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Match Group Inc., the owner of dating sites Tinder and OKCupid, can’t dismiss claims that it illegally collected face scans of users and shift them to small claims court, but it can litigate them in the Northern District of Texas,

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Tinder, OKCupid Biometric Privacy Case Advances, Moves to Texas

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8 Things That Can Get You Banned From Tinder

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Online dating behemoth Match Group is introducing a new gay dating app, just in time for Pride. The company, which owns the lion’s share of the global dating market, is launching Archer, a “social-first” dating experience for gay,

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Match Group debuts Archer, a new face-first gay dating app for men

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Match Group, the company that’s mostly known for gobbling up some of the most popular apps in the dating market, announced Thursday it’s now promoting its own app called Archer. Rather than another Tinder clone,

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Match Group’s ‘Archer’ App Wants to Offer Gay Men So Many Targets They Can’t Miss

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In their latest Future of Dating report, Tinder found that 54 percent of LGBTQIA+ identifying 18-25-year-olds say they were out on a dating app before they were out to friends and family. The study also found that today's young singles say their sexuality and gender identity have become more fluid over the past 3 years.

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Austin Abeyta is a TikToker and passport bro. He said that dating was easier overseas than in the US because Americans were seen as exotic.

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TikTokers are divided over 'passport bros' who say dating overseas is easier than in the US: 'Wouldn't you be better off getting a mail order bride?'

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One woman documented how she uses dating apps to get men to send her free food without meeting them. Jo, whose TikTok profile claims she’s “documenting [her] early 20s,” off

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I Use Dating Apps To Get Men To Order Me Free Food Without Ever Meeting Them

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Kelly Ripa recalled how she previously received a graphic image via text message from friend Andy Cohen amid a work meeting with 'Live' executive producer Michael Gelman

Kelly Ripa Exposes Andy Cohen's Racy Texts, Including a NSFW Love Interest Pic He Actually Sent to Her at Work

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As humans, there are few things more exciting than meeting someone new. At Tinder, we’re inspired by the challenge of keeping the magic of human connection alive. With tens of millions of users, hundreds of millions of downloads, 2+ billion swipes per day, 20+ million matches per day and a presence in 190+ countries, our reach is expansive—and rapidly growing.

Dating apps are a growing market, with more and more options getting released and even more users joining, day in, day out. . In this slogging thread, our community discusses their views on dating apps and their future. In 2020, 270 million adults used dating apps worldwide, and by 2024, the global dating app market size is expected to exceed $8.4 billion This Slogging thread by Mónica Freitas, Elmehdi Dahbi, Melissa Brown, Sara Pinto, Jack Boreham and Cris Silva occurred in slogging's official #technology channel, and has been edited for readability. Mónica Freitas Jan 13, 2022, 11:22 AM To download or not to download: dating apps edition. In 2020, 270 million adults used dating apps worldwide. By 2024, the global dating app market size is expected to exceed $8.4 billion. What are your views on dating apps' and this market's future? Elmehdi Dahbi Jan 15, 2022, 10:53 AM Nobody can deny its growth in business terms as well as its impact on human interaction and how we handle love and relationships, but the architecture or the strategy by which they use data is unknown. Melissa Brown Jan 15, 2022, 9:57 PM I think it is a genius move in the society and world we live in. I found my partner on Hinge: 'The dating app designed to be deleted' - genius, just genius! Mónica Freitas Jan 17, 2022, 12:23 PM Elmehdi Dahbi, do you have any theory on how they base their algorithm? Mónica Freitas Jan 17, 2022, 12:24 PM Melissa Brown, Congrats! It's a rare story - at least from my experience 😅 if you don't mind me asking, were you a long-time user, or was it beginner's luck? Melissa Brown Jan 17, 2022, 12:38 PM Thanks! I had been on it for about 4/5 months before I found him, but he had only been on it a week! I never thought I would find the right person for me on an app, not gonna lie :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing: I always wanted to meet someone organically, but in this day and age that can be quite difficult! Mónica Freitas Jan 18, 2022, 11:33 AM Melissa Brown, oh, I get it! Dating apps make it both easier and harder to meet people if that makes sense - we get this immediate catalog, but to establish real connections, it can be tricky. But, like you said, doing it organically, it's not easy either. I guess he was the lucky one, getting it right on the first try 💚 good for you guys! 😊 1 Elmehdi Dahbi Jan 18, 2022, 1:55 PM Mónica Freitas, they're implementing some AI algorithms that rely on your personal preferences (data) and some psychological facts for matchmaking between users. 🔥 1 Sara Pinto Jan 18, 2022, 3:39 PM Mónica Freitas, my experience with dating apps is limited, but it's a good strategy. Our world is becoming more digital each time. If there are already apps that let us socialize, it makes sense to have one that allows us to meet others romantically. Especially, given the pandemic situation. It's a good option to be able to meet people through them when it's risky to go to gatherings. Melissa Brown Jan 19, 2022, 2:36 PM Mónica Freitas, there are definitely many benefits as mentioned, but there is a part of me that does find it a little sad that we are relying on a digital app to find our partners 🙈 -despite the fact it worked for me! I work at a hospice, I always find it so heart-warming when patients say they met their husband/wife at a dance -maybe the answer is to bring back barn dances? 😄 😂 1 Mónica Freitas Jan 19, 2022, 9:34 PM Elmehdi Dahbi, fun that you mentioned psychological facts - I get this is highly dependent on the app you're in, but an app like Tinder isn't big on getting one's personal interests, so what psychological facts do you think are being used. Mónica Freitas Jan 19, 2022, 9:34 PM Elmehdi Dahbi This reminds me of a TikTok rumor that was going around some time back, where someone claimed that the catalog of people you got on Tinder was based on an attractiveness scale within the system. I've always been suspicious about this as attractiveness is subjective. So unless it was built around one individual's preferences or a eurocentric point of view, how could you teach an algorithm to measure beauty? Mónica Freitas Jan 19, 2022, 9:37 PM Sara Pinto, that's true. The pandemic actually pushed dating apps to adopt new features like video chat to bring online dating to a new level. What do you think is missing in these dating apps (feature-wise, goal-wise, etc.)? Mónica Freitas Jan 19, 2022, 9:40 PM Melissa Brown, I share that feeling :smiling_face_with_tear: I actually have this recurrent thought about how we as kids would so quickly go up to another kid and make a new friend - just like that, in an instant; it's a bit strange how we lose/repress that ability growing up. I'm not a dancer but I'd go to a barn dance 😂 Sara Pinto Jan 20, 2022, 11:20 AM Mónica Freitas, I think it would be good if there was a feature that gave you a more oriented choice, given your goals for the use of the app, like "if you are there to make friends, here are more people looking to meet new people" or "if you are here looking for a romantic relationship, here is some other person also interested in that." Mónica Freitas Jan 20, 2022, 8:43 PM Sara Pinto, the only dating app I know has that distinction is Bumble. And it makes it easier for people o make new friends, especially when they move to a new city and all. Unless you're a lousy texter, then it's more tricky. Mónica Freitas Jan 24, 2022, 12:06 PM Abeer, Jack Boreham, Limarc Ambalina, what's your take on this? Jack Boreham Jan 24, 2022, 6:08 PM Mónica Freitas, I think they are great. It brings like-minded people together, and I've had really good success with them! have you used many, any app you like better than the rest? Mónica Freitas Jan 25, 2022, 11:55 AM Jack Boreham, I've only ever tried out Tinder and Bumble. I'd say Bumble has more room for showing your personality. Tinder seems to be a bit more focused on looks. And I feel like there are two different audiences in those apps. What apps have you tried? If you don't mind me asking. Cris Silva Jan 25, 2022, 12:08 PM Dating apps are a money-making industry for sure. It's strange how you can profit from people's loneliness, but there you go. I think we already have a lot of dating apps, but there may be room for more variations of the concept. Mónica Freitas Jan 26, 2022, 11:37 AM Cris Silva, what variations would you like to see on dating apps? Sara Pinto Jan 26, 2022, 1:19 PM Mónica Freitas, oh, I didn't know! That's pretty cool. What feature would you like to see? Mónica Freitas Jan 27, 2022, 9:05 PM Sara Pinto, I'd like apps where you could match by answering specific questions like a favorite song, book, movie. And the algorithm would match you with people with the same interests. Cris Silva Jan 28, 2022, 12:09 PM Mónica Freitas, maybe something like a dating app where, based on your interests, you'd be connected with like-minded people. The app could even give you a date night suggestion based on that. Mónica Freitas Jan 28, 2022, 1:20 PM Cris Silva, I love that! Hopefully, someone will listen to this conversation and develop that kind of dating app.

