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An 18 year old would have to engage in some pretty dark stuff for me to indict them later in life as a subpar founder, partner or person. Spamming and porn don
by Gaussian 15y ago
An 18 year old would have to engage in some pretty dark stuff for me to indict them later in life as a subpar founder, partner or person. Spamming and porn don't even come close to qualifying.
- daeken 15y agoWhen I was 15 or 16 (can't remember exactly), I ended up doing contract work for an "Internet Marketing Firm" (read: spammer). I built a ridiculously scalable email crawler and learned a whole lot in the process. I wouldn't do it again -- I would rather not make money than assist spammers -- but at the time it seemed like a good decision. Hindsight is 20/20 and all that.
- dmix 15y agoSame here, I was 17, learning web dev at a small company and the founder had me creating spam-blogs (splogs) back in 2004 when it was effective for gaming SEO. I know better now as an adult.