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> The report says he was afraid of Mr. Systrom reacting negatively had he been approached through lawyers first. That doesn't make sense. You can certainly rea

> The report says he was afraid of Mr. Systrom reacting negatively had he been approached through lawyers first. That doesn't make sense. You can certainly reach a tentative deal in person and then have lawyers take care of the details, which doesn't preclude bringing it to the board. In fact, I know this is very common specifically because many lawyers complain that they feel that their jobs are simply to codify agreements that have already been essentially decided before they were even consulted. (To be fair, aside from possibly being insulting to the lawyer, this does make lawyers' lives harder, much the same way that it's always better to go to a lawyer saying 'Here's a document - should I sign it?' as opposed to 'Here's the contract I signed - now please tell me my rights'.)

fleitz 15y ago
If they don't like getting paid $500+ an hour to draft contracts perhaps they should find a different job. Also, I pay my lawyer for advice as to the legal risks of my conduct, not to dictate my conduct, I can't make his job harder, only make it take longer which should make him happy as he gets paid by the hour. If I'm willing to sign contracts with out consulting him that create legal risk for myself why should he care? His job is simply to inform me that what I signed gave me these risks. Someone getting $500 an hour should be a little more respectful as to what their job actually is, and why their clients retain them. Similarly when I consult, I give advice, if the customer wants to build something that I don't think will appeal then in end that is what gets built along with all the risks inherent in that decision.
- drgath 15y ago
  Somewhere there are some lawyers saying the exact same thing about someone they hired to build them a website. "Seriously... this kid started complaining when I told him I wanted it like X, and he said it should be like Y cause it'll be easier and quicker. I make the decisions, why should he care? He's just a code monkey and I pay him by the hour. He should be happy I'm even paying him at all. Ungrateful shit."
  - fleitz 15y ago
    As well they should. People get paid to do a job. I stopped arguing with people long ago about what is best. If someone wants a site that does X, I might suggest that Y would work better but if they want X i do that. It's all about being professional.

fleitz 15y ago

If they don't like getting paid $500+ an hour to draft contracts perhaps they should find a different job. Also, I pay my lawyer for advice as to the legal risks of my conduct, not to dictate my conduct, I can't make his job harder, only make it take longer which should make him happy as he gets paid by the hour. If I'm willing to sign contracts with out consulting him that create legal risk for myself why should he care? His job is simply to inform me that what I signed gave me these risks. Someone getting $500 an hour should be a little more respectful as to what their job actually is, and why their clients retain them. Similarly when I consult, I give advice, if the customer wants to build something that I don't think will appeal then in end that is what gets built along with all the risks inherent in that decision.

drgath 15y ago
Somewhere there are some lawyers saying the exact same thing about someone they hired to build them a website. "Seriously... this kid started complaining when I told him I wanted it like X, and he said it should be like Y cause it'll be easier and quicker. I make the decisions, why should he care? He's just a code monkey and I pay him by the hour. He should be happy I'm even paying him at all. Ungrateful shit."
- fleitz 15y ago
  As well they should. People get paid to do a job. I stopped arguing with people long ago about what is best. If someone wants a site that does X, I might suggest that Y would work better but if they want X i do that. It's all about being professional.