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Yup, as an early employee of a very successful company, I know the opposite side of this. The ratio of key contributions between founders:early employees is pr
by birken 11y ago
Yup, as an early employee of a very successful company, I know the opposite side of this. The ratio of key contributions between founders:early employees is probably between 2:1 and 1:1, while the ratio of tech press is about 1000:0. And you are dead on with the co-founder and founder thing. The tech press really has a founder and "single-person" fetish in the way they write their stories.
Basically, don't value yourself based on what the tech press writes about you. If you are the one getting the press: you actually aren't that great; if you aren't getting the press: who cares.
I understand that PG is writing this article because he feels it is unfair he gets written about too much and Jessica not enough, but the real crux of the issue is that the tech press is so stupid it doesn't matter. I mean just look at that article that was written about Jessica...
- jacobolus 11y agoHistory books are as bad or worse than the tech press. Taken to extremes, you get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man_theory
- Swizec 11y ago> if you aren't getting the press: who cares. Unless you're applying for certain types of visa. Then USCIS cares.