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How could you fall in love with a company without working for them? Isn't that synonymous with the high school scenario of falling in love with the girl that y

How could you fall in love with a company without working for them? Isn't that synonymous with the high school scenario of falling in love with the girl that you never said hello to?

marcusf 14y ago
You can love their product, and what they publicly stand for. Happened to me and didn't feel like high school.
borski 14y ago
I love Stripe. I love their product so much, in fact, that if I didn't love my own company more (and significantly more), I'd try to work for them - I'd jump through any hoops. So yes, despite never having worked for Stripe, I can tell given everything I've read about their culture, using their product, etc. that we'd get along swell. It's a very similar culture to our company, in fact.
- drewcrawford 14y ago
  I love Apple's products, but their culture of secrecy is not a good fit for me at all. I love Square's product, but the way they write their tests is totally perpendicular to my philosophy, and would totally drive me up the wall. I love Square Enix's products, but the life of a game developer would suck all of the fun out of it for me. The whole thing is subjective, of course, but I don't understand why product fit would necessarily imply cultural fit, and particularly for my subjective criteria, the fit seems poor. In fact, I can think of many products that I at least moderately dislike that by all accounts have really fantastic people that I would get along great with.
  - throwa 14y ago
    Many developers love Apple and their products and they create apps that makes Apple smile to the bank. Apple does not return the love, hence they commoditize apps and make building a business off apps, a race to the bottom for $1.99 or free as a result, many indie developer are getting broke right now. Very sadly, the same commoditize apps, help make iphone and ipad appealing to consumers, which in turn gives Apple the leverage to sell them for $500 or more because it is a hardware or device company and software or your app is only a complement to the hardware. Where is the returned love from Apple. Be pragmatic, even while you choose to love an entity like Apple, that lacks capacity to return the love and will always act in self interest. Always search to see if your love is reciprocated by the person or organization you are in love with, because that is your self interest. Self love gives us the capacity to love others. Self love encompasses self interest among other things. If Apple acts only in self interest, why do developers choose to act out of love aka blind fan boy-ism that is detrimental to their business (indie app development)? http://andrewchen.co/2012/08/15/mobile-app-startups-are-failing-like-its-1999/ http://andrewchen.co/2012/08/15/mobile-app-startups-are-fail... http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/going-broke-with-success-how-an-app-with-200000-downloads-led-to-devel http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/going-broke...

How could you fall in love with a company without working for them? Isn't that synonymous with the high school scenario of falling in love with the girl that you never said hello to?

marcusf 14y ago

You can love their product, and what they publicly stand for. Happened to me and didn't feel like high school.

borski 14y ago

I love Stripe. I love their product so much, in fact, that if I didn't love my own company more (and significantly more), I'd try to work for them - I'd jump through any hoops. So yes, despite never having worked for Stripe, I can tell given everything I've read about their culture, using their product, etc. that we'd get along swell. It's a very similar culture to our company, in fact.

drewcrawford 14y ago
I love Apple's products, but their culture of secrecy is not a good fit for me at all. I love Square's product, but the way they write their tests is totally perpendicular to my philosophy, and would totally drive me up the wall. I love Square Enix's products, but the life of a game developer would suck all of the fun out of it for me. The whole thing is subjective, of course, but I don't understand why product fit would necessarily imply cultural fit, and particularly for my subjective criteria, the fit seems poor. In fact, I can think of many products that I at least moderately dislike that by all accounts have really fantastic people that I would get along great with.
- throwa 14y ago
  Many developers love Apple and their products and they create apps that makes Apple smile to the bank. Apple does not return the love, hence they commoditize apps and make building a business off apps, a race to the bottom for $1.99 or free as a result, many indie developer are getting broke right now. Very sadly, the same commoditize apps, help make iphone and ipad appealing to consumers, which in turn gives Apple the leverage to sell them for $500 or more because it is a hardware or device company and software or your app is only a complement to the hardware. Where is the returned love from Apple. Be pragmatic, even while you choose to love an entity like Apple, that lacks capacity to return the love and will always act in self interest. Always search to see if your love is reciprocated by the person or organization you are in love with, because that is your self interest. Self love gives us the capacity to love others. Self love encompasses self interest among other things. If Apple acts only in self interest, why do developers choose to act out of love aka blind fan boy-ism that is detrimental to their business (indie app development)? http://andrewchen.co/2012/08/15/mobile-app-startups-are-failing-like-its-1999/ http://andrewchen.co/2012/08/15/mobile-app-startups-are-fail... http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/going-broke-with-success-how-an-app-with-200000-downloads-led-to-devel http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/going-broke...