Re: Love the corporationsubstituteOctober 2 2009, 01:15:45 UTC
I'm not sure what you mean by "please pay attention." I didn't own or manage any of these companies, so there wasn't an opportunity for me to apply any of Mr. Graham's ideas. Nor do I understand why it's assumed that I read Graham at all. Perhaps this comment was intended for another site?
Why does a lemming need direction? Lemmings are very successful animals. They're inaccurately used as a metaphor for people engaged in self-destructive activity because of mindless imitation, but I'm not sure why that applies to someone who works well in a structured environment.
I'm interested in your ideas, but I'm not sure how it's helpful to imply that I have my head up my ass. Also, were I to have my head up my ass I couldn't be wearing any drawers, so your metaphor failed.
Re: Love the corporationsubstituteOctober 2 2009, 06:18:45 UTC
You're right that "blazing your own path" is impressive and one of life's great goals. For me that didn't mix well with making a living. I'm sure it's different if you're the owner or founder of one of these companies, too. As an employee I prefer to be on a train and not trapped in a clown car.
I understand that if you want your job and your self-actualization in one place, working for HugeCo is not going to satisfy. I get further up the Maslow scale doing things I can't get paid for, so I might as well just make money the "lemming" way.
Re: Love the corporationhepOctober 2 2009, 19:16:30 UTC
your lack of education is showing. lemmings do not "blindly follow" as the myth goes. they are all driven by strong biological urges towards a mass migration for breeding and the raising of the young. each lemming is empowered individually with this urge to migrate and thus will continue to attempt to crawl, run, or swim across any obstacle until this urge is satisfied.
so to conclude, in your attempts to be condescending, superior, and intellectually dominating, you instead highlighted your lack of education and subscription to popular and easily debunked misconceptions. plz try again.
Well, maybe the large company gives you the structure you need. Dot coms gave you freedom, but you need direction...like a lemming.
> Uncontrolled hiring
That's what Paul Graham has warned us about. Please read his pieces.
> in every case the outside money wrecked the company
Notwithstanding, don't blame the companies.
> Executives who came in
Again, that's what Paul Graham warned us about...please pay attention.
> the "two cofounders" startups were disasters
Microsoft, Sun, Yahoo, Google...go to bed, buddy...you need sleep.
> With great respect to personal friends who are running their own startups well,
Oh, so where is your head? I think you don't know...drop your drawers and find out.
g'nite,
-jwcorpening
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Why does a lemming need direction? Lemmings are very successful animals. They're inaccurately used as a metaphor for people engaged in self-destructive activity because of mindless imitation, but I'm not sure why that applies to someone who works well in a structured environment.
I'm interested in your ideas, but I'm not sure how it's helpful to imply that I have my head up my ass. Also, were I to have my head up my ass I couldn't be wearing any drawers, so your metaphor failed.
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I agree; If you haven't read Graham's writings, you wouldn't know to what I refer, and so I apologize.
> Why does a lemming need direction?
Lemmings don't need direction; rather, they just blindly follow others (which I guess is sort of a direction).
> works well in a structured environment
"imitation," that's the key word. Lemmings just follow and imitate, with no intrinsic direction. Blazing your own path, that's what's impressive.
-jwcorpening
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I understand that if you want your job and your self-actualization in one place, working for HugeCo is not going to satisfy. I get further up the Maslow scale doing things I can't get paid for, so I might as well just make money the "lemming" way.
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This statement makes my day.
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so to conclude, in your attempts to be condescending, superior, and intellectually dominating, you instead highlighted your lack of education and subscription to popular and easily debunked misconceptions. plz try again.
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Well done for quoting the 0.0001% that actually succeeded *roll*
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