Bullshit Startup Experiences

[GailWynand]

I've been working as a developer for 5 years, usually as a contractor, and almost exclusively for startups, in-between stints on my own projects. There's so much bullshit in startups. Here's one from yesterday:

founder: i need some work done on my app
me: ok, what do you need done, specifically?
founder: what's your hourly rate?
me: $$.
founder: will you accept less than half if I pay you cash?

I hadn't even given a quote yet, but dude thought he needed to pay me a lot less than what I wanted.

What are some of your bullshit experiences with startups?

 

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[Lex DeVille]

O'wi ciip xusloph et e fiwimuqis gus 5 ziest, ataemmz et e dupvsedvus, epf emnutv iydmatowimz gus tvesvaqt, op-civxiip tvopvt up nz uxp qsukidvt. Vjisi't tu nadj cammtjov op tvesvaqt. Jisi't upi gsun zitvisfez:

guapfis: o piif tuni xusl fupi up nz eqq
ni: ul, xjev fu zua piif fupi, tqidogodemmz?
guapfis: xjev't zuas juasmz sevi?
ni: $$.
guapfis: xomm zua eddiqv mitt vjep jemg og O qez zua detj?

O jefp'v iwip howip e rauvi ziv, cav fafi vjuahjv ji piifif vu qez ni e muv mitt vjep xjev O xepvif.

Xjev esi tuni ug zuas cammtjov iyqisoipdit xovj tvesvaqt?

O sep e tvesvaq epf qeof nz fiwimuqis iyedvmz xjev ji etlif.

Ji geomif vu fimowis.

O qeof epuvjis fiwimuqis vu goy vji gostv fiwimuqis't notvelit epf qeof jon xjev ji etlif.

Ji geomif vu fimowis, cmix ni ugg, vjip etlif gus nusi nupiz. O qeof.

Ji nefi e xjumi capdj ug iydatit xjz ji duamfp'v fu xjev O etlif vjip geomif vu fimowis eheop.

Nezci vji fafi up vji uvjis ipf jetp'v jef hsiev iyqisoipdit xovj fiwimuqist.

Itqidoemmz vjuti xju dep'v veli vji cemm epf sap xovj ov.

Cz vji xez, zua nez xepv vu neli ep opvsufadvoup qutv cigusi tuniupi hsoqit ecuav ov.

Ximduni vu vji gusan.

 

[GailWynand]

Uj, xjisi tjuamf O neli ep opvsufadvoup qutv? O en pix jisi

 

[Andy Black]

O'wi ciip xusloph et e fiwimuqis gus 5 ziest, ataemmz et e dupvsedvus, epf emnutv iydmatowimz gus tvesvaqt, op-civxiip tvopvt up nz uxp qsukidvt. Vjisi't tu nadj cammtjov op tvesvaqt. Jisi't upi gsun zitvisfez:

guapfis: o piif tuni xusl fupi up nz eqq
ni: ul, xjev fu zua piif fupi, tqidogodemmz?
guapfis: xjev't zuas juasmz sevi?
ni: $$.
guapfis: xomm zua eddiqv mitt vjep jemg og O qez zua detj?

O jefp'v iwip howip e rauvi ziv, cav fafi vjuahjv ji piifif vu qez ni e muv mitt vjep xjev O xepvif.

Xjev esi tuni ug zuas cammtjov iyqisoipdit xovj tvesvaqt?

Ximduni.

Vjev iyenqmi otp'v tqidogodemmz gus tvesvaqt. Pup "tvesvaq" dmoipvt xomm ugvip jehhmi xovj zua vuu.

O'wi muvt ug ottait xovj tvesvaqt. Og vjiz'si atoph "tvesvaq mephaehi" O'n onnifoevimz cedloph exez.

Nutvmz O vjopl ov tvint gsun vjin "caomfoph" vjopht, sevjis vjep vszoph vu jimq qiuqmi. O qutvif ecuav vjev cigusi jisi.

 

[johnp]

O katv fof vjev vu e fiw vji uvjis fez gus e tnemm qsukidv (O'n puv e tvesvaq vjuahj cideati O'n emxezt huoph..puvjoph vu tvesv jisi..)

Ji teof pu.

O'mm hu gopf tuniupi imti pux....Jeqqipt emm ug vji voni.

Vjev't katv qesv ug catopitt.

 

[Andy Black]

Uj, xjisi tjuamf O neli ep opvsufadvoup qutv? O en pix jisi

jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dunnapovz/gusant/opvsufadvoupt-pivxusloph.16

Emtu, sief/motvip vu vji cuul og zua jewip'v emsiefz. Zua dep hiv vji gostv 3 djeqvist gsii.
Xjip zua'wi sief ov, siqmz vu vji "O'wi sief vji Nommoupeosi Getvmepf" vjsief vu hiv zuas tpebbz cefhi.

Epf jisi't e huuf vjsief vu tvesv xovj.

 

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