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The Talent Myth, by Malcolm Gladwell
- edw519 19y agoYou could pay McKinsey $500K for a bunch of BS or you can get real insight from pg for free: http://paulgraham.com/gh.html http://paulgraham.com/gh.html Your choice.
- mdemare 19y agoThat's probably my single favorite article (by pg). He makes every word count. It's also available as mp3: http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/audio/download/itconversations-188.mp3 http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/audio/download/itconvers...
- staunch 19y agoJoel's "Hitting the High Notes" should be part of the boxed set. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html
- falsestprophet 19y agoI bet Paul Graham could make a lot more working for McKinsey than at Y Combinator. These folks have one hell of a racket.
- aswanson 19y agoFalsest, Know anyone who works there or has any stories about the place?
- falsestprophet 19y agoNo. I am too young to know any McKinsey consultants personally. (As a rule they hold MBAs and I am only an undergraduate.) Although, many of my friends from back home seem to be eying the prize. I am peripherally familiar because my father has done business with them and has told me a little about it. I do not know enough to evaluate the quality of their work (that hardly matters anyway). I can only speak to the ridiculous magnitude of their compensation. You can read a little more about their compensation at http://www.careers-in-business.com/consulting/mcsal.htm http://www.careers-in-business.com/consulting/mcsal.htm and http://fisher.osu.edu/fin/opler/salary.htm http://fisher.osu.edu/fin/opler/salary.htm . I suspect Paul Graham could reliably earn several million dollars a year. But, I am sure, Y Combinator is more fun.
- aswanson 19y agoHave you ever been tempted to sell your soul and go to the dark (MBA/money route) side?
- falsestprophet 19y agoNo I have not been (which disappoints my father greatly).
- aswanson 19y agoMckinsey and 'consulting' companies like this have the best hustle going on on the planet. Get some b-schoolers, collect some stats, put them into Power Point and state the obvious. Collect large check. Rinse, lather, repeat.
- edw519 19y agoDon't forget, pay your "consultants" $50K per year and bill them out at $250/hr. Margins that would make Microsoft weep.
- falsestprophet 19y agoThey pay a lot more than $50k per year and charge a lot more than $250 per hour.