invaluable

Spending years as a short term on site contractor I've picked up one question I find invaluable.

I always tried to befriend high level people and solve their problems to the point that they see me as invaluable.

In all cases mentioned, the "brilliant jerks" were clearly invaluable to the venture.

It’s not careful use of this really delicate and invaluable resource.

It takes a couple weeks using an app to see if it turns into an invaluable daily tool, or if you just delete it.

Shell scripting is an invaluable tool in the daily-use toolbox for a huge number of people, myself included.

The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.

His advices and tips ranging from college applications to solutions to technical problems were invaluable.

It has become an invaluable research tool that permits students, teachers, librarians, and others to more efficiently identify and locate books.

A good inline comment is invaluable when returning to the code later if the situation changes, as it typically will in time for such precise, empirically derived performance tweaks.

More and more, cellphones, PCs, and even other people's servers are becoming invaluable, impossible-to-live-without brain extensions.

We have had very rapid turnaround on any bugs we find and it has been invaluable to have people who understand the game, the renderer, the driver, and the hardware working alongside us when attacking these performance issues.

But by the far the biggest differential that I see comes with the value-add piece: with YC, founders pay a price in terms of equity they give up but they get huge benefits from becoming part of a network that keys them in to relationships and solutions that can prove invaluable to an early-stage startup.

If you come into the program with a teachable spirit and are willing to listen and learn from the incredibly knowledgeable and generous people in charge, then you will come away with invaluable experience and tools to apply to your current startup, as well as to other businesses you may start throughout rest of your life.

I was made aware of how much propaganda there is in Western movies by a comment here on HN:"The major exception here is the Department of Defense, which has an open but barely publicized relationship with Tinsel Town, whereby, in exchange for advice, men and invaluable equipment, such as aircraft carriers and helicopters, the Pentagon routinely demands flattering script alterations.