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I guess you fake it until you make it? Obviously not the same thing but when reddit originally started didn't the founders use bots to submit stories. Theros go

• uberdog 10y ago
  "Fake it 'til you make it" is more about pretending to have confidence before you really have it and less about falsifying your past in a way that's easy for someone to fact check.
  • joshmn 10y ago
    Let's not forget Biz Stone "faked [his] way into Google"[0] [0] http://www.wired.com/2013/04/fakeit/ http://www.wired.com/2013/04/fakeit/
  • bdcravens 10y ago
    Early in my career I was a bit gray on some skills. For instance, I may have done some tutorials on ActiveX and oversold my knowledge, but by the time I started the job, I put in the work to ensure I could back up my BS.
  • wyclif 10y ago
    Correct. I'm familiar with the trajectory of the "Fake it 'till you make it" meme, but I have never understood it to be a PC synonym for fraud, or passing yourself off as something that you are not (including missing payroll and falsifying investor interest or mundane things like your C.V.)
• tim333 10y ago
  Yeah, I imagine he was hoping investor / VC money would come through and it would all be good. The faking wire transfers thing was weird though - he would have been better off just saying they were out of cash and trying to raise some.