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I remember interviewing with them about 2-3 years ago. Everyone seemed very enthused, but no one was able to clearly articulate for me what it was that made the

I remember interviewing with them about 2-3 years ago. Everyone seemed very enthused, but no one was able to clearly articulate for me what it was that made their product/offerings different. Glad I dodged that bullet

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nr2x 4y ago
ceo gives off Jim Jones vibes.
- bogomipz 4y ago
  Indeed. Someone linked this Forbes profile of him in a post yesterday: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2022/04/04/meet-the-gen-z-billionaire-whos-speaking-his-truth-to-silicon-valley/?sh=1831c67a6c06 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2022/04/04/meet-t...
  - rychco 4y ago
    This looks like a parody straight out of the show Silicon Valley.
  - Doctor_Fegg 4y ago
    Wow. This is priceless. A longform recap of the infamous Dave Morin interview. > After sunset, he avoids electric lights and screens because they disrupt his sleep. Instead, he lights candles and plays a buffalo-skin drum (he made it himself with the help of a local indigenous tribe) to wind down before bed.
    - FireBeyond 4y ago
      Hah, yes. Every so often I still read this for a laugh: https://jesuschristsiliconvalley-blog.tumblr.com/post/46539276780/a-cunt-and-his-iphone https://jesuschristsiliconvalley-blog.tumblr.com/post/465392... But yeah, oh boy, this guy took Dave Morin and said "Him. He's my role model."
  - nr2x 4y ago
    “That’s Ryan. He’s a Gen Z entrepreneur unsatisfied with the order of the world, and he wants to change it,” Lolololololololololo
themanmaran 4y ago
Same here! I just looked back through my emails to see if it was the same "Bolt" I remembered. I always imagined it being a much smaller startup, not an $11B valuation. And it seems the market has backed me up on that.
Apocryphon 4y ago
Kind of a shame that yet another one of the few startups pushing for a four day work week turns out to be run by incompetents (Treehouse), and another founder who challenges the VC establishment turns out to be a two-faced charlatan (Basecamp).
- planarhobbit 4y ago
  Not to derail this thread but what’s two faced and charlatan about JF/DHH? Or are you referring to someone else?
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    Seconded. It’s surprising to hear Basecamp referred to in such a manner. Did something happen?
    - Apocryphon 4y ago
      The whole brouhaha that led to a mass exodus. I don’t know the specifics, but to alienate such a substantial amount of a workforce after decades of pontificating on the proper way to build company culture shows that the wisdom they were hocking ain’t what it’s cracked up to be.
  - Kindra 4y ago
    Pretty sure this is referring to the situation last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27000945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27000945
- aluva 4y ago
  4 day week is simply a PR effort. I have been following the company on LinkedIn and even the current CEO put out "words of wisdom" and he likes them himself.. weird
muh_gradle 4y ago
I interviewed for them 6 months ago. At the time I was super sad that I failed my system design interview, which is what killed my chances. But man oh man am I glad now.

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nr2x 4y ago

ceo gives off Jim Jones vibes.

bogomipz 4y ago
Indeed. Someone linked this Forbes profile of him in a post yesterday: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2022/04/04/meet-the-gen-z-billionaire-whos-speaking-his-truth-to-silicon-valley/?sh=1831c67a6c06 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2022/04/04/meet-t...
- rychco 4y ago
  This looks like a parody straight out of the show Silicon Valley.
- Doctor_Fegg 4y ago
  Wow. This is priceless. A longform recap of the infamous Dave Morin interview. > After sunset, he avoids electric lights and screens because they disrupt his sleep. Instead, he lights candles and plays a buffalo-skin drum (he made it himself with the help of a local indigenous tribe) to wind down before bed.
  - FireBeyond 4y ago
    Hah, yes. Every so often I still read this for a laugh: https://jesuschristsiliconvalley-blog.tumblr.com/post/46539276780/a-cunt-and-his-iphone https://jesuschristsiliconvalley-blog.tumblr.com/post/465392... But yeah, oh boy, this guy took Dave Morin and said "Him. He's my role model."
- nr2x 4y ago
  “That’s Ryan. He’s a Gen Z entrepreneur unsatisfied with the order of the world, and he wants to change it,” Lolololololololololo

themanmaran 4y ago

Same here! I just looked back through my emails to see if it was the same "Bolt" I remembered. I always imagined it being a much smaller startup, not an $11B valuation. And it seems the market has backed me up on that.

Apocryphon 4y ago

Kind of a shame that yet another one of the few startups pushing for a four day work week turns out to be run by incompetents (Treehouse), and another founder who challenges the VC establishment turns out to be a two-faced charlatan (Basecamp).

planarhobbit 4y ago
Not to derail this thread but what’s two faced and charlatan about JF/DHH? Or are you referring to someone else?
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  Seconded. It’s surprising to hear Basecamp referred to in such a manner. Did something happen?
  - Apocryphon 4y ago
    The whole brouhaha that led to a mass exodus. I don’t know the specifics, but to alienate such a substantial amount of a workforce after decades of pontificating on the proper way to build company culture shows that the wisdom they were hocking ain’t what it’s cracked up to be.
- Kindra 4y ago
  Pretty sure this is referring to the situation last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27000945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27000945
aluva 4y ago
4 day week is simply a PR effort. I have been following the company on LinkedIn and even the current CEO put out "words of wisdom" and he likes them himself.. weird

muh_gradle 4y ago

I interviewed for them 6 months ago. At the time I was super sad that I failed my system design interview, which is what killed my chances. But man oh man am I glad now.