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Stop kidding yourself.
by pork 15y ago
Stop kidding yourself.
- wgx 15y agoAmused that my comment was down-voted when It's widely known that Mark would work 'hands on' on the codebase [1] as recently as last year. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/14/apparently-mark-zuckerberg-still-writes-code/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/14/apparently-mark-zuckerberg-...
- datasink 15y agohttp://kottke.org/11/09/zucks-gonna-write-code http://kottke.org/11/09/zucks-gonna-write-code This excerpted anecdote indicates it was mainly a leadership gesture to rally the troops. Still pretty cool that he'd bother, though.
- flexd 15y agoWhy would he stop writing code? I can understand he might be too busy (and it might be getting too advanced?) but I code because I like it, not because it one day might allow me to make money. I do not plan on stopping whatever happens.
- pork 15y agoBecause he was never a particularly talented coder, and because FB now has some top-tier talent that can do a far better job at coding that he can. Besides, contrary to popular belief, running a $100 billion company probably doesn't leave you with much time.
- flexd 15y agoWhy would he stop writing code? I can understand he might be too busy (and it might be getting too advanced?) but I code because I like it, not because it one day might allow me to make money. I do not plan on stopping whatever happens.