Paul Graham says you weren't meant to have a boss. A few days later, the founders of another startup he backed sell out to new publicly-traded bosses.
A week or so later, Steven Levy offers his unique insights:
Auctomatic's story was particularly compelling. Oxford grads Kulveer and Harjeet had pitched Y Combinator as a sort of a Craigslist for college kids, expanding a Web site they'd begun in England. They called the company Boso ("Buy Online Sell Online"), unaware of the clownish connotations that word would have in the States.
Good point, Mr. Levy! Nobody could ever build a valuable online brand with a company name that implied stupidity or ignorance -- what kind of yahoo would think otherwise?
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I unsubscribed from Graham's blog (not that he offers RSS, because that became popular after 2000) right after I realized his every post was about how he was brilliant because he knew Lisp and Yahoo paid him $300 million dollars for that and so everyone just needs to learn Lisp.
Rising tide, boats, etc. "Hackers and Painters" is totally worth reading for any developer, but Graham's a victim of his own success-- not having to do work ever again in his life has made his "points" very theoretical. His blog seems to be an attempt to make carts drag horses wherever Graham thinks they should go. "I made 9 figures one year and now I don't have a boss. You shouldn't either." Thanks.
Posted by Tom Clancy | April 9, 2008 7:48 PM
Posted on April 9, 2008 19:48