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I'm not so sure I would want to work with this guy, Zed Shaw on the other hand was one of the nicest people I've ever gotten an e-mail from

agotterer 16y ago
I met Zed in person a few months ago at a meetup. I had an awesome 45 min chat about everything technology. What a nice guy. I wish him all the best. Mike Lee's blog title is "motherfucker". From that alone you can derive what type of person you're about to do business with. Theres no question his experience and skills are incredible. Fact of the matter is there are other successful app developers who likely have a resume that is comparable. Think of it like dating. Would you date the hottest girl if she had a shitty personality? Maybe :)
- kenshi 16y ago
  Do you really think you can derive the character of a person based on the title of their blog? Seems pretty damned shallow to me.
  - natrius 16y ago
    Life is full of uncertainties. Our job is to assign probabilities to outcomes and use those probabilities to make choices. I don't think it's unreasonable for that piece of evidence to increase the probability of his disagreeableness in someone's mind.
  - waterlesscloud 16y ago
    Why is it shallow? It's a facade he has deliberately chosen to present to the world. That choice implies things, and he's either aware of that fact or utterly clueless. Note that I'm not saying anything about what conclusion I draw from that fact, just that it's a fact.
    - kenshi 16y ago
      Because that line of thinking implies there is a link between style of expression (external presentation) and character values (morals etc). It's like judging someone's character by how they dress (e.g. suit == good, dependable etc).
- mkramlich 16y ago
  I'd date her for an hour, tops. And I bet she'd charge me $1000 for it. (Discounts for repeat customers.) Wait a minute.
- danudey 16y ago
  I believe the title of his blog is (indirectly) explained in this post (as well as 'world's toughest programmer'): http://www.atomicwang.org/motherfucker/Index/Entries/2007/9/16_Buickd%21.html http://www.atomicwang.org/motherfucker/Index/Entries/2007/9/...
kenshi 16y ago
I've met Mike Lee, and he really is an all round top bloke. Would I want to work with this guy? You bet. Don't be too quick to judge character based on what is clearly a marketing blog post.

agotterer 16y ago

I met Zed in person a few months ago at a meetup. I had an awesome 45 min chat about everything technology. What a nice guy. I wish him all the best. Mike Lee's blog title is "motherfucker". From that alone you can derive what type of person you're about to do business with. Theres no question his experience and skills are incredible. Fact of the matter is there are other successful app developers who likely have a resume that is comparable. Think of it like dating. Would you date the hottest girl if she had a shitty personality? Maybe :)

kenshi 16y ago
Do you really think you can derive the character of a person based on the title of their blog? Seems pretty damned shallow to me.
- natrius 16y ago
  Life is full of uncertainties. Our job is to assign probabilities to outcomes and use those probabilities to make choices. I don't think it's unreasonable for that piece of evidence to increase the probability of his disagreeableness in someone's mind.
- waterlesscloud 16y ago
  Why is it shallow? It's a facade he has deliberately chosen to present to the world. That choice implies things, and he's either aware of that fact or utterly clueless. Note that I'm not saying anything about what conclusion I draw from that fact, just that it's a fact.
  - kenshi 16y ago
    Because that line of thinking implies there is a link between style of expression (external presentation) and character values (morals etc). It's like judging someone's character by how they dress (e.g. suit == good, dependable etc).
mkramlich 16y ago
I'd date her for an hour, tops. And I bet she'd charge me $1000 for it. (Discounts for repeat customers.) Wait a minute.
danudey 16y ago
I believe the title of his blog is (indirectly) explained in this post (as well as 'world's toughest programmer'): http://www.atomicwang.org/motherfucker/Index/Entries/2007/9/16_Buickd%21.html http://www.atomicwang.org/motherfucker/Index/Entries/2007/9/...

kenshi 16y ago

I've met Mike Lee, and he really is an all round top bloke. Would I want to work with this guy? You bet. Don't be too quick to judge character based on what is clearly a marketing blog post.