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Back in 2005, Fog Creek produced a documentary called "Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks", about their internship program. There are lots of great interviews in t
by bmccormack 9y ago
Back in 2005, Fog Creek produced a documentary called "Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks", about their internship program. There are lots of great interviews in there, including Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston from the early days of Y Combinator (as well as interviews with Aaron Schwartz, Alexis Ohanian, and Steve Huffman).
https://youtu.be/0NRL7YsXjSg?t=2946 https://youtu.be/0NRL7YsXjSg?t=2946
- Alex3917 9y agoThis is amazing. Even as someone who has been vaguely around for a while (e.g. attended the first couple Startup School events), it's easy to forget that this is how it was. It really puts a lot of things in context.
- theparanoid 9y agoThis was around the nadir of tech in general. The dotcom crash was only a few years earlier.
- runevault 9y agoI have the DVD from when they sold it back when, every time I see the thing it feels weird realizing how LONG ago it was.
- peternicky 9y agoThanks for posting this!
- wdr1 9y agoThanks for sharing this! I remember reading Joel talking about it in his blog, but never knew it was on YouTube!
- bmccormack 9y agoThe entire 6-DVD Making Better Software series, which was produced after Aardvark'd, is now free on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZ75Ds5vOs&list=PLXOSex6PRPFN48McdqRkGMLFd9-pov0Fe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZ75Ds5vOs&list=PLXOSex6PRP... I remember when Fog Creek first announced that series and it cost a jillion dollars. A Fog Creek sales rep at the Fog Creek World Tour in 2010 in Atlanta gave me an "extra" copy of the DVD set and I felt like I had stolen something.
- pouta 9y agoThanks for the share!
- swampthinker 9y agoHoly crap I recognize PG's old house, I used to live a block away! That's crazy! Me and my dad would always talk shit about it though, horrible for insulation purposes. Looks great though.