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What do Tinder, AirBnB, Pokemon Go, and Pinterest have in common? All of them run on the Kubernetes platform. This article explains why IT executives should be evaluating using this technology, how it can help businesses, and the circumstances it should not be used in. We will take a look at enterprise IT use cases in the real world, as well as some of the challenges this technology faces, and how to properly utilize Kubernetes to get the most from it. What is Kubernetes? What is Kubernetes? For those who keep abreast of the latest in tech news, it may suddenly seem like Kubernetes is appearing all over, having become increasingly popular. First rolled out to developers in 2015, Kubernetes has gradually become a platform almost universally loved by developers. But does Kubernetes make a similarly perfect fit for technology executives? And if so, why? is an open-source platform developed by Google, allowing users to coordinate and run containerized applications over a series of multiple devices or machines. Kubernetes’ purpose is centered on total control of the entire lifecycle of a containerized application, with methods providing improved availability and scalability. Kubernetes Kubernetes users are able to manage how their applications interact with other applications outside of the Kubernetes platform, and govern how and when these applications run. Users can easily scale down or up as needs require, can roll out updates seamlessly, and can test features and troubleshoot difficult deployments by switching traffic between multiple versions of the applications. What is the Difference Between Kubernetes and Docker? Frequently, discussions about Kubernetes and Docker will take the form of – ‘Should I choose to use Kubernetes, or Docker?’ But this is a slightly misleading framing, as these two platforms are not strict alternatives. It’s absolutely possible to run Kubernetes without Docker, and vice versa. But Docker frequently can benefit from concurrent use of Kubernetes, and the same goes the other way. is all about containers, and is frequently used to help with the containerization of applications. Note that Docker is able to be installed on any machine as a stand-alone for running containerized apps. Docker The core of containerization is the concept of running an application in a way that isolates it completely from the other elements of the system. In essence, the application acts as though it had its own instance of the operating system, even though in most cases multiple containers are on the same OS. Docker acts as the manager for this process, handling the creation and running of these containers within a given OS. Now, imagine you’re using Docker on multiple hosts. This is where Kubernetes can come into the picture. Each host, or node, can either be virtual machines or physical servers. Kubernetes is able to automate and manage elements like load balancing, scaling and security, and the provisioning of containers, linking all these hosts through a single dashboard or command line. We refer to a collection of Docker hosts (or any group of nodes) as a Kubernetes cluster. The next logical question is: Why would it be necessary to create more than one host or node? There are two primary reasons for it. 1. First, to make your applications scalable. If the workload on the application goes up, you’re able to create more containers, or else increase the number of nodes within the Kubernetes cluster. 2. Second, to increase the robustness of the infrastructure. Even if any node or individual subset of nodes go offline, your application remains online. Kubernetes is able to automate the removing, adding, managing and updating of containers. In fact, Kubernetes can perhaps best be thought of as a platform for . Meanwhile, Docker allows for the creation and maintenance of containers to begin with, at a lower level. orchestrating containers When and Why to Use Kubernetes Beginning with a series of Docker-created containers, Kubernetes manages the traffic and allocates resources for this service. In doing so, it makes numerous aspects of managing a service-oriented application infrastructure simpler and easier. In conjunction with the latest (continuous integration/continuous deployment) tools, Kubernetes can scale these applications without requiring a major engineering project. CI/CD We can take a look at a few of these cases more closely. CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION Containers, in a vacuum, are wonderful, providing a simple way to bundle and deploy your services with a lightweight creation process. This allows for positive attributes like efficient use of resources, immutability, and process isolation. However, when you’re actually implementing your project in production, it’s very possible that you’ll end up dealing with anywhere from dozens to thousands of containers, especially over time. If this work is being done manually, it’s likely to require a dedicated container management team to update, connect, manage and deploy these containers. Simply running the containers isn’t sufficient. You’ll also need to be able to accomplish the following: - Scale either down or up in line with changes in demand - Orchestrate and integrate various modular parts - Communicate across clusters - Ensure your containers are fault tolerant It’s natural to think that containers should be able to handle all that without the need for a platform like Kubernetes. But the reality is that the containers themselves operate at a lower level of organization. In order to gain the significant benefits of a system built with containers, it’s necessary to use container orchestrator tools like Kubernetes, tools that sit on top of and manage containers. MICROSERVICES MANAGEMENT The concept of is far from a new idea. Software architects have worked at breaking up large-scale applications into broadly reusable components for decades. Microservices offer multiple benefits, from a greater degree of resiliency to faster, more flexible models for deployment to simpler automatic . microservices testing Microservices also let decision makers choose the best tool for any individual task. One piece of your application may benefit more from the productivity boost of a high level language like PHP, while another piece may get more from a high speed language like Go. But how does Kubernetes fit in with this microservices concept? It’s true that breaking down your large-scale application into these smaller, less rigidly connected microservices will allow for more freedom and independence of action. But it’s still necessary for your team to coordinate while making use of the infrastructure all these independent pieces use to run. It will be necessary to predict the amount of resources these pieces will need, as well as how your requirements shift under load. You’ll need to allocate partitions within your infrastructure for your various microservices and restrict resource use accordingly. This is where Kubernetes is able to help, offering a common framework that gives a description for your infrastructure architecture that allows you to inspect and work through resource usage and sharing issues. If you’re planning on creating a microservice-reliant architecture, Kubernetes can be massively beneficial. CLOUD ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT It’s no wonder that containers and the tools that manage containers have become increasingly popular, as many modern businesses are shifting toward microservice-based models. These microservice models allow for easy splitting of an application into discrete pieces portioned off into containers run via separate cloud environments. This allows you to choose a host that perfectly suits your needs in each case. Kubernetes is designed to be deployed anywhere, meaning you can use it on a private cloud, a public cloud, or a hybrid cloud. This allows you to connect with your users no matter where they’re located, with increased security as an added boon. Kubernetes allows you to sidestep the possible issue of ‘ ’. vendor lock-in When Not to Use Kubernetes While Kubernetes is powerful and flexible, it’s not the right tool for every use case or project. Keep in mind that Kubernetes was created to solve a certain set of potential issues and challenges. If you’re not actually facing those challenges, it’s very possible that Kubernetes will be more unwieldy than helpful. If your project seems to be reaching a point where scaling and deployment necessitates its own dedicated resource, orchestration starts to become a viable choice. The concepts of orchestration and automation tend to go hand and hand. Automation benefits businesses by increasing efficiency, allowing decreased human interaction with digital systems. With software handling these interactions instead, we see a reduction in errors and cost. As a general rule, automation means automating one discrete task. In contrast, orchestration refers to automating an entire workflow or process consisting of multiple steps, and frequently multiple systems. First, you build automation into a workflow. Then, if the complexity grows to a certain point, orchestration takes over governing them and making them work in concert. Kubernetes is for: not the best choice 1. Simple or small-scale projects, as it is fairly expensive and too complicated. 2. Projects that feature a tiny user base, low load, uncomplicated architecture, and no plans to increase any of that. 3. Developing an MVP version, as it’s better to begin with something smaller and less complex, such as Docker Swarm. Then, after you’ve solidified a vision of how your app runs, you can think about switching to Kubernetes. How is Security Implemented in Kubernetes For systems run on Kubernetes, general should be provided in order to protect against malicious attacks and accidental damage. web application security measures How Kubernetes is Impacting Enterprise IT in 2021 The Cloud Native Survey, which polls Technology/Software organizations, that the use of containers in productions has increased by 84% from the previous year, up to 92%. Use of Kubernetes is up 78% from the previous year, reaching 83%. reports How are large companies using Kubernetes? Pokemon Go on GKE (Google Container Engine) using Kubernetes, allowing it to orchestrate a container cluster that spans the entire globe. This let its team focus more efficiently on putting out live changes for their active player base of more than 20 million daily users. worked Tinder from their legacy services to Kubernetes, a cluster made up of more than 1,000 nodes and 200 services, with 15,000 pods and 48,000 containers. This reduced waiting time for EC2 instances from multiple minutes down to seconds, delivering significant reductions in cost. made the transition KUBERNETES USE CASE #1: DATA ENGINEERING FOR AI-BASED DEMAND FORECASTING SYSTEM PROJECT DESCRIPTION MobiDev had been developing a POS software & venue management adopted by a lot of bars and restaurants. Over time, a huge amount of historical POS sales data accumulated, and MobiDev’s tech experts came up with an idea to apply artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to the data, to find patterns in the previous sales and make predictions for the next period for each venue. An AI-based system was developed, as an independent module integrated into the system. system demand forecasting THE PROBLEMS TO SOLVE As AI computations required significant resources, initially, virtual machines in the AWS EMR cloud service were used. The more venues that adopted the system, the more expensive the infrastructure became. The AI module’s high CPU load occurred overnight, when machine learning algorithms were processing the daily sales data, and were idle during the day. In order to decrease infrastructure costs, manual management of computing resources was implemented with the help of Docker Swarm. At the MVP development stage it didn’t make sense to use Kubernetes as it would require a lot of research and adoption time. However, as the number of venues were supposed to grow, a new approach to data engineering was needed to provide automation and scalability along with cost optimization. TECH TASKS SOLVED WITH KUBERNETES 1. Historical data gathering scripts on scheduled basis 2. Data storage in database that runs inside Kubernetes 3. AI scripts after successful historical data update 4. API that interacts with AI dashboard 5. AI dashboard which shows results of the AI scripts BUSINESS TASKS SOLVED WITH KUBERNETES Kubernetes allowed us to implement auto-scaling and provided real-time computing resources optimization. Performance and cost optimization It was noticed that on Kubernetes, the AI scripts, which calculated the same logic for the same amount of data, returned results much faster than on AWS EMR, at the same time consuming less computing resources than EMR did. On Kubernetes, the average time required for running the AI module scripts decreased 10 times for the same number of venues, in comparison to the previous EMR production environment. Reliability improvement System stability was the key reason that made us switch from AWS EMR to Kubernetes. On EMR, script start failed sometimes for unknown reasons, and the logs didn’t give any helpful information. Scalability improvement While on EMR, the project development was limited by a maximum number of new venues to be added in the future. Kubernetes withdrew the limitation and automated scaling, which is critical for fast growing projects. Amazon PROJECT SUMMARY The system on Kubernetes provides results faster, consumes less computing resources, allows the client to reduce costs of the AWS billing and ensures stable and predictable product delivery. KUBERNETES USE CASE #2: DATA ENGINEERING FOR AN AI VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Another real-world business use case for Kubernetes MobiDev was involved in, is a smart computing resource auto-scaling for a face blurring feature in a video surveillance system. The system consists of the following applications: front end, back end, back-end queues, and an AI-based feature for face blurring. Kubernetes is used as the Orchestrator for all these applications. When new video processing requests appear, back end auto-scales with the help of Kubernetes API, and automatically adds more workers to process the requests. The Future of Kubernetes Kubernetes’ distributed architecture and scalability pair well with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. As these technologies continue to mature, 2021 is the year to watch for growth in this space. Enterprises should keep in mind that tools support business goals, and are not an end to themselves. 2020 was a year in which nearly every business was forced to reckon with unexpected changes. Kubernetes has the capability to accelerate the application development services through solutions built with a cloud-native ecosystem, while at the same time allowing for malleable use of applications and data, so that a company can succeed through the modernization of its platforms and apps. Written by Anton Logvinenko , PHP Team Leader at MobiDev

