People always seem to think I am talking about ethics. I'm not. I'm just saying "You can't get there from here."
If you want a partner, you need to do certain things that establish that we are in this together and it needs to be designed such that when you both work together, you are both better off for it.
Using people comes back to bite you. You don't need ethics to decide it is stupid and doesn't really work. Pissing on someone tends to come back to bite you exactly when you need someone to have your back. Pressure reveals exactly what you have built and that the foundation is not strong.
Yeah we might be talking about the same thing using different words. For example a fair (and contractually on paper) co-founder agreement is something i think about a lot (and did some research on).
The word ethics has a lot of baggage. It seems to very often suggest some abstract concept of goodness and righteousness. It often appears to lead people astray.
I am just trying to make the distinction that I am talking about something more like "the physics of social phenomena." Just because you can't see gravity doesn't mean it can't drag you down. Just because social stuff often seems invisible doesn't mean there isn't something real and substantial behind it (that can be studied, though it is a challenging space).
And it's fine if you want to think of it in terms of ethics. I am just saying that, in my experience, when people start talking about ethics, they often get derailed from practical considerations. That idea often leads to people doing things backwards and having it backfire.
And maybe that won't be the case for you. But, it is a word I tend to be leery of.
Yeah guess i wouldn’t even be comfortable entering a partnership like this without a co-founder agreement for the protection of the interests of both parties (therefore removing unnecessary obstacles :)
Edit: which is, as far as i know, the best way to deal with it
Yes, if it isn't your sibling, high school chum or college roommate, putting everything in writing up front is generally the best policy. Even if it is one of those categories, a contract is very valuable should some problem arise.
I’m in Porto on vacations (hometown) but i work and live in Amsterdam. I’m flying back next Saturday but a quick hop to Lisbon could be interesting, thinking ...
I found my cofounder on cofounderslab.com but it took some time and meeting a couple of people there until I had a "match". Our office is in Amsterdam, if you want to grab a beer I can share some of my experiences with you. Philippb3au-at-gmail-com
The "on-the-knee" setup i have been using for my (Django) side project is:
- base image that installs OS Updates + OS package requirements + production dependencies
- dev image inherits from base image, installs dev dependencies + source code volume mounted on '/app/src'
- test image inherits from base image, installs test dependencies + source code volume mounted on '/app/src' (image used both for local tests and CI)
- prod image inherits from base image, adds source code to '/app/src' (this image will eventually be tagged and pushed to a production registry after builds)
Only adding source code to the image in prod image for not breaking cache during development.
It's called mortality :) people have X years to live and try to make the best of it and not everyone is ready to sacrifice that time for doing the right thing.
The simple fact that other people are unjustly suffering means that my mortality of x years is not the best. I think this alone should make everyone want to help make the world the best it can be. But empathy and love loses to selfishness and greed.
I've found a job abroad (im from portugal) twice, once in UK and recently netherlands, both through LinkedIn Jobs (coincidently or not). Had other contacts through HN Who's Hiring posts as well.
