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pumpkinattwelve | 11 years ago | on: Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1M Trades

This was pure gambling. Unless he statistically did the sums (nothing mentioned in the article), this was pure and simple gambling (probably going off candlestick trading which is big in Japan). In the finance world, this is also called dumb money.

Remember kids, there are two types of traders:

  1. Quants

  2. Gamblers

Know which one you are.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: HubSpot Reveals The Mind Tricks It Uses To See If You're Right For A Job

Sounds like wankers to me.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support DRM

Aunt Tilly won't be switching to Chrome. She will continue to use Internet Explorer 6 with the Yahoo! and Ask toolbars, but russian bride popup all while partying like it's 1999.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Unfortunately I can't pay the mortgage by hopes and dreams.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Damn this one hit hard. I am giving myself another month to get it out of the gates then I'll regroup and give my family a big "forgive me" hug. Thanks for reminding me of this.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

1) I'm not even going to entertain that one. I'm doing this the right way.

2) That's a good point. I have considered looking at the funding route but with being so close to launch it feels like I'm wasting equity when all I need to do is just temporarily put aside these emotions and keep on trucking.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

I meditate for about 30 minutes each night before sleeping and it does make up in multiples in lack of sleep. Without any scientific evidence but at least I feel more rested the next day.

7 hours of sleep with a full time job, a startup, kids and exercise? Is this even possible! One great life-hack we have is to sleep with the windows open and with thinner sheets. We both feel more refreshed the next day. And apart from the alarm clock, there are no devices :)

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Does the work ethic and intensity follow the western world in the technical fields like startups? Or are long hours and cheap labor only for factories?

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Partner and three children. Life isn't quite balanced right now but my partner and I agree that my startup is the right thing to do at this stage in our lives. The unbalanced lifestyle is hopefully only temporary.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

College is probably the wrong place for me right now. But apart from that your advice is very much welcomed and appreciated. Unfortunately loved ones and physical activities have had little attention lately. I'll keep myself in check here.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Unfortunately I can't pay the mortgage based on revenue projections :)

I have noticed that by being constrained on my time that I have not touched frivolous features. The core product is quiet lean but is working great so far as an MVP.

Thanks for the great comments.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

I am totally enjoying it as the light at the end of the tunnel is almost there and have learned a bunch. But I'm not yet ready to pull the cord and go full time until it has replaced my current income and then some.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

9-8:30? that's tough. I guess I shouldn't be complaining.

I can relate to forcing focus on time management. I've got little for everything else but I'm only focused on the long term so I know there is light at the end of the tunnel.

You are completely right. These days and with my hormones completely abnormal, butterflies and raw emotion are non-existent. I almost feel robotic.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Trust me. Coffee is my best friend but I do know that my body has completely undergone hormonal swings. Even my partner says that my lack of sleep and increase in coffee and Red Bull has changed me.

pumpkinattwelve | 12 years ago | on: 9-5 by day, startup by night. How do you cope?

Twenties? Try mid thirties :)

I am glad that I waited to work on a startup now because my knowledge and experience have given me confidence that I can pull it off. Earlier on in life and I would have been running on pure hubris.