Why Tinder, AirBnB, and Pokemon Go All Use Kubernetes

2 Years. That’s the amount of time it took the dating app Tinder, to acquire 50 million users. Not too many startups can say they’ve achieved that level of success. Let’s unpack how they did it. First, we need to understand what the market was like when Tinder launched. The dating app/service market was not new. There was match.com, OkCupid, and a plethora of other dating apps. So what did Tinder do differently? User Experience & Product First In 2012, the only way to really get sign-ups for an app was on Facebook. You could run ads on Facebook, or you could drive traffic to your website, and people would fill out a long-form, answer a ton of personal questions, and then have access to the dating app or site. Both of these were not optimal for app registrations; they led to a poor user experience when people were on-boarding. Long, complicated signup forms, users having to place trust in services they’ve never used before. It definitely didn’t make for an easy, simple, and feel-good user onboarding experience. Tinder realized that traditional dating apps were broken and decided to do two things differently. And yes, these are product features, but if you don’t think the secret to good marketing is to nail the product… good luck. 1. Effortless set-up. No more filling up of forms. You just had to register with your Facebook profile. There were no more questionnaires, forms, or q&a’s to fill out. One click, and you were in. Then you could swipe to your heart’s desire. 2. Safety. The Tinder swipe feature, requiring both parties to “swipe” on each other before they were able to chat. This removed some of the “creepiness” factors that plagued other online dating apps, where random people could message you without your consent. This made the virtual dating environment, which was already a scary place, feel a little bit safer. They were solving a need in their niche, but they were also making the user experience safer and more comfortable. Safety, security, and comfort were major blockers for many individuals who were dipping their toes into the world of online dating. “Outside The Box” Customer Acquisition Tinder’s early growth success is largely due to the strategy implemented by their original co-founder/CMO Whitney Wolfe. Obviously, you should take some notes because after Whitney left Tinder, she went on to start Bumble, a competing platform that recently IPO’d, making her the world's youngest self-made female billionaire. We should take a page out of her playbook. Whitney was involved in the Greek scene at USC and was a member of a sorority. She leveraged her social network to get some quick early adoption at Tinder. In an with Bloomberg, Tinder’s technical co-founder Joe Munoz explained it perfectly. interview (Whitney Wolfe) would go to chapters of her sorority, do her presentation, and have all the girls at the meetings install the app. Then she’d go to the corresponding brother fraternity — they’d open the app and see all these cute girls they knew. Tinder from 5,000 to 15,000 users by the time she finished this college tour. Next, as part of their word-of-mouth strategy, Tinder enlisted college campus reps to host parties. Their requirement to get into the parties was: . show that you had downloaded the tinder app at the door They first launched this initiative with a small team, and after seeing incredible results, they double-downed on the strategy by hiring on-campus reps at colleges across the US to replicate the “download tinder to enter” party strategy. Tinder didn’t bother with paid ads or focusing on an organic strategy to drive traffic and optimize conversions. They knew exactly who their audience was and who would be most likely to become a raving fan of their app. They not only found that they could easily acquire users through this organic, word-of-mouth method, but the customers they acquired this way were the “right” customers. They were sticky. They used the app, loved the experience, and evangelized it to their friends and network. There’s a difference between paying to acquire customers who use the app once and then never open it again versus a user who uses the app religiously and not only wants to use it but wants to speak about using it. Remember that 50 million users they scaled to in two years? Those users opened the app on average 11 times a day. Not. Too. Bad. Lessons Learned From Tinder 1. Product & User experience Led Marketing & Growth Every great explosive growth story begins with a crucial ingredient. An amazing product that works well and solves an existing problem. The market was saturated, but it wasn’t optimized. Tinder brought a product to market and addressed several issues, but most importantly, led with the best possible product features. If you are taking a product to market, of course, you want to move with speed and agility and get that MVP (minimum viable product) out, but always focus on working towards the best possible product you can, as that will always lead to raving fans and customers who will evangelize your product to their own networks. If you get feedback on your product, take that feedback to hear. Interview your customers, get their feedback and implement changes accordingly. Don’t make it harder than it has to be on your sales and marketing teams. Product is always at the core of a stellar sales & marketing strategy. 2. Know Your Audience Tinder identified their Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) very early on. They focused on college students. This fit into their target user demographics, as well as their marketing strategy, which relied on a highly social, highly evangelical user. Tinder built their marketing strategy with their ICP at the core of that strategy, and once they proved that it worked, they didn’t experiment with multiple ICP’s or different customer types. When you’re starting out, you may feel as though everyone can be a user of your product. However, the chances are that there’s always that “one” customer profile that fits slightly better than all the others. Not only did they choose to double down on that perfect customer profile, but they went a step further built their marketing plan around the behaviors and habits of that customer profile. This is realistically the only way you can win when you’re in the early stages of taking your product to market or building out your business. Avoid the “ ”, where you try to sell to every possible customer under the sun. shiny object syndrome ONLY focus on the ones that will yield the most growth and ROI. For the short term, it may be hard, but in the long run (hopefully), you’ll enjoy some results, like Tinder. 3. Think “Out Of The Box” Tinder could have easily decided that they had a great product, and they wanted to invest in organic traffic or paid ads to drive sign-ups. But sometimes, “out of the box” works best. Remember, marketing doesn’t have to be sexy. It just has to work. In every single market and in every single industry, there are niche outlets where your buyer/audience likes to hang out. Those places could be online, or they could be offline, but as a marketer, your job is to find them. You can always explore traditional channels, but spending the extra time to find the niche outlets will always pay off. Tinder actually went on record saying that they tried a paid ad strategy to acquire customers in Turkey, and they ultimately killed the experiment just because the users were different. They didn’t log on as much. They didn’t share the app as much. They didn’t care about the app as much. They just didn’t have the same ‘word of mouth’ impact that the original organic adoption strategy had. So the moral of the story is to try and search for new ways to find customers. Ways that may not be through traditional paid or organic channels. These mediums or strategies won’t be listed anywhere on the internet, or in a newsletter, or in some guide, but they’ll be the result of you knowing your product, you identifying your customers, and you meeting them where they’re at. Also published on . https://newsletter.roioverload.com/p/roi-overload-700

How Tinder Acquired 50 Million Users

For those of you who are Tinder users or just watchful to the tech news, you should know that the App is , helping people to have virtual dates during this time of pandemic crisis. offering the option to match with anyone in the entire world Why is this relevant for Hackathons and other Innovation Challenges? Imagine you’re participating at an online hackathon. How do you create your team? I bet you invite the same old gang from the university days, your colleagues at the office or your closest friends. This may work if you’re doing it for the kicks, but not if you want to take it to the next level and to do this in a recurrent way. There’s a challenge that is perfect for you, but you’re missing that crucial team member or even the whole team. How do you do it? Do you just give up from participating? What if you had a Tinder for Hackathons that could match you with the best Mobile App Developer available? Hold that thought! Let me recall my last story “ ”, regarding the subject: Coronavirus and other crises that force people to reinvent themselves A team composed of Japanese, French and Canadian participants that together collaborate to build a solution? This may seem like the beginning of an old joke, but it can actually be the reality of the future. When I said “the future”, I didn’t mean less than a month, but what can I say? My team got excited with the idea and actually made it happen 😱 But we both know that this Matchmaking Magic takes time to perfect, so what can you do at the moment? Right now, at the , you have 2 options to build the perfect team to create an amazing project for a challenge: TAIKAI platform 1. Create your project without a team and then create project positions you want to be filled (kinda like a job board of a company) 2. Go to the “Innovators” tab and look for those who are available, according to the skills you’re looking for (a tinder based on skills instead of looks) and invite them to your team. Of course that at the moment, the right person has to be available for you to matchmake them with your project, which is obviously not perfect… How could we take it to the next level? From the Innovators specific data such as skills, experience and challenge history, we could do the matchmaking process in a more automated way, in which you would be suggested people to create a project with, adjusting to your needs as a team builder. That would be possible by building Henry, our future Matchmaking Bot, that could build the perfect team for the challenge you’re facing. Why Henry, the bot? If you’re an fan, you know that was the father of this concept and we’ve decided to do it as a homage for all the great work he has done (and still does) in this field. We hope he doesn’t sue us! 😅 Open Innovation Henry Chesbrough How can you start using our Matchmaking engine? At TAIKAI we have 2 ongoing initiatives in which you can start using this new feature: 1. “Game to Save the World”, the first TAIKAI Game Jam — https://taikai.network/gamejam 2. “Fight COVID-19 Open Challenge” by TAIKAI — https://taikai.network/covid19-challenge Feel free to give us feedback or report bugs 🐞 you encounter! Follow TAIKAI | | | | Website LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Instagram References and cool stuff you should look into “Innovation Imperatives from COVID-19” from Henry Chesbrough — https://www.forbes.com/sites/henrychesbrough/2020/03/18/innovation-imperatives-from-covid-19/#5238628f6fb11 “COVID-19 crisis will create the next Googles and Amazons” from Sifted — https://sifted.eu/articles/covid-19-new-google-amazon/

