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I can’t imagine tweeting something random at 4am and the next month a whole industry was formed around my tweet’s choice of words.
by bitbasher 1y ago
I can’t imagine tweeting something random at 4am and the next month a whole industry was formed around my tweet’s choice of words.
- barbazoo 1y agoCan’t wait for the obligatory hn post about the documentary twitter thread on how their tweet blew up /s
- yoyohello13 1y agoIt's kind of been a rude awaking realizing that so many "founders" just choose their business direction based on the latest blog post they read.
- flappyeagle 1y agoWhy is this bad? Is the idea bad?
- sli 1y agoDo you enjoy working for a manager whose opinions change every time they read something? Do they sound like an effective manager? Have you ever had a boss that needed to think the ideas were theirs before they'd sign off, even normal, everyday process stuff? It heavily implies they don't know anything at all about what they're doing or talking about.
- bitpush 1y agoNo, but there's also something about being stubborn Ask Nokia, BlackBerry and Kodak.
- jimbokun 1y agohttps://img.devrant.com/devrant/rant/r_636522_RqpS7.jpg https://img.devrant.com/devrant/rant/r_636522_RqpS7.jpg
- bitbasher 1y agoIn my first engineering job, we had one lead that always seemed to repeat things the engineers said. As a team, we started to make up some words and use them only when he was around just to see if he'd start using them. We succeeded.
- indigodaddy 1y agoHah! This is fantastic.