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Well this just makes you sound reckless and ignorant. I don't think you are. The conclusion might be valuable; that taking risks is a necessary part of business
by calinet6 13y ago
Well this just makes you sound reckless and ignorant. I don't think you are. The conclusion might be valuable; that taking risks is a necessary part of business. But the way you get there is not by ignoring the risks, but by fully understanding them and being prepared and willing to deal with the consequences.
This is why you read the contract, understood it, and decided to sign it. It was because you understood all the bad stuff that could happen, but you decided to make it not happen or deal with the consequences. It was sort of a dare in your agreement, a recognition that the agreement you were signing was important but also impossibly complex (they always are), and that the larger picture was more important.
Understanding that and making your decision is not the same as being lazy and irresponsible, and I really don't think that's what you are if you've made it any distance in business. Maybe some people are, I don't know. Cool story though.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoThis is from 1998 (written up in 2011), and was written by pud of f*ckedcompany fame, I think. He probably doesn't read hackernews.
- stevenj 13y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud
- oskarth 13y agoHe very much does. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud (last comment was a month ago).
- brazzy 13y agoSo he very much does, but doesn't very much?
- ianstallings 13y agoPedantic pants now come in all sizes and colors!
- wging 13y agoThat doesn't follow. Some people may read every day, but not have a lot to say.
- pud 13y ago:)
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoWell, I was wrong, please forgive me. Big fan of your f*ckedcompany website back in the day, wish it was still going!
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- calinet6 13y agoWell, I honestly don't think of hackernews comments as a direct communication method. Think of it as a commentary.