Tinder for Hackathon Teams

Nice. You’re actually going to do it. You scored a hot date with a lady and you’re bringing her to the company picnic. Nothing like fun, sun, and the staid monotony of trust falls to really let your freak flag fly. Who said you can’t mix business with the off-chance of pleasure? Here are six Loaf tips on surviving your Tinder date at the company picnic. 1) Relax - this is just as weird for you as it is for her and every single one of your coworkers Pump the brakes, kemosabe, you actually brought a total stranger to your company picnic. Hooooo boy. What, did you really think Joanne in Finance and her would hit it off? Over what? The plushie toys Joanne has on her desk? This girl said she “hates drama” in her profile and if there’s one thing Joanne loves it’s drama. And GAAP. Boy does that lady love her some Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. If everyone weren’t icing their tug-of-war rope burn they’d be giving you some serious side eye. 2) Make sure you have an exit plan, not for your job which is clearly going to end soon, but for your date if there's not a fit Cheese and crackers, you for real brought a woman in the flesh that you met on a dating app to your company picnic. Is this not your promotion year? Is any year your promotion year? 3) Remember to bring protection, not for after the date but for Crazy Ryan in Analytics, your coworker who is going to fight someone at the kickball game over the 'no curveball' rule Honey Bunches of Oats, your boss and his boss and her boss are all wondering why you brought a living, breathing, single human who does not work at the company to the company picnic. You’ve known Uber drivers longer than her. You’ve known clients who never emailed you back then churned longer than you’ve known her. And now you want her to play shortstop at the kickball game? You know Crazy Ryan in Analytics isn’t client-facing and he takes company picnic kickball way too seriously. He’s going to take a hard slide into your date the moment he gets on base. My goodness, man, here’s to hoping you get to second base before he gets to second base and takes her out. He is going to fight someone and it’s going to be your date and you. 4) Stay present, even as your coworkers gossip about this on the #general channel Spice Girls Almighty, there’s still time to bail on this whole ill-wroughted endeavor. You’re really going through with this aren’t you? Then you might as well live in the moment, even as your coworkers furiously lampoon you publicly in the company’s #general channel where your decisions will digitally live forever on the Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge. Why did they choose #general and not #random? Well, pal, there’s nothing about a complete lunatic like you bringing a strange woman to the company picnic. I mean, yikes, she clearly did not even know this was your company picnic. 5) Dress to impress Kim Jong Un’s Meatball Stains, there she is. And look what she’s wearing. Is that a tasteful-yet-flowy summer top? Wait, was this a casual thing? And here you are wearing a suit jacket. But all of your coworkers are wearing color coordinated jerseys stating their team names. Better get used to wearing that collared shirt and jacket, pal, you’re going to be interviewing soon. 6) Tell that joke about Sean Connery showing up to Wimbledon at ‘Tennish’ That one always kills. Crazy Ryan in Analytics also kills. NEWS IN PHOTOS Skills section of resume even more useless than candidate Vegans rejoice: Rothy’s releases Impossible Flats to compete with Allbirds Beyond Shoe Imperfect Produce in peril due to new batch of sexy broccoli > read the rest of this newsletter. WANT MORE TECHLOAF? The disruptors are about to get disrupted. Start receiving the weekly email. ( ) preview

Bringing Your Tinder Date to the Company Picnic: 6 Tips From Techloaf

Research on Tinder profiles reveals a generation aiming to tease Generation Z (b. 1995–2009) is unique — and not just because they gave us videos of themselves . Z are the first true digital natives; they’ve never known a time before the Internet, unfettered access to social media, and life improved with smart tech. To better understand their generation’s identity, I took a swipe at Tinder. The virtual meat-market is an identity hotbed. It’s a place where you are forced to succinctly say who you are, while spinning your identity to attract potential suitors. A vulnerable, intimate, and strategic act of self-curation, if there ever was one. eating Tide Pods What analyzing Z Tinder profiles revealed, however, was a generation hardwired to reject “labeling” that . It looks like for Z, an identity you can’t nail down makes it easier to get nailed. so they won’t even say who they are FAST FACTS: Analysis included 400 Tinder profiles of 18 to 22-year-olds across the country, looking for same-sex and/or heterosexual matches. Observational data was collected by creating a blank male account and a female account — with no picture, bio, or sexual preference — in each of the 8 test markets. And then lots of swiping and coding of profile matches bio text and images. “I don’t love how superficial it [Tinder] is, and I’m not actually using it to find a long-term relationship. I think it’s more of a hookup app and more of a time waster. It’s like playing a game on your phone.”* — Martina M., 18 | MN PROFILE DATA: Z approaches dating as leaving digital breadcrumbs of their identity across platforms, directing people to Spotify lists, Instagram and Snapchat profiles, and even money transfer (Venmo, CashApp) handles to learn more about them. Or send them pizza money in hopes of making a connection. What they are saying isn’t much; the majority (70%) of Z used fewer than 2_0 words_ to describe themselves in their bios. (BTW, that last sentence was 21 words.) And if they write something, less than half of profiles actually say something about the user in question. do Pansexual ethnography participant, Keyla “I think I’m constantly changing, so the way I want to be perceived by certain people is constantly changing too.” — Keyla Y., Bronx, NY | age 20, whose profile lists her age as 26 VISUAL FINDINGS: Gen Z is going for intrigue; they hide their faces, use unclear emojis in profile bios, and only upload about half (4.6) of the max allowed profile photos. In a world where hundreds of photos can be found of them online, they opt for a little mystery on Tinder, à la less is more. As a result, Zs’ profile pictures don’t really give you a picture of who they are. Unless you know how to decode 🙃🧐🤷🤫😅. “I like the sense of ambiguity with limited pictures and bios. I find them good conversation starters.” * — Miguel P., 20 | St. Paul, MN WHAT THEY WANT: Z is looking for no stakes in the ground: a whopping 78% didn’t make reference on their profile as to what type of relationship they were looking for. Maybe it’s because they assume everyone knows what they’re all there for…Not great news for the 7% looking for long-term relationships. “The experience is just kinda’ of weird; everyone understands the intention and what you really want through this app; however what I wanted was just a hang-out.” * — Jackson H., 20, Los Angeles While it may seem counterintuitive for Gen Z to hop on Tinder and give no real sense of who they are, these findings seem to echo what we were seeing in our larger body of about the generation. We’ve discovered that Z has a totally unique, “relationshifted” view of their identity. research As the phenomenon of indicates, Z doesn’t have qualms with the idea of a fractured identity, or multiple identities. Their openness to several versions of who they are is a driving reason why Z largely rejects pinning themselves down with limiting labels — on places like Tinder and elsewhere. Labeling, either through bios that actually say who you are, or via profile pictures that could characterize you in a limited fashion, just doesn’t appeal to the identity-shifting Gen Z. finstagrams Who this generation is depends on which identity they are leaning into for that particular audience and situation. And if that audience is a vast pool of hotties on Tinder, well, better to be a blank canvas than a clear (profile) picture. The jury is out on whether or not Gen Z will have someone to Netflix and chill with this Valentine’s Day. But one thing is for sure, dating is never going to be the same. This information is part of a publicly available report, Identity Shifters: A Gen Z Exploration , published October 2018. Special thanks to Dr. Hillary Haley, Rebecca Lipton, Larissa Chen, David Chang and Gina Zhang *Supplemental data was from companion ethnography research on Gen Z, not gathered as part of the main profile study

Gen-Z Courts Intrigue on Tinder

Great software has the power to change your life. Sometimes it’s love at first sight when you see a sexy landing page, or read a seductive value proposition, but that’s only the beginning. Onboarding is like a courtship. If a product team disrespects their customers’ feelings at this stage of the relationship, the user experience will sour and there won’t be a second date. In product design, the first kiss is when the user’s hard work pays off. I call it the celebration moment, and it’s critical. From entering a witty bio to selecting the perfect profile pic, onboarding takes effort. So that first kiss has to be electrifying! A memorable celebration moment separates the products we love from the products we tolerate. Goes Mainstream Online Dating The market was ripe for disruption when Tinder came along, because the stigmas of Match.com and eHarmony were too great for singles in their 20’s. These sites were also launched before the iPhone and the rise of UX Design. OKCupid moved things forward. It won acceptance by gamifying online dating. The copywriting was fresh. OKCupid spoke to you more like a friend, than a piece of software, when it would notify you about a match. The risqué polls and inviting graphic design helped too, but it was the lightweight user experience of Tinder that popularized mobile dating apps. Suddenly anyone with a smartphone, and a Facebook account, could upload a few photos through an API, make a couple cheeky jokes on their profile, and enter the brave new world of online dating in the real world. Tinder lifted the burden of online dating and the stigma was soon to follow. With so little setup, the bar for that celebration moment — that first kiss that lets customers know the product team cares— is low. Yet Tinder exploits the rare feeling of making a real match to perfection. The entire app is themed in white, but the screen goes dark the moment you make a match. A large, white, stylized font exclaims, “It’s a match!” Tinder’s celebration moment represents the core value proposition of the app. It captures the distinct thrill of meeting someone you like in real life. Private Equity is Serious Business Distinct thrills are the domain of dating apps, but what about celebration moments in enterprise software? Since 2013, I’ve worked at the private equity management startup . I’ve been a Product Designer there since pre-launch. We give companies a way to issue electronic securities (stock certificates, option grants, etc.) and track who owns what in their company. eShares Our customers work hard for their equity. In some cases, the potential for longterm upside is why they work at a startup. We took this into consideration when creating our signature celebration moment. When the user accepts a security, the screen goes dark and a colorful confetti animation appears with the word “Congratulations!” in white. Our users love this moment. I can’t take credit for it, it was our CEO’s idea, but the joy expressed in this moment is so contrary to the stodgy reputation of private equity, it’s disarming. Users tweet about it all the time. There is an occasional detractor, which makes sense. This is serious business. It’s like cracking a joke, or going barefoot to a board meeting (which our CEO also does — we have a “no shoes policy” at eShares). Some people appreciate the laid back vibe, some people do not. A Moment Worth Sharing You’ll notice a tasteful social share button during Tinder’s celebration moment. Of all the times to ask someone to promote an app, it’s after this first kiss. Tinder also asks users to rate the app after a match is made. They are excellent at timing their asks. When the idea of this post arose, I mocked up a social version of our confetti screen on eShares. I posted it in the random channel in our company Slack and the reaction was controversial. While many loved it, others felt the presence of a social share button in our product would be tacky. Yet, if users share the moment on Twitter without us asking, maybe the reputation of private equity management is evolving. Raising a Child Onboarding a customer is like raising a child. Assume every choice they make will be wrong. It’s not their fault. Everything is just so damn new to them. Like children, users need to be encouraged and rewarded when they do something well. Use the celebration moment to let users know you appreciate their effort. More on This Check out Kevin Hale’s lecture on . He’s a Managing Partner at Y-Combinator and co-founded . How to Build Products Users Love Wufoo That whole video series with Sam Altman and Peter Thiel is phenomenal, but Kevin Hale’s impassioned take on the celebration moment stands out.

