3 ms·
I'm sure you're already aware of the irony inherent in claiming SV startups make decisions based on "old sayings" and "lore", then justifying that with a single
by samstokes 13y ago
I'm sure you're already aware of the irony inherent in claiming SV startups make decisions based on "old sayings" and "lore", then justifying that with a single anonymised anecdote :)
- stcredzero 13y agojustifying that with a single anonymised anecdote :) Hey, you pay me enough to do a formal study, I'll do a formal study. In the meantime, that's just one in a number of incidents involving supposed young prodigies in a certain startup incubator with a huge reputation. Which is precisely why I wrote: "I have to admit that my sample size is too small to be scientific," However, it's highly disturbing that I find multiples of these sorts of things in such a highly reputed group -- without even trying. In any case, there is no excuse for someone making a quantifiable declaration about a piece of technology, without even going so far as quantifying by doing a back of the envelope calculation. Those sorts of shenanigans are supposed to be part of the brokenness of BigCo and the PHB. http://zedshaw.com/essays/control_and_responsibility.html http://zedshaw.com/essays/control_and_responsibility.html At least there, internal politics, and salesperson manipulations are the reason. In a startup, there are no such excuses.