• JB (unregistered) in reply to ObiWayneKenobi

    The reason idiots like this start their own company is because they don't last long at real companies.

  • JB (unregistered) in reply to toshir0

    Looks like this has been Cornified.

    http://www.sickpillz.com/blog/04/14/2009/cornify/

  • Funlover (unregistered) in reply to Knux2

    This is perfect and it wouldnt even change my take on sports :)

  • CurtainDog (unregistered) in reply to Knux2
    We should probably re-organize real life to fit this idea. Next on TVStation67, SportsTeam29 is going against SportsTeam938 in Competition399! Stay tuned!
    What does this prove? You could replace those 'generic' names with 'real' ones and chances are it would've made no difference to me. Of course the CEO of the article was naive to think the object-relation impedance mismatch could be so easily overcome, but it's not as if there's a clear solution.
  • Dirk (unregistered) in reply to snoofle
    snoofle:
    Do you, male123, take this personType2, female456, to be your legalDescription2186.567.2.PP2 joinType37 spouseType3, for wealthState31 or for wealthState32, in wellBeingState29 and in wellBeingState30, for all the timeInterval13 of your lives, till lifeState96 do you part?
    This is not generic enough. What if the next customer wanted to store their dog's name in column male123?
  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to Jani

    [quote user="Jani"][quote user = "ObiWayneKenobi"]I hate hate hate HATE how idiots like the CEO in this story are able to start businesses.[/quote] Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't even teach, start businesses.[/quote]

    Those who can't run businesses, go into government and tell other people how to run THEIR businesses.

  • CrazyRayMann (unregistered)

    Yea... Everybody knows that you do not need a good product or idea to start a company, only good sellers. But, for middle or long terms it won't save you. The opposite is also true or Commodore would still be there on the market nowadays.

  • Rob (unregistered) in reply to Matthew
    Matthew:
    and a savvy CEO that was deeply involved in the design process

    If "game changer" didn't do it, alarm bells should have started ringing right there.

    Agreed! I was on an interview for a large company, and they were talking about how the CTO was very hands-on with the web site redesign they were doing, and how cool was that? It's very intense, but the project has a lot of visibility!

    I ran far far away.

  • George X (unregistered)

    "Let's just say I have a vision problem that keeps me from working here...."

    Vision problem, eh? Have you tried the goggles?

  • Mongo (unregistered) in reply to Remy Porter

    MongoDB was already taken. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MongoDB

  • (cs)

    I guess the eye-strain not only induced dim lighting, it also induced a resignation.

  • MattK (unregistered)

    The real WTF is that Greg didn't bother to get details on how the stock options vest or how the development process worked beforehand. An interview is a two way street people!

  • Medinoc (unregistered)

    Softcoding strikes again!

  • jimmyfrank (unregistered)

    Surprised he did an exit interview...

  • Kirby Wallace (unregistered) in reply to Knux2
    Knux2:
    We should probably re-organize real life to fit this idea. Next on TVStation67, SportsTeam29 is going against SportsTeam938 in Competition399! Stay tuned!

    (Doesn't matter that SportsTeam29 plays basketball and SportsTeam938 plays water polo...it's generic!)

    You have OBVIOUSLY never written class64 multi-generic 3-Phase scheduler. Everyone knows that TVStation67 is the generic name for any content episode airing on a side-band transmitting antenna with an odd numbered frequency!

    Now, if it had been round(4) of the 646th National Opens (note the even sequence), your comment would make sense on Teusdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. But since this is Monday, why don't you just piss off! ;-)

  • wallacoloo (unregistered)

    Why the hell is there a flashing unicorn hovering over the text?

  • oksupra.com (unregistered)

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  • tupolev (unregistered)

    Hi! Great text!! I hope you don't feel angry, I have translated to spanish with an author-link here http://verborreaesporadica.info/2010/09/24/astigmatismo/

    Thanks!

  • Not a coffee drinker (unregistered) in reply to Skeptic
    Skeptic:
    Funny trick with the Starbucks reference there. And by "funny" I mean "gave me cancer of the eyes."

    For someone who never has been inside a Starbucks, can someone explain the Starbucks reference to me?

  • klang (unregistered) in reply to Knux2
    Knux2:
    We should probably re-organize real life to fit this idea. Next on TVStation67, SportsTeam29 is going against SportsTeam938 in Competition399! Stay tuned!

    (Doesn't matter that SportsTeam29 plays basketball and SportsTeam938 plays water polo...it's generic!)

    Both SportsTeam29 and SportsTeam938 playes Soccer on TVStation67 .. it's on TVStation76 they play basketball and water polo, or is it? :-D

  • Brad Westness (unregistered) in reply to Knux2

    Also SportsTeam938 is actually tax records for an architecture firm and Competition399 is set of recipes.

  • Blimfark Smith (unregistered)

    Reading this hurt my soul. I hope poor Greg escaped unharmed!

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