This One UX Choice Makes Tinder Irresistible

Introduction Hello, Dear Reader! Great to see you in this article that we are sure, you will find most helpful. The reason is simple: we will show you how to create a headless CMS for a Tinder-like app that requires no, and we emphasize strongly – absolutely no coding. You can do this really fast by using a Full Stack Web Application Generator, which gives you the most awesome of awesome powers – creating fully functional apps without writing a single line of code in a few easy steps. In fact, we have sat down with a person who has never written a single line of code in his life with the goal of creating a Tinder-like app to prove the above-mentioned point. But we are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves. Let’s get back on track, – “Why would you need a Tinder-like app in the first place?” Why Create a Tinder Clone? Tinder’s monthly traffic is about 75 million users around the world, and almost 8 million of them are from the United States. Although such a question is deeply philosophical, there are actually a couple of pretty good reasons to create an app that allows you to choose between different variants of the same category, which is the stripped-down purpose of apps like Tinder. A couple of these reasons are: Create a Competing App Yes, there is already Tinder. Yes, it is a hugely popular dating app, to say the least. The monthly traffic of Tinder is 75 million users around the world, and almost 8 million of them are from the United States. But here lies its most vulnerable point – its size does not allow it to be precise. To draw an analogy, using Tinder is like being in the open sea, trying to catch a specific species of fish. It is quite possible, but it is relatively less likely that you are going to catch that specific fish purely because of the wide array of fish that lives in the sea. And you can have all the necessary equipment (options like geolocation, age, ranges, etc. in this analogy), but there is still no way to target certain particularities. And that’s where your app can come into play. Your app can be more precise, give more search options that (back to the analogy) allows you to be the fisher that fishes in the exact spots of the sea where the needed fish lives. Moreover, it is always good to have more players on the market in order to promote progress in the field. It Does Not Have To Be About Dating The overall stripped-down concept of Tinder, which we have mentioned in the previous point, is solid. It is a way to filter through great quantities of information. And that way, it allows you to not only train your on-the-spot decision-making skills but to do it quickly. Your Tinder-like app can be about pretty much anything: selling cars, adopting pets, or even choosing between job applicants. The possibilities are extremely varied. Gamification Possibilities Marketing is an undoubtedly important part of today’s business. And gamification is quite an effective marketing strategy, which allows your potential clients to engage more deeply in your product by interacting with it. And, once again Tinder-like apps give you an opportunity to gamify your potential client’s experience with the product. For example, an app like this can be made into a decision-based game. Create a CMS with the Web App Generator As we’ve already said, we’ve sat down with a person that has zero knowledge about coding to do this part of the whole process to prove that it is easy. And here’s a little walkthrough that this person has come up with after this experience that you can also follow to create your Tinder-like app if you would like to. Step №1. Find The Full Stack Web App Generator This step is quite simple and straightforward. What you need to do is to go to flatlogic.com/generator. As you will see there, you are able to create apps on React, Vue, and Angular. Boldly press the “Create your app” button and go to Step №2. Step №2. Name Your Project Once again, a simple step, which as you will see, can be said of the whole process. What you need to do here is to name your project and go forward to the third step by pressing the “Next” button. Step №3. Select Your Project’s Stack The third step leads you to the basis of the headless CMS for your dating app, which is the project’s stack. Flatlogic’s Full Stack Web Application Generator provides you with a multitude of Stack choices for Backend, Frontend, and Database. The choices for the frontend are: React / Angular / Vue and Node.js for the backend. Java, Python, and .Net backends are under development now and will be available a bit later. And as for databases, the present variants are: MySQL and PostgreSQL In the free version of the Generator, you could use all of the variants of the backend stack, Node.js for the frontend and MySQL and PostgreSQL for the database. So, the choice kind of made itself when it came to our “lab rat’s” Tinder-like app. And, after that, it was on to the fourth step. Step №4. Choose a Design for your Tinder-like App’s CMS No app is truly finished without a nice and slick design. And that’s doubly true for Tinder-like apps, as to why would you want to find a partner on an unfinished building site? Well, once again, you could want to do that, and kudos to you for sticking to your own ways, but if we speak broadly, the chances of such an occasion are exceptionally slim. That’s why most apps have eye-pleasing designs that lure their customers in. And that’s also why Flatlogic’s Full Stack Web Application Generator provides an opportunity to choose from a number of ready-made designs and all you have to do is choose the one you find most fitting for your purposes. This is exactly what our inexperienced friend did, deciding on the transparent design version, judging that the dark tones of this option would fit rather nicely into the whole selection and matching process, as it would contrast beautifully with the bright and vibrant colors of the photos. And that’s not mentioning that it was just very stylish. After that was done and dusted, it was time to go to step number 5. Step №5. Create the app’s database schema This step was probably the most challenging for our inexperienced friend, as it was the closest one to the actual code writing. But, with a bit of tinkering around and a bit of a spark of excitement in the eyes, he got down to work. The first thing this step required was to select a ready-made schema from the variants offered, which include such entrees as: Blank, which effectively means creating a Database Schema from scratch E-commerce Time tracking reports Book store Blog Chat (messaging) Social Network. The closest thing to Tinder from the above-mentioned variants would actually be the Chat (messaging) option, as Tinder is not a full-blown social network, but rather a messaging app with an added layer of setting up and presenting profiles and other choice-related necessities. So, what is definitely needed in the case of creating a Tinder-like app is the ability to swipe left or right to make a negative or positive decision. An app like this would also need to be based on pictures and descriptions. Now we get on to setting up our Database Schema. We start with adding a couple of points to our “user” Table. They are: User ID, which would be of Type and should be unique to each user; int Liked Users, which would have similar attributes of Type and is unique to each user. int The rest is already set up for our Tinder-like app in the Chat (messaging) database schema preset. After that, we just need to tinker with the chat rooms the tiniest bit. What we need to do in the chat rooms portion of our schema is also change its properties to Type and make each chat room unique as each dialogue between the users should be separate from the others and we do not need the ability to create group chats (we don’t judge and we are not prudes in any way, our app is just not of that variety). int And that is pretty much it! All you need to do after that is to review your choices and press the “Create Project” button. After that, you just wait for Full Stack Web Application Generator to do its secret magic and download it. Our inexperienced friend didn't have to learn anything new about actual coding, except that it can be done effortlessly on Flatlogic’s Full Stack Web Application Generator. This is especially true when it comes to setting up database schemas. As you can see, it was quite easy and only required just a smidgen of imagination. Now, when your dating app like Tinder is created and ready for deployment and usage, don’t shy away from actually booting it up and seeing your marvelous results. You can see our finalized and user-ready app on the screenshot below. Conclusions Apps like Tinder have quite a potential despite what you may initially think. Yes, its primary goal in the user’s mind is to find dates or people to chat with, but, as we’ve already discussed, its actual implementation can be much wider. And that’s because its primary function – simple “yes or no” voting, is easily understandable and highly usable. So, you can use it according to your project’s actual needs. And that’s it for today’s article. We really hope you have found the text useful. First Published here

