[HN Gopher] You Can't Win ___________________________________________________________________ You Can't Win Author : enigmatic02 Score : 19 points Date : 2021-12-29 21:47 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (kylepoyar.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (kylepoyar.substack.com) | johnvaluk wrote: | If I could switch back to Freshservice circa 2018, I would do it | in a heartbeat. Every change they've introduced since then is | perplexing. | qwertyuiop_ wrote: | Their huge advantage is the extreme low cost to build the | polished mvp. They are based in India. A US or European bootstrap | cannot compete on cost. | Brian_K_White wrote: | It is an advantage, but merely AN advantage. No different from | the various advantages anyone has anywhere. | | Just as their huge disadvantage, selectively overlooked in | order to weave this tale of woe, was merely A disadvantage, no | different from the various disadvantages anyone has anywhere. | | This "cannot compete" pity party is pathetic. "They work harder | than me and figured out something I didn't. It's so unfair!" | | Even just the "on cost" part is invalid. Cost is just one | variable of many, and may be offset or leveraged by many | others. But even aside from that, just considering cost itself, | income is just as context sensitive as cost. If you live | somewhere where the developer has to be paid more, the customer | is good for more in the same place. | pedalpete wrote: | If your comment were true, there wouldn't be any successful US | or European startups. Clearly, that isn't the case. Even | getting an MVP built in western countries isn't that expensive | IF you know what you're doing. | | Unfortunately, I've seen many people spend outrageous sums and | little or nothing for it. | | Teach yourself how to code, know what you're getting into, get | aligned with the right people. | | But I think my biggest gripe with your comment is that it makes | an excuse for not getting it done. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-12-29 23:00 UTC)