Isn't Facebook also using some pretty bad ass technology (they did invent a PHP to C++ compiler after all)?
I come from a background in writing financial software so I'd personally rather reach a few users willing to pay for some bad ass software than to reach millions who receive (or perceive) such a marginal benefit from the software that they aren't willing to pay for it.
I got to play with some pretty cool tech (http://bit.ly/FredPatent) and get a decent cheque at the end of the month (to be fair I was probably paid more in line your pay scale than facebook's)
I'm sort of solidly in the DHH school of startups where you should be charging for your software. If your software provides value to people they should be willing to pay for it, or you should be attracting a valuable audience that you can sell to advertisers.
It sounds like catch.com is making money (decent size team, lots of press) so kudos to you guys building a great product.
edit: I saw on your twitter feed that catch raised $7mm. definite congrats on that one!
I come from a background in writing financial software so I'd personally rather reach a few users willing to pay for some bad ass software than to reach millions who receive (or perceive) such a marginal benefit from the software that they aren't willing to pay for it.
I got to play with some pretty cool tech (http://bit.ly/FredPatent) and get a decent cheque at the end of the month (to be fair I was probably paid more in line your pay scale than facebook's)
I'm sort of solidly in the DHH school of startups where you should be charging for your software. If your software provides value to people they should be willing to pay for it, or you should be attracting a valuable audience that you can sell to advertisers.
It sounds like catch.com is making money (decent size team, lots of press) so kudos to you guys building a great product.
edit: I saw on your twitter feed that catch raised $7mm. definite congrats on that one!