Build a FullStack Tinder Clone Without Writing A Single Line Of Code

I’ve been a software developer for 20 years. After that, I became a Recruiter. Please don’t hate me? After all that time as a programmer and the variety of roles I worked in and interviewed for, I thought I knew it all. I was wrong. I knew nothing. Working in a fast-paced recruitment team opens your eyes. You see how others view your profile. How little time they spend on it, what they’re looking for and why. It’s quite shocking and immensely valuable information if you’re in the jobs market. So, what do I mean by the overly attention-seeking title of this article? [ ] Editor’s note: HEY, I like this title! To get there, I need to walk you through a real-world scenario and by the end I hope you’ll see why it’s sadly true. Imagine you’ve just applied to a front-end JavaScript role, let’s go for React. You have a few years of experience under your belt already, so your résumé and LinkedIn profile are trivial to complete. Application submitted, you sit back and taste the crispness of that cold beer you just opened. What is going wrong? Firstly, you probably spent more time on your CV than your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn is too rigid and you wanted the freedom to express yourself. Most recruiters will read your LinkedIn first and only read your CV if they believe you are of interest and worth of more of their time. It’s more efficient for them to stick to the standard format that LinkedIn provides. Trying to locate specific information in a variety of CV formats is exhausting. Back to LinkedIn, you didn’t want to pigeonhole yourself, so you kept your options open. You started with a headline like “Software Developer“. . The decision not to specify your expertise means you are relying on the Recruiter to read further, just to find out if you’re even skilled in React. This is mistake number 2 That’s a bold move considering they might have hundreds of other applicants that do define themselves as front-end developers specializing in React! Let’s assume the recruiter is feeling kind and moves on to your About section. Do you help them out here? Do you define your skillset and chosen career path? Probably not. You’ve probably taken this opportunity to express how you want to save the world, one line of code at a time and how you’re dedicated to producing software that enriches the lives of others? Fabulous, but nobody cares. Too many people are saying the same thing and if there’s no evidence to back it up, they are seemingly empty words. The Headline and About section are the best friends of recruiters. They are the first port of call in helping them make decisions about whether it’s worth their time to keep reading. This first read through happens in under 10 seconds. It’s like Tinder for jobs. If you’re not in the pile of candidates who got a swipe right on the first pass, it’s likely your résumé will never even get a read. The About Section was our Last Hope … No, There is another! Not to worry, you’re an experienced developer. Your application can be resurrected by the power of the Experiences section alone. This is true if the recruiter ever gets there. Sadly, this is where most developers put the final nail in the coffin. What you need to consider is what is the recruiter looking for? They want to establish whether you are, in fact, a front-end developer and once this is confirmed they need to answer three questions (remember, we’re talking about a React position). When did you start using React? Are you currently using React? How frequently have you been using React between points 1 and 2? When developers write “Software Developer” as their job title, it’s hard for the recruiter to know what you were doing whilst in that role. Were you front end, back end or full stack focussed? They’re going to have to read through the narrative you placed under the job title. You did write something there, right? Many people don’t and that is game over. However, if you did write something, did you make it easy for the recruiter to establish their answers to the above questions? Let me guess, you wrote another chapter in your novel about saving the planet? The recruiter must wade through the incoherent ramblings to try and find out if you’re worthy of an interview. Well, in today’s market, with the number of applicants for every role, it’s unlikely that will happen. You’ll get a swipe left and they will only come back to you if every other candidate fails the paper sift or even the interview. What About the Original Question? So, who gets the job? The best developer may not even get an interview. The developer who presents themselves in the best way will get the job. This is where many developers beg for my trust and ask that I put them forward for the role or even hire them. They then promise to prove to me how good they are. Sadly, it’s too late, I’m afraid. I have hundreds of other applicants and very limited time. I have to go with those developers that give me confidence that it’s going to be worth an hour of my time to interview them in order to find out more. The good news is the fix to this will only take you a few minutes and in my experience, the results are quite dramatic. So, if you’re not getting enough interviews, forget learning another algorithm, the problem is far simpler and closer to home!

The Best Developers Rarely get the job, "It’s like Tinder for jobs" 

Every dog owner wants to find the perfect friends for their new puppy. Now we have an app for that! You can browse through various puppy profiles and swipe right or left to find your new puppy friend. Setting up puppy playdates has never been easier! Ok, not really... But we do have a wacky demo app built with , , , and (a hosted GraphQL backend from ). React Material-UI Apollo Client Slash GraphQL Dgraph In this article we'll explore how I built the app and also look at some of the basics of the technologies I used. Ready to the fun? unleash Update: On April 16th, 2021, Slash GraphQL was officially renamed Dgraph Cloud. The information below still applies, and you can still build the app as described. Overview of the Demo App Puppy playdate app Our app is a Tinder clone for puppy playdates. You can view our puppy profiles, which are pre-generated seed data I included in the database. You can reject a puppy by swiping left or by clicking the X button. You can show interest in a puppy by swiping right or by clicking the heart button. After swiping left or right on all the puppies, your results are shown. If you're lucky, you'll have matched with a puppy and will be well on your way to setting up your next puppy playdate! Check out the ! You can also . demo app here see the code on GitHub In this article we'll walk through setting up the schema for our app and populating the database with seed data. We'll also examine how the puppy profiles are fetched and how the match updates are done. The Architecture As noted above, the four core technologies behind this app are , , , and . React Material-UI Apollo Client Slash GraphQL I chose React because it's an excellent frontend library for developing UIs in a declarative way with reusable components. Material-UI helped provide the building blocks for the UI components. For example, I used their , , , , and components along with a couple icons so that I had some base component layouts and styles to use as a starting point. Button Card CircularProgress FloatingActionButton Typography I used Apollo Client for React to facilitate communication between my frontend components and my backend database. Apollo Client makes it easy to execute queries and mutations using GraphQL in a declarative way, and it also helps handle loading and error states when making API requests. Finally, Slash GraphQL is the hosted GraphQL backend which stores my puppy data in the database and provides an API endpoint for me to query my database. Having a managed backend means I don't need to have my own server up and running on my own machine, I don't need to handle database upgrades or security maintenance, and I don't need to write any API endpoints. As a frontend developer, this makes my life a lot easier. Getting Started with Slash GraphQL Let's first walk through creating a Slash GraphQL account, a new backend, and a schema. You can or log in to your existing Slash GraphQL account online. Once authenticated, you can click the "Launch new backend" button to view the setup screen shown below. create a new account Creating a new backend with Slash GraphQL Next, choose your backend's ("puppy-playdate" in my case), ("puppy-playdate" again for me), (AWS only, currently), and (choose one closest to you or your user base, ideally). When it comes to pricing, there’s a generous free tier that’s enough for this app. name subdomain provider zone Click the "Launch" button to confirm your settings, and in a few seconds you'll have a new backend up and running! Once the backend is created, the next step is to specify a schema. This outlines the data types that your graph database will contain. In our case, the schema looks like this: Here we have defined a type that has the following fields: Puppy , which is a unique ID generated by Slash GraphQL for each object stored in the database id , which is a string of text that is also searchable name , which is an integer age , which is also an integer and will represent the number of times a puppy has matched with someone matchedCount , which is a string that contains the image url to be shown in the app profilePic , which is a string that contains a short description about the puppy bio , which is an array of strings representing the puppy's interests and is also searchable interests Adding Puppies Now that we have a backend endpoint and schema set up, it's time to add some puppies! The API Explorer in the Slash GraphQL web console allows us to easily execute GraphQL queries and mutations against our database without having to write or run any additional code within our app. We'll insert data into the database using this mutation: We can then query our database to fetch the puppy data as a quick sanity check that our seed data was inserted properly. The query looks like this: The data is then shown in the API Explorer's results panel like so: Querying our database for all our puppies Fetching Puppies (ha...) Now that we have our database populated with seed data, we can work on getting our puppies to show up in our app. I used to build the UI and for my component library to help speed up the development process. React Material-UI Rather than executing GraphQL queries and mutations directly, I chose to use to declaratively handle interacting with my backend API and database. Apollo Client for React Apollo Client utilizes . To get started, you first initialize a new client and then wrap your root component with a provider component. This makes the database data available anywhere in the app through the context. React's Context API Then in our file we can define a GraphQL query to fetch all the puppies: App.js We then declaratively execute the query inside our component and work with the response data by using Apollo Client's hook: App useQuery The result of calling that method is an object which contains properties for the response , state, info, and a method to the data. We only need access to the property and the method, so we destructure those two items from the object and then pass them down into child components as needed. data loading error refetch data refetch Welcome screen in the puppy playdate app Loading screen in the puppy playdate app as the puppy data is being fetched Updating Puppy (Love) Once the puppy data is fetched, the puppies are shown one by one as interactive cards. The "Tinder swipe" effect is implemented using an npm package called . react-tinder-card When a puppy card is swiped to the right (or when the heart button is clicked), an API request is made to the backend to increment the puppy's value by one. matchedCount This is done through Apollo Client again, but this time using the hook since this is a GraphQL mutation. useMutation Just as before, we first write our GraphQL mutation: Then we execute the mutation inside our component, this time as part of our swipe event handler method called : swiped Doug is a good boy Each liked dog is recorded. Once you've swiped through all eleven dogs in our database, your match results are shown! You matched with Louie! Next Steps That's it for our demo app! If you as the reader wanted to continue to build on this project, you could extend the app by creating an workflow and allowing users to create accounts and post their own profiles. You could also allow users to actually match each other and send them notifications when that happens. authentication Wrapping Up As I built this app and considered the features and functionalities I wanted to include, the database schema changed over time. I started without including the puppies' ages or their interests. When I decided that I did want to show that info on the puppy cards, I simply edited my schema in the Slash GraphQL web console to include the and fields. age interests I also originally started with a Boolean field to show whether or not you were matched with each puppy. However, since this app includes no authentication and can be used by any user, it felt more appropriate to instead use a field that recorded how many times each puppy had previously been "liked" by any user. matched matchedCount Making this tweak to the schema was again as simple as replacing the Boolean type with the Int type. matched matchedCount The flexibility of GraphQL in allowing me to edit my schema on the fly without having to rewrite several API endpoints greatly sped up the development process. And Slash GraphQL's API Explorer allowed me to easily execute queries and mutations directly against my database to experiment with the syntax and the fields I'd need before having to write any app code. The architecture I chose was perfect for developing this app – it made rapid prototyping easy! The are endless! paw-sibilities This article mentions a Slash GraphQL free tier. Dgraph recently updated their pricing model for Slash GraphQL. It’s now $9.99/month for 5GB of data transfer. No hidden costs. No costs for data storage. No cost per query. You can find . Update - January 20, 2021: more info here

