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It was a little more nuanced than that. The point was that young people were willing to take risks because they had little to lose and no responsibilities. He m

It was a little more nuanced than that. The point was that young people were willing to take risks because they had little to lose and no responsibilities. He mentioned that (at the time) he slept on a mattress on the floor, so he wouldn't be trapped by possessions and paralyzed by fear of losing everything. People with mortgages and retirement plans are (rationally) conservative, and they won't take big gambles with the company. You have to admire his commitment.

palish 17y ago
I was there for Zuck's talk in 2006. It was pretty terrible. He came off sounding like an arrogant jerk. What you are saying is true. But it is unrelated to what is being said. What we're saying is, Zuck needs to drink less of his own kool-aid and start caring about people other than himself. I admire his commitment, but it's a shame that he doesn't recognize, or isn't thankful for, the large amount of luck that played a role in Facebook's success. If he had attacked the problem of "MySpace, but better" at a different school, or in a different way, or any number of things, then Facebook wouldn't be what it is today. If he's acting like Jobs, he's premature. At least Jobs' company was very profitable in the early days. Also, I just left a company run by a Jobs/Zuckerberg type; good sense of design, but very controlling, and needlessly so. I don't envy Facebook employees. There is more to life than working for the arrogant.
- unalone 17y ago
  At least Jobs' company was very profitable in the early days. Brush up on your Apple history. Jobs was fired because he was running his company into a financial mire thanks to his over-the-top idealism. I don't envy Facebook employees. There is more to life than working for the arrogant. They chose where to work. Just like Apple employees chose. If you're not the sort of person who works well under a very brilliant, very arrogant man, you're allowed to find other places to work.
  - parenthesis 17y ago
    But Apple had already made heaps of money from the Apple II by that stage, no?
  - TweedHeads 17y ago
    Zuckerberg is neither very briliant nor very arrogant, just plain arrogant and lucky.
    - banned_man 17y ago
      + annoying

palish 17y ago

I was there for Zuck's talk in 2006. It was pretty terrible. He came off sounding like an arrogant jerk. What you are saying is true. But it is unrelated to what is being said. What we're saying is, Zuck needs to drink less of his own kool-aid and start caring about people other than himself. I admire his commitment, but it's a shame that he doesn't recognize, or isn't thankful for, the large amount of luck that played a role in Facebook's success. If he had attacked the problem of "MySpace, but better" at a different school, or in a different way, or any number of things, then Facebook wouldn't be what it is today. If he's acting like Jobs, he's premature. At least Jobs' company was very profitable in the early days. Also, I just left a company run by a Jobs/Zuckerberg type; good sense of design, but very controlling, and needlessly so. I don't envy Facebook employees. There is more to life than working for the arrogant.

unalone 17y ago
At least Jobs' company was very profitable in the early days. Brush up on your Apple history. Jobs was fired because he was running his company into a financial mire thanks to his over-the-top idealism. I don't envy Facebook employees. There is more to life than working for the arrogant. They chose where to work. Just like Apple employees chose. If you're not the sort of person who works well under a very brilliant, very arrogant man, you're allowed to find other places to work.
- parenthesis 17y ago
  But Apple had already made heaps of money from the Apple II by that stage, no?
- TweedHeads 17y ago
  Zuckerberg is neither very briliant nor very arrogant, just plain arrogant and lucky.
  - banned_man 17y ago
    + annoying