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I respect both PG and DHH and i think that they are both right from their experiences. PG seems to be older and with more experience though. My thoughts on the

I respect both PG and DHH and i think that they are both right from their experiences. PG seems to be older and with more experience though. My thoughts on the situation are simple. Why not be flexible? Why not start a business and work on it as long as its rewarding to do so? If your company gets rally big and you think it wouldn't be as fun to manage it, as coding all day, then sell it, if you think running a big business is for you go for it. If you company doesn't grow, but guaranties you an income you can choose if you want to sell it and do something more interesting, or if you want to take it easy and just enjoy working. Are these men blind to see this as an option? Why is it supposed to be one way or the other? Flame wars on technology are annoying enough, but on business strategy they are annoying and boring too.

gscott 18y ago
In 10 years the 37Signals crew might not enjoy the work as much as they do today. People change over time, interests shift, they might want to join the hypothetical pg co-op later down the line. However, if you can make a nice wage like 20k a month, work when you are in the "groove", have all of the things you want in life, take some nice vacations I don't see why they would need to make any changes until there life's interests shift focus.
- andreyf 18y ago
  In 10 years the 37Signals crew might not enjoy the work as much as they do today. My thought exactly. Taking free cooking/art classes is fun, but sooner or later, you start wanting to make something that'll last 100 years. That's what Arc is about. Ditto for Knuth's Art of Computer Programming. Can you imagine Knuth writing them while running a business?
pageman 18y ago
I'm thinking if you have 3 exits (there might be more): IPO, M&A and continue running it then have a diversified portfolio of these 3 options.

gscott 18y ago

In 10 years the 37Signals crew might not enjoy the work as much as they do today. People change over time, interests shift, they might want to join the hypothetical pg co-op later down the line. However, if you can make a nice wage like 20k a month, work when you are in the "groove", have all of the things you want in life, take some nice vacations I don't see why they would need to make any changes until there life's interests shift focus.

andreyf 18y ago
In 10 years the 37Signals crew might not enjoy the work as much as they do today. My thought exactly. Taking free cooking/art classes is fun, but sooner or later, you start wanting to make something that'll last 100 years. That's what Arc is about. Ditto for Knuth's Art of Computer Programming. Can you imagine Knuth writing them while running a business?

pageman 18y ago

I'm thinking if you have 3 exits (there might be more): IPO, M&A and continue running it then have a diversified portfolio of these 3 options.