind me of a great "I Can Has Cheezburger?" anecdote about being a successful CTO: http://www.scottporad.com/2010/11/12/what-it-really-means-to...
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on “Why must you laugh at my back end?”Submitted Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard? as a story · 293 points
HN discussionThe author seems to think gmail would have had a seamless integration as well. http://www.scottporad.com/2013/03/15/why-is-gmail-not-part-o... There seems to be cognitive dissonance on people's aversion to strategic opportunism.
Comment linking /2013/03/15/why-is-gmail-not-part-of-google/
on “A simple way Google could have avoided fucking up Google+”Submitted A simple way Google could have avoided fucking up Google+ as a story · 111 points
HN discussionTom-- Thanks for sparking the debate. Allow me a request, a comment and a question in response... Request: I ask you to distinguish Agile from Scrum. Agile is a set of principles. Scrum is a methodology, or process, based on those principles. Comment: For my teams, Scrum has worked more effectively than other processes.* The point of my post was not that "Agile works, if only people would do it right". That is a mis…
Comment linking /2013/03/14/the-best-developer-team-structure/
on “Poor Man’s Agile: Scrum in 5 Simple Steps”Submitted Cheezburger Network doesn't show new hires the bathroom until they check in code as a story · 111 points
HN discussionIt's still not permission marketing. I'm trying to think of a way to turn this around so that it mirrors real world experience more accurately. For example, what if I could "ask" my social network for a recommendation, instead of having it pushed onto me? More here: http://www.scottporad.com/2010/04/28/improving-dual-incentiv...
Comment linking /2010/04/28/improving-dual-incentive-tell-a-friend-marketing/
on “Dropbox-style Double-Sided Incentives for Sharing”Submitted Poor Man’s Agile: Scrum in 5 Simple Steps as a story · 90 points
HN discussionTony-- I like this...but I think #7 rises above the rest in terms of importance. Or, at least it does for me personally. Invariably, startups get hard, so when the going gets tough it's hard to keep on chugging along if you don't care. This is what happened to me...I wrote about a startup I was involved with once ( http://www.scottporad.com/2009/07/13/the-key-lesson-from-a-s... ) where we had a good idea, but we did…
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on “Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas”Submitted What it really means to be a CTO as a story · 89 points
HN discussionMemory of the exact context escapes me, but somewhere a few months ago here on HN, a user shared an idea of how Google+ could have leveraged their massive Google Reader user base to create a publisher's dream social network. The argument was super compelling and I remember thinking it would have made complete sense, but instead ended up with the nightmare that became Google+, and a ton of pissed off former-users of…
Comment linking /2014/04/24/a-totally-simply-way-google-could-have-avoided-fing-up-google/
on “Bradley Horowitz Is Now Running Google+”Submitted The Most Important Thing for Improving Page Load Speed as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSo, how do I get in touch with you? I'm the CTO at Cheezburger and we're looking for people just like you... http://jobs.cheezburger.com . I'll be at SXSW if you'd like to meet in person. My contact info is on my blog: http://scottporad.com/contact .
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on “Ask HN: Jobs & Startups in Seattle (urgentish)”Submitted New Technique for Getting Your Resume Noticed as a story · 17 points
HN discussionHere's a follow up post with some data: http://www.scottporad.com/2010/04/26/data-illustrating-the-b...
Comment linking /2010/04/26/data-illustrating-the-benefits-of-improved-page-load-times/
on “The Most Important Thing for Improving Page Load Speed”Submitted Every Single Email Client (That I Know Of) Is Completely Broken and Here’s Why as a story · 14 points
HN discussionI've been the CTO or VPE at several startups (some very successful, others total failures). I'm going to give you a checklist with only three things on it, and these are the foundations for any startup CTO. As you will see, they have nothing to do with technology or engineering. As a CTO with "a growing team of engineers", the most important jobs in your role have nothing to do with engineering. 1. Define clear outc…
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on “Ask HN: CTO to-do list for new software product startup”Submitted StackOverflow Data Illustrates Why I Prefer Hiring Experienced Developers as a story · 12 points
HN discussionBased on feedback, I followed this up with another post: http://www.scottporad.com/2010/06/24/getting-your-resume-not...
Comment linking /2010/06/24/getting-your-resume-noticed-vs-hiring-the-best-candidate/
on “New Technique for Getting Your Resume Noticed”Submitted What it really means to be a startup CTO as a story · 10 points
HN discussionAt first, I thought, "Why would I want this? My blog (shameless plug: http://scottporad.com ) never gets that much traffic. Then it occurred to me why: we all hope to get slashdotted at some point. That's how our blog readership grows, right? But, when that happens, if my server goes down, then what's the point? So, basically, this is an insurance policy, and most likely well worth it.
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on “Chris Pirillo’s CDN in a Box looks to make Web sites hum at ‘Google-like speeds’”Submitted What Responsibility Do Engineers Have for Online Privacy? as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted I’m Not a Designer, but I Know Good Design When I See It as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is Marketing? as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are you Edmund Hillary or Christopher Columbus? as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Developer Team Structure as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is “net neutrality” and why should I care? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Work without E-mail: Is it Possible? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Technical Questions Staffing Agency Recruiters Should Ask Prospective Clients as a story · 3 points
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