Build Your Own Puppy Playdate Tinder App with Slash GraphQL

In this tutorial, we’ll be creating a Tinder clone, in under 1 hour using , an open-source no-code platform that makes it seamlessly easy to create social applications. Phở Networks With Phở, you define your app in “graph” format (as shown below), and it generates the APIs in a breeze. Phở depends on , and ; so make sure you have them installed on your system before we start. PHP 7+ Redis Neo4J Redis Installation Instructions Neo4J Installation Instructions Phở uses Redis as its persistent (and lightning fast) keeper-of-truth, while Neo4J acts as the index with its query language. Thanks to this graph-native backend, you can query your Phở app in a language that’s in native graph format: Cypher MATCH (m)-[: ]->(f) m.sex="male" f.sex="female" f; like WHERE AND RETURN The query above would fetch all female users with at least 1 like. Needless to add, Phở is a declarative language. All you need to do is to define the core components of your apps (also called as, nodes and edges) in a whiteboard-friendly way, as follows: an Actor node User: a Subscribe edge Like: a Notification edge Message: Voila. So how do we implement this? Fortunately, there is a simple (graphical user interface) which lets you draw the application in a whiteboard friendly way as below: GUI To see how it works, take a look at the 15-minutes long tutorial video below: At the end, you’ll create a GraphQL recipe similar to: https://github.com/esokullu/GroupRouletteRecipe We need to compile this and serve it via REST. To do that install pho-cli from . Github After you download the file, copy it to your global binary path such as on UNIX systems, so it can be called from anywhere. Also, make sure it’s executable by running: /usr/local/bin chmod +x local pho /usr/ /bin/ Then, while you’re on the terminal, run: > pho init This will start a CLI dialog with five easy questions: App Name App Description : You must select 6 (custom) here. It will ask you the path to your recipe. Either you can create it on your own as shown above, download, and enter that path; or just point to https://github.com/esokullu/GroupRouletteRecipe for a quick start. App Template : keep it “admin” Founder Username Founder Password Founder Email Once you fill these out, it will create a folder with a bunch of files and folders, including the following key ones: this is the folder where we will place the GraphQL source code. schema/ this is the folder where compiled GraphQL schema will reside. build/ Then, we go to the root folder of our project, and install the dependencies using . Suppose, the App Name was “grouproulette”, here’s what we do: Composer > grouproulette cd > composer install We could have executed to compile our schema folder (in other words, the recipe) but it’s already baked into in this example, so we skip that. pho build Voila… Now we have a working-kernel, which we should pass to our REST API server, so we can connect it to our mobile app. If you need to change your server settings on the Phở side (your project folder) make sure to edit the .env file there. Please note it’s a hidden file so you may not be able to see it in your filesystem browser. Then run: > php public/api/index.php & Now if all goes well, when you visit on your browser, you should see a JSON response like: http://localhost/founder { : , : , : } "success" true "id" "427501bd323e5e40f05b9fb4e769714a" "class" "PhoNetworksAutogenerated\\User" OK, now our REST APIs are working fine! For reference to the full set of commands, visit https://www.phonetworks.org/assets/restapi.htm The default comes with the , , and functions in its . You may extend it further by editing the file as documented on Phở Server REST’s file. Phở Server REST login logout signup Authentication Controller public/api/index.php README To illustrate the signup call, a sample GET request would be: http://localhost/signup?param1=joe&param2=joe@gmail.com&param3=secret&param4=01/15/1993&param5=&param6=http://google.com/emre.gif&param7=0 Hope this helps! Should you have any questions, feel free to comment or shoot me an email at emre@phonetworks.org Last but not least, if you need funding for the apps you create using Phở, we can help ! Previously published at https://ideasforfree.org/2020/05/08/how-to-create-a-tinder-clone-in-pho/

How to Create a Tinder Clone Application in Phở [No-Code Approach]

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In a historic breakthrough, artificial intelligence researchers at STEMford University developed a chatbot that successfully passed the Turing Test. The program, known as Chad Bot, achieved this astounding feat using only hardcoded responses written in the style of a dude on Tinder, to the disbelief of many in the computer science community. “Of course, Chad keeps track of conversation state, but it’s ultimately just a with some randomness thrown in,” explains Professor Ellen Turner, who spearheaded the project. “To begin a conversation, it usually starts off with a seemingly friendly ‘hey what’s going on?’ (or ). If the other person doesn’t reply within a certain time frame, it responds with a . Otherwise, it starts to select messages to send from a set of responses, ranging from mildly uncomfortable classics like ‘haha so what would you do if i was there lol’ to . very long cascading if-else statement eight long-winded rant on how that person was never attractive in the first place requests for sexual favors “After we finished building the program, we asked a variety of Tinder users to engage in two conversations: one with Chad and one with a real dude on Tinder,” Turner continues. “When asked to guess which conversation was with a real person and which was with a bot, participants couldn’t distinguish between the two, guessing correctly less than 50% of the time.” She pauses. “It’s amazing how successfully Chad fools people into thinking they’re talking to an actual human being, considering how banal or completely context-inappropriate its responses usually are.” But surely, we ask, Chad can’t possibly handle the full spectrum of human interactions with its limited set of hardcoded responses? “Easy,” Turner says, a twinkle in her eye. “If it can’t figure out a response, Chad just ghosts the user.”

Wow! This Bot Passed the Turing Test by Simulating a Dude on Tinder

(The Lucrative Lunacies of Virtual Dating Apps & Sites) Photo credit: www.manrepeller.com Dating As We Know It Has Changed — It’s a Multi Billion Dollar Business In 2009, I became overly interested in the world of dating websites when I read an Inc.com story about the site , and its founder Markus Frind. However, unlike most who visit the page— my interest wasn’t one of romance — it was financial, social and cultural. Plenty of Fish The Financials and Numbers At the time, founder Markus Frind estimated the site was making a net profit of $10 million a year — and that he worked ten hours a week. He had my attention. This is a man who built the site with the sole intention of adding an independent tech venture to his resume’. He never intended on the site becoming what it has. He is quoted as saying “He doesn’t like reading books, so he just created the site in two weeks” on his own. Frind started Plentyoffish in 2003, as an intended side project. He sold it to the parent company of ( Match Group) on July 14th, 2015 — for $575 million. In cash. www.match.com The site was making millions in revenue before its founder knew what the term venture capitalist meant. Though he did graduate from a 2 year college with a degree in computer programming, he spent most of 2002 unemployed before starting the site a year later, from his apartment. Before that he “bounced from failed startup to failed startup”. He never started the site with the intent of finding love. He describes himself as “Introverted and awkward”. There was a time, dating sites and apps themselves would have been described in the same fashion. Today though, POF is estimated to have had well over 150 million users, since conception. Though Frind and POF maintained the lion’s share of the market for years, even above it’s titan rival and eventual acquirer one can’t help but think he also sold at the perfect time — as the popular dating app Tinder was created in 2012 and was an obvious game changer out of the gate. It’s previously unheard of “swipe” feature took users by storm, allowing them to dismiss or let other users know they were interested at a rapid pace. No more complex profiles, no more just straight to the meat and potatoes of it. Five of your best pictures, your social media profiles and a paragraph about yourself, at most. www.match.com, tell me a bit more about yourself, Both Tinder and Plenty of Fish are now owned by Match Group, a subsidiary of IAC. Tinder is estimated to have 50 million users worldwide and was just recently valued at $3 bringing IAC’s total valuation to around $4.68 billion. There’s nothing awkward or introverted about those kind of numbers. Billion, Tinder now makes up 60% of IAC’s market share, proving Frind did sell at precisely the right time. Frind himself admittedly, is not fond of making changes to the site, doesn’t listen to its users and likes to keep it simple. Three things you won’t often hear one who founded a company worth half a billion say. Which brings us to the hot new dating app known as Bumble. One started by an early Tinder employee named Whitney Wolfe Herd and that strongly resembles Tinder itself, mainly thanks to the swipe feature. Back in August of 2017, the billion dollar dating empire that is Match Group tried to once again swallow the competition and acquire Bumble for a reported $450 million — an offer Bumble declined. Two days ago, the Match Group filed a lawsuit in Texas against Bumble, citing patent infringement as grounds for doing so. Match Group claims Bumble is competing against it with its own inventions and trade secrets and information they claim Bumble’s founder learned of in her time at Tinder. Whitney Wolfe Herd herself is cited as leaving Tinder due to sexual harassment and discrimination. Claims one can’t help think about as they use Bumble — an app where women are required to make the first move and has since been publicly commended for “empowering women” in a post America. Me Too My Experience and Perspective As fascinated as I was by POF in 2009, I didn’t sign up. Online dating was still pretty taboo back then. Plenty of people did it, they just didn’t talk about it openly. I’d see those Match.com commercials come on and just cringe. Ugh, no thanks. Then along came Tinder, much more my speed. I’ll admit, I was intrigued. I signed up and started swiping. I was shocked there were actually good looking women on there. My inner dialogue went something like this “Is this the new norm? Can I tell my friends I downloaded it? Wait, are these women real? Oh shit, I know her, these women are real. Fuck, she knows I’m on Tinder now. But wait — so is she”. Then came the matches and messages. Women on Tinder found “Hi” to be too boring of a first message, yet didn’t want to feel like they had just swiped right on the likes of Harvey Weinstein either — you had to find a common middle ground to get a message back if you reached out first, as a male. I’ve met a total of three women on Tinder in real life. Two of who were very normal people, one of whom I still talk to here and there — and one who I briefly but honestly considered filing an order of protection against. We met at a Starbucks, I bought us each a coffee. I don’t recall what she ordered — I just remember her throwing it up moments later. I asked her if she had been drinking or was on any medications, which she insisted she hadn’t and was not. I hesitantly brought her back to my place, at her suggestion. She attacked me like a rabid animal the moment we got in the door— before quickly saying we “had to slow things down” — to which I fully agreed and complied. Thankfully, I quickly realized how insane she was before we got any further. I made something up and called her an Uber home. As a courtesy, I told her to text me when she got home, so I knew she made it safely. She called me when she got home. Three times, none of which I answered. She left three voicemails. None were shorter than three minutes long. She mentioned telling her Mom “all about our date” when she got home in one of them. I did text her back the next day to apologize for missing her call — big mistake. The amount of texts I received over the next week from this woman began to worry me, mainly because I had stopped answering them shortly after they started. Eventually, she thankfully gave up. I’m sure she found a nice guy who can afford to have their significant other throw up a $5 cup of coffee on the reg. As convenient as I found Tinder to be at first, my last experience kind of just left a bad taste in my mouth — quite literally actually. That and the fact it appeared to becoming more spam infested by the moment. I know of more than a few women (who I believe) that have claimed they never signed up for or downloaded the app, whose profile pictures have been found on Tinder under different names. Could they be lying and just trying to avoid being caught actively cheating on their spouse? Absolutely. I just think it’s more likely these accounts were fraudulently created with the hopes of padding the stats and attracting more male users to the app. Which brings us back to Bumble. An app I literally never heard of before two weeks ago. I’m over 30 now, dating apps just have a funny feel to them. Though when I heard women have to make the first move — I downloaded it and began swiping — if only out of curiosity. I’ve used it for maybe ten minutes total since downloading it. As I stated above, it’s Tinder with a on it. To my knowledge, I haven’t gotten a message yet and have no real plans on frequenting the app to see if that changes. Me Too spin Dating apps and sites are becoming the new places to meet people of the opposite sex. POF was cited as being responsible for “the birth of a million babies” in its existence, back in 2012. That is absolutely bonkers to me. Though I must say, Tinder was a nice alternative to trying to meet women in my local bar. For crying out loud, have you been to your local bar lately? You can acquire a lot of things there — a wife or husband just probably isn’t one of them. In closing, I’d like to mention dating apps are becoming the only way men even feel safe or comfortable approaching women, in this day and age. It used to be just fear of rejection we had to worry about — approaching a woman didn’t automatically make you sexually aggressive. Now, we live in a world where men have apparently even managed to lose the privilege of being able to approach a woman first, via those dating apps. As a man, I don’t really know what’s expected of me. Society will tell me to be a gentleman, while women openly dislike the guy who’s too nice and not assertive enough. Feminists will tell me “just treat us like human beings and we’ll respond” while “Hey, how are you?” messages sent by guys across the globe get cold shouldered. I know less about women and dating then I did when I was thirteen apparently, so I’ll just be happily single over here by myself if anyone needs me.

