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		Zak on Oct 7, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers with no equity in company: good or bad? >Milestone is spec'd out and they are paid based on attaining that goal. Hacking doesn't work that way; software engineering does. If you don't understand the difference, your startup is in trouble.

prime0196 on Oct 7, 2007 [–]

Milestones are comprised of objective and goals. Hacking can easily be structured as either a goal or objective.

dbrush on Oct 7, 2007 | [–]

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