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11d ago

Is the European welfare system too generous to employees and too hard on startups/employers?

This is a current hot topic on Twitter.

A particular guy was complaining about too generous employee care system in Netherlands.
(I am not Dutch, so I do not know the exact rules, but as for me, no system is completely fair to anybody.)
I know that without written rules, either employees or employers can exploit it.

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6yr ago

How do you communicate with your beta testers effectively?

I'm looking for the best software to create a group chat for our beta-testers to communicate with each other? Any suggestions?
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1yr ago

What’s your “digital burnout” moment that made you rethink your habits?

I recently hit a weird kind of burnout not from overworking, but from being constantly online.

Between coding, Slack, Twitter, YouTube, and checking analytics, my brain never really rests.

Even when I take a break, I open another app.

Can a product be technically ready but not ready for customers?

I've spent a lot of time thinking about the difference between testing a product and validating it.

When you're building software, there are so many things you can measure. Does the functionality work? Are the calculations correct? Can users complete the workflow? Are the security controls working as intended?

Those are important questions, and you can spend months getting them right.

But there's another question that technical testing can't fully answer:

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1yr ago

Is interacting with AI characters becoming the norm for you? (Your POV)

Common Sense Media published a report on this topic, and it reminded me of how big a bubble I live in.

When Meta announced back in 2024/2025 that they wanted to create AI avatars to boost engagement, I was skeptic, but data speaks clearly  young people enjoy AI interaction.

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5yr ago

How do you recruit beta testers?

TL;DR: we're building a product to help remote teams make decisions faster and I would love your help on how to recruit beta testers. - Hey, I'm Cl ment and I work full-time at a B2B SaaS co that's been around 5 years and done well. For a number of reasons, we recently decided to pivot. It's exciting and scary. We originally wanted to build the best knowledge base tool in the world. We've hit Product Market Fit, even while competing with big guys Confluence & Notion. We've grown steadily. We have net negative churn. 90% of revenue comes from organic (word-of-mouth, SEO, product-led). A few thousand teams sign up every month. But we want do better. We want to anticipate and solve the problems that our market faces. This brings me to ask for advice. We're developing a unique product for a small, growing, market we love: async-first teams. We bet that while the pandemic forced a lot of companies into remote, we can all learn from the companies that operate with a remote-first mindest. That means fewer meetings, and less time online overall. More time on deep work, and on living your life. The first piece of the puzzle is faster decision-making. So here's where the company's at now: - We are now 100% focused on creating the best communication tool out there - We are working with beta partners to improve our new release: Discussions, a tool for making decisions and resolving problems in the flow of work. Our success will massively rely on growing our beta waitlist. We hope this will lead to a big public launch of the new version. We're looking to recruit teams of 10+ employees for our (free) beta, that are ideally software/service companies. Geography doesn't really matter since they should be async-first. These are some initiatives we focus on to grow our waitlist: - Recruit teams within our existing users - Invest a lot in content and distribution we believe unique insights about remote will help us establish our position - Launch awareness campaigns on social (product tours, screenshots, call for beta testers) - Reach out to a selected list of "top remote companies" to ask for feedback - Reach out to "remote influencers" to get visibility on podcast, blog posts, etc. ** Do any of you have experience building waitlists? Out of curiosity, is anyone here interested in giving feedback about the product?** Thanks and looking forward to discussing it with you. - Cl ment
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3d ago

What's a piece of advice you give that you don't actually follow?

I tell everyone to ship earlier. I say it in comments, I say it to friends, I believe it. And I've been sitting on a landing page rewrite for three weeks because it's not "ready."

The advice is good. The problem is that giving advice and taking it are two completely different activities, and the first one is much cheaper. I suspect this is universal and nobody admits it.

So: what's advice you genuinely believe, that you give freely, and that you routinely ignore in your own work? And the harder follow-up: is it actually good advice that you're failing to follow, or is it advice that sounds good but doesn't survive contact with your actual situation?

I'm asking because I want to know if "ship earlier" is advice I should keep giving, or advice I should stop giving because I can't even follow it myself.

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1yr ago

What would you do to land your dream job? [your procedure or advice]

Getting a job is becoming increasingly difficult many applicants (high competition), automation and the replacement of tasks with artificial intelligence...

Now it's a miracle if someone opens your email.

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6yr ago

What habits have helped you to be more productive?

I'm looking for a few more habits to add to my routine to help me stay productive. I currently gym and meditate every day to help keep my head clear, and read most days to expand my knowledge. I'm always interested to hear about other routines or habits :D
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3yr ago

Happy Monday! What are your career goals this week?

https://www.producthunt.com/prod... I like to think of everyday as an opportunity to get 1% better in some way. That being professionally, personally, career, relationships, etc. I'm going to build out my companies blog automation system, hire 2 employees, acquire 10 new clients, and bring on 200 new influencers to our influencer marketing platform! What is everyone else doing?
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