Bumble Be Tinder

Photo by Andrew Guan on Unsplash We love to . Its an app many try to avoid, download in a moment of loneliness, and delete in disgust soon after. We question why we use these apps in the first place and why we can’t seem to connect in person. But do we adequately question why we hate it? hate Tinder A few months ago, my roommates and I all sat in our living room. One of them hadn’t been on a date in a while and contemplated downloading Tinder along with the suite of apps Millennials use. I supported her decision, but both her and my other roommate hemmed and hawed. dating “I just hate the dating apps.” “They are so many creeps.” “I just wish I could meet people in real life.” These were the themes I remember hearing, and not only in this conversation. These themes crop up every day amongst so many of us looking for companionship. So many of us have become disillusioned and dejected by the current state of dating. Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash As a gay man, I find this disillusionment fascinating. I first downloaded Tinder when I was 20, as my friends and I drove home from a spring break trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I immediately felt a sense of excitement. I attended a small liberal arts school in Texas, so I had very few options. Tinder had opened the door to a possibility I had written off as only for my straight friends. For those in the LGBTQ community, apps like Tinder helped us navigate around the paralyzing fear of figuring out someone’s sexual orientation. When the straight community avoided approaching people in public due to fear of rejection, the LGBTQ avoided approaching people in public due to both the fear of rejection and the fear of harm. Tinder gave us the ability to connect while lowering our risk. Despite this ability, Tinder and these other apps have begun to grate on me as well. Their appeal has diminished. And like so many of my friends and peers, their use more frequently results in emptiness rather than satisfaction. Based upon this growing dissatisfaction, my roommates’ complaints about Tinder resonated with me. However, I disagreed with questioning why we use Tinder and lamenting on the declining in-person introductions — likely due to my own low-expectations for these interactions. I found my own dissatisfaction much more important and warranting investigation. I don’t believe there is anything inherently wrong with Tinder and these other dating apps. If anything, it allows more and more people to connect. My roommate, the one who questioned downloading these apps, is currently dating someone from an app. I’ve seen plenty of good come from Tinder, but the pain and emptiness come from the high frequency of rejection. Interacting through a screen lowers the barrier for initiating a conversation. It makes everyone much more comfortable interacting with someone they wouldn’t dare initiate a conversation with in person. People become much bolder and initiate more connections. Unfortunately, interacting through a screen does not equally lower the pain of rejection. In a world dominated by social media, where we all project the best versions of ourselves to the world, Tinder feels like a referendum on your image. And here lies the dissatisfaction. Regardless of the medium — in person or through a screen — rejection stings. It makes us question our value and self-worth. Apps like Tinder make us more willing to initiate a conversation, and as rejections stack up, we fall deeper and deeper into dissatisfaction. How do we reverse this fall? Simply put: self-love. Its easier said than done, but ridding your need for external validation will make a huge difference. So next time you swipe through Tinder: The person doesn’t match back? Who cares! The person doesn’t respond to your funny pick-up line? Their loss! Their cursory rejection of you means nothing. You are valuable. You are lovable. You are worth it. Photo by Alban Martel on Unsplash

Why do we actually hate Tinder?

My first business was folding legal paper into handmade envelopes that I sold three for a nickel. I was 6. By 15, I was producing and selling fake Ids. At 18 I filed my first LLC, a record label/recording studio operation, Boom Dox. To do this I had to physically drive to the Louisiana Commission, Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office, the Louisiana Department of Revenue, the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court, and the Lafayette Parish School Board. Now we can simply file online and don’t have to go through any physical effort to begin a company. The newfound ease of this process has given birth to a new phenomenon: The Tinder CEO. Workforce You’ve all met a Tinder CEO. He’s anywhere from late teens into his mid thirties. He confuses selling knives for Cutco or working for Primerica with being self-employed. He definitely has credit card debt to maintain the image that he earns more than he actually does. On your first date he won’t hold the door, offer to pay and might even ask you to pay. He’ll talk a big game about business and money yet has never opened a business or made any large sum of money. He’s always got an idea for the next big thing. But rest assured, it will never be anything more than that: an idea. And he thinks that owning his own business makes him look SO sexy to you and SO cool to his friends. That’s the age we’re in. Where wayward young men drawn in by Richard Branson and Elon Musk’s entrepreneur chic fortify their fragile egos behind the thinnest of defenses: their title in their Facebook bio. It is here behind the warm safety of a keyboard, that the modern Homo Fuckien, better known as fuck boy, transforms into the glorious Tinder CEO. “Now when girls see me on Tinder they won’t just see my dead fish or animal and meaningless college info. They’re going to see that I’m the CEO of DoucheBag Enterprises, Inc!” Let’s be clear: a piece of paper from your local Secretary of State’s office does not make you an . Trust me, Tinder CEO, there are with more legitimate cash flow than you. You probably don’t even have a company bank account. If you do, there isn’t much money in it and the money therein certainly didn’t come from customers. entrepreneur drug dealers I get it, the world is scary. Your degree won’t get you shit but a restaurant job that you hate and you lack purpose. So, you compensate by lying to yourself and perpetuating a false sense of self accomplishment to fill your void. It’s this that scares me. That you find your value as a human in your business or career, in your money or in your clothes. I’m terrified that when you have a family that to you, the car you drive will be more important than the smiles on your children’s faces. Can I tell you a secret? All of you trying to be in business for money and fame: Profit is a byproduct of a well run operation. The purpose of business is not to glorify self. It is to mobilize resources both physical and monetary. It is the pump that keeps cashflow going. It is the customers who bless your company with their hard earned dollars. It is service to your community. It is the smile on your employee’s face when you hand them that big overtime check and they earned every penny. It is your legacy from your time here on earth. The bottom line is that business is a personal journey. It’s a never ending string of every day crises tailored just to your needs. It will shape you, forge you and it will discipline you. Being a business man is not a title you bestow upon yourself. It is an honor bestowed upon you when you have created jobs, reinvigorated dilapidated infrastructure and contributed to the taxable revenue base of your area. It is a title measured by the value of your positive impact, not a title created and falsely given to increase your already feeble chance of getting laid. My mama always told me, “time is the currency of your life, how are you going to spend it?” How will you spend it Tinder CEO? Filing empty papers to create a false trajectory with matching title? To boost your imaginary sex appeal? Buying stuff for your ‘friends’ who will leave as soon as the money runs out? Our worth as humans is not measured in fiat currency. So, while you’re out chasing booty and ignoring your problems, I’ll be getting paid to solve mine and my customers’. Cheers, Tinder CEO, this round is for you.

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