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Read far enough in and you'll find out he's a patent troll. I closed the article at that point. Not interested in articles idolizing patent trolls. Mysterious t
by aerovistae 8y ago
Read far enough in and you'll find out he's a patent troll. I closed the article at that point. Not interested in articles idolizing patent trolls. Mysterious tech billionaire indeed.
- tomohawk 8y agoI didn't get the narrative that the article was idolizing the subject, but rather talking about what he and his company are doing, which includes being a patent troll among other things.
- aerovistae 8y agoWriting up a lengthy article about a person's accomplishments in a prestigious mainstream magazine, especially with a title calling them "mysterious," is definitely in the vein of hoisting the person up onto a pedestal.
- tomohawk 8y agoOr under a microscope. With the term "sweatshop" in the title, it doesn't seem like the intent is to idolize this guy. The guy's banked some serious bucks. Whether he's done that in a savory or unsavory way is left up to the reader to decide.
- ianai 8y agoI agree with GP, this articles more glory than spotlight. Hard pass.
- joejerryronnie 8y agoI read this much more as a cautionary tale to the existing tech industry - i.e. forget about automation, you’re about to get globalized out of your lucrative dev jobs.
- Delmania 8y agoThe same claims were made during the outsourcing craze of the 90 and early 2000s. Companies tried to save money by sending development overseas to Indian sweatshops. They quickly learned you get what you pay for. If you need some backoffice crud app, Crossover will work. If you're building a customer facing app or anything with any significant complexity that requires fixes and features addition, you need inhouse people for the experience and expertise. The restaurant escape is great. You can automate like subway does and get decent fast food. You want a good meal that makes an experience you'll remember? Better find a great chef and kitchen staff for it.
- joejerryronnie 8y agoI agree 100%, but to many executives it’s simple dollars and cents.
- SZJX 8y agoHow having the word "sweatshop" in the title is trying to glorify the person is totally beyond me. So any lengthy investigative journalism that lists the subject's life story is a glorification? Then all the media attack on Donald Trump's history is also trying to eulogize him then. Also I find it amusing that it's the "patent troll" part that turned out to be repulsive to you, but not the part about paying remote devs much less money than local devs.