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The OP mentions that the second half of the book chronicles the author's time at FB. This was excerpted in Vanity Fair, and the HN commentary from early this m
by mturmon 10y ago
The OP mentions that the second half of the book chronicles the author's time at FB. This was excerpted in Vanity Fair, and the HN commentary from early this month is here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11830108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11830108
The NYT reviewer in the OP was repelled by the author's pose ("The aphorisms are sometimes lazy, the facts can be sloppy, and the studied cool – all the while insisting that “I am the uncoolest person you will ever meet” – can be grating."), but ultimately able to get past it to the anecdotes and "directionally correct" analysis in the book.
You can note that the HN readership also had a similar reaction, with varying degrees of being able to move past the initial impression.
- mathattack 10y agoOne challenge is the most earnest writers usually make the most boring stories. This is also why the imperfect narrator is used so often in great literature.
- antongm 10y agoI'd like to hear that d-bag I-banker's aphorisms and compare. I think he just didn't like the authorial tone, because he's used to boring-ass biz books...which is fine. But that's not how it happened. I didn't embellish. If anything, I downplayed things. Might not appeal to some i-banker in NYC who commutes on a train to Connecticut and wears a suit every day....but this is what that period of life was like, at least to me and the people around me at the time.
- themoonbus 10y agoYou seem very thin-skinned
- antongm 10y agoOK. You're right. My editor told me it's actually positive. I fixate on the negative to much. There it is...
- kmonsen 10y agoSeems like you are pretty good at trolling yourself, no need for others to get involved.
- antongm 10y agoYou're right.
- leroy_masochist 10y agoDude, he called your book "a must read" in the official New York Times review. What more do you want out of the guy?
- HemanHeartYou 10y agothis guy FUCKS
- antongm 10y agoI'd like to hear that d-bag I-banker's aphorisms and compare. I think he just didn't like the authorial tone, because he's used to boring-ass biz books...which is fine. But that's not how it happened. I didn't embellish. If anything, I downplayed things. Might not appeal to some i-banker in NYC who commutes on a train to Connecticut and wears a suit every day....but this is what that period of life was like, at least to me and the people around me at the time.