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I fully agree that different businesses require different levels of input to make it work. But this crowd seems to be mostly in the "web business" area, so I th
by dhh 18y ago
I fully agree that different businesses require different levels of input to make it work. But this crowd seems to be mostly in the "web business" area, so I think our example is at the very least relevant.
And we're saying here's an example of a web startup that didn't follow the traditional wisdom of "long hours necessary for business success", which is offered as one data point that perhaps "long hours" isn't the success requirement as some might think it is.
Similar to the talk from SUS on Gmail's invitation system. Just because Gmail used an invitation system and had success doesn't mean that using an invitation system will give you success.
(BTW, as meta comment, I'm incredibly impressed with the level of discussion here. It's so un-web like ;). Where are all the personal insults, the trolling, and all that which we've otherwise come to accept must be part of a open-for-all comment box. Very nice job!)
- baltoo 18y ago(As a new member of this forum I'm a bit shy to add to this thread, but here it goes anyway.) I suppose you've both seen the writings of Alan Carter (http://the-programmers-stone.com/about/ http://the-programmers-stone.com/about/) and it seems to me that it just might be a way of getting these two seemingly differing viewpoints aligned. If stress is the biggest factor then age or marital status might have very little to do with it. At least directly. Married people might have learned to handle stress well and younger people might be less affected by it. That is to say, you both might have seen the "less stress affected" crowd and drawn conclusions about it.