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DHH has the coolest desk and home office I've ever seen: https://www.instagram.com/p/BcnPtAwlAKe/?hl=en&taken-by=dhh79 https://www.instagram.com/p/BcnPtAwlAKe/?

DHH has the coolest desk and home office I've ever seen: https://www.instagram.com/p/BcnPtAwlAKe/?hl=en&taken-by=dhh79 https://www.instagram.com/p/BcnPtAwlAKe/?hl=en&taken-by=dhh7... Check out the rest of the house too, amazing. I think some people have this image that Basecamp and DHH is some scrappy bootstrapper fighting the establishment. But really he is living the life that even most successful "exited" venture fueled founders wouldn't be able to attain, and he's just saying there's another (perhaps even easier) way. As I build my company, DHH + Basecamp, Jan Koum + WhatsApp, are my role models. Maximize the revenue per employee, not the number of employees (cough Twitter).

659087 9y ago
Instagram bragging is so incredibly cliche at this point that it actually makes me sad for those who engage in or with it. It's like a race to see who can appear more desperate for the approval of strangers.
- pc86 9y ago
  People with money have nice things. I don't think anybody is surprised by this. DHH is also someone that people want to follow, whether for Rails, or business, or whatever. It's not necessarily bragging. I don't know much of anything about DHH's personality, so maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But come on, the dude is loaded. Is he supposed to move his desk to the other side of the room so that people don't carp on him for "bragging?"
  - 659087 9y ago
    I wasn't talking about the desk picture.
    - pc86 9y ago
      Fair enough, that was the only one I looked at
shadowtree 9y ago
He used to promote himself like this: https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-day-i-became-a-millionaire-55d7dc4d8293 https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-day-i-became-a-millionaire-55... But then he counted his money again, bought a house in the hills of Malibu, a couple of mad cars (family car is a Rolls-Royce Phantom), starting being a race car driver (Le Mans),... Never believe ANYONE who says money isn't the a key to happiness. Not the sole reason, but just take a look at his Insta again. Kudos.
- freyir 9y ago
  > just take a look at his Insta again I'm looking. I see a guy who really likes Rolexes and cars and flaunting his wealth to strangers on the Internet. What am I supposed to be seeing?
- pc86 9y ago
  Money isn't the key to happiness, however it lets you get rid of a lot of the bullshit of life. And that bullshit of life is what's making the majority of unhappy people unhappy. Yeah if you hate your spouse, don't have friends, don't have hobbies, etc, adding a few zeros to your bank account won't change that. But there are plenty of people who are unhappy largely because of the stress around the financial side of their lives.
  - 659087 9y ago
    > Money isn't the key to happiness, however it lets you get rid of a lot of the bullshit of life. Wealth brings with it plenty of other bullshit to make up for the bullshit you lost when you first obtained it, though.
    - pc86 9y ago
      Of course it does but the impact on your life is minimal in comparison. Compare "I need to pay this financial adviser thousands a year to handle my medium and long term financial goals" with "I need to make $500 for a car repair appear out of thin air or I'll be forced to walk to work in the middle of the winter, and if I miss work I'll be fired in which case the money problems will increase tenfold." While I've never been rich, I've been objectively poor and I've been comfortable, and the difference in mental load is unbelievable if you haven't experienced it.
mcintyre1994 9y ago
The cars are pretty nice too...
simonsarris 9y ago
Does anyone know what keyboard that is?
- Corrado 9y ago
  That is the special, black keyboard that comes with the iMac Pro machines. The only way to get one is to order an iMac Pro, at least for now.

659087 9y ago

Instagram bragging is so incredibly cliche at this point that it actually makes me sad for those who engage in or with it. It's like a race to see who can appear more desperate for the approval of strangers.

pc86 9y ago
People with money have nice things. I don't think anybody is surprised by this. DHH is also someone that people want to follow, whether for Rails, or business, or whatever. It's not necessarily bragging. I don't know much of anything about DHH's personality, so maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But come on, the dude is loaded. Is he supposed to move his desk to the other side of the room so that people don't carp on him for "bragging?"
- 659087 9y ago
  I wasn't talking about the desk picture.
  - pc86 9y ago
    Fair enough, that was the only one I looked at

shadowtree 9y ago

He used to promote himself like this: https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-day-i-became-a-millionaire-55d7dc4d8293 https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-day-i-became-a-millionaire-55... But then he counted his money again, bought a house in the hills of Malibu, a couple of mad cars (family car is a Rolls-Royce Phantom), starting being a race car driver (Le Mans),... Never believe ANYONE who says money isn't the a key to happiness. Not the sole reason, but just take a look at his Insta again. Kudos.

freyir 9y ago
> just take a look at his Insta again I'm looking. I see a guy who really likes Rolexes and cars and flaunting his wealth to strangers on the Internet. What am I supposed to be seeing?
pc86 9y ago
Money isn't the key to happiness, however it lets you get rid of a lot of the bullshit of life. And that bullshit of life is what's making the majority of unhappy people unhappy. Yeah if you hate your spouse, don't have friends, don't have hobbies, etc, adding a few zeros to your bank account won't change that. But there are plenty of people who are unhappy largely because of the stress around the financial side of their lives.
- 659087 9y ago
  > Money isn't the key to happiness, however it lets you get rid of a lot of the bullshit of life. Wealth brings with it plenty of other bullshit to make up for the bullshit you lost when you first obtained it, though.
  - pc86 9y ago
    Of course it does but the impact on your life is minimal in comparison. Compare "I need to pay this financial adviser thousands a year to handle my medium and long term financial goals" with "I need to make $500 for a car repair appear out of thin air or I'll be forced to walk to work in the middle of the winter, and if I miss work I'll be fired in which case the money problems will increase tenfold." While I've never been rich, I've been objectively poor and I've been comfortable, and the difference in mental load is unbelievable if you haven't experienced it.

mcintyre1994 9y ago

The cars are pretty nice too...

simonsarris 9y ago

Does anyone know what keyboard that is?

Corrado 9y ago
That is the special, black keyboard that comes with the iMac Pro machines. The only way to get one is to order an iMac Pro, at least for now.