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Do you have any clue what you're talking about? Some of the smartest, most talented people in our industry have helped turn Facebook what it is today -- THAT'S
by numair 18y ago
Do you have any clue what you're talking about? Some of the smartest, most talented people in our industry have helped turn Facebook what it is today -- THAT'S why it's a success. People like Adam D'Angelo (who almost single-handedly created the real-time engine that is driving a lot of Facebook's new stuff, along with the architecture that allowed them to scale) and Aaron Sittig (who created the Mac-like, user-friendly interface that has drawn in so many) are, on their own, geniuses; when combined as a unit, we can see that they have created a product that is appreciated by over 200 million people.
Mark has had his issues, sure; haven't we all? He was an awkward teenager, paranoid of others and obsessed with his own code. If you can't understand how someone like that would do what he did, you really haven't spent much time in the hacker scene.
- banned_man 18y agoI said: he beat out far superior products in the early stages for no other reason than starting at Harvard, and having a couple journalists in his pocket. He got the talented people to work for him after the superior but less fortunate competitors had dropped away, and it was clear that Facebook was going to be the one left standing.