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I'm inclined to believe pg more than the wired reporter. The wired article reads like it had been dramaticized.
by ma2rten 6y ago
I'm inclined to believe pg more than the wired reporter. The wired article reads like it had been dramaticized.
- dang 6y agoJournalists can't help but write that way, but it rings true to me. The cockroach metaphor was definitely on pg's mind in late 2008/early 2009—he repeated it to us too, saying that they had optimized the W09 batch for survivors. Sequoia had recently issued its "Winter is coming" memo (https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/10/sequoia-capitals-56-slide-powerpoint-presentation-of-doom/ https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/10/sequoia-capitals-56-slide-...) and everyone was expecting the climate to be tough—as it indeed turned out to be. And the awkwardness when pg thought they were trying to give him a marketing gift is definitely true to character.