no, but like with paul graham's essays, people have an unhealthy obsession with both their writing (which is irrelevant outside of the ycombinator/sv bubble) to the point where it seems to signal to be part of an insider club more than provide actual value, which may lead to fuel one's ego a bit too much.
turning this into another overly verbose blog post doesn't really help my thinking on the matter (which, to be fair, is even less relevant than his musings)
This is occurring against a backdrop of e.g. hearings of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. I regret to inform you that the broader issue is of great interest outside our circles.
One of the three witnesses the Senate Banking Committee chose to call requested, the following day, a retraction from me⦠for reasons.
I certainly did not see this ever happening when I started selling bingo cards on the Internet, but here we are.
Yeah, pg is a great example: obviously bright guy, pioneering VC, who now dishes out some of the worst takes on Twitter. Are we supposed to care what he thinks still?
For what it's worth, I think patio11's writing on software consulting is the best I've ever read. I'm sure he knows this space well, but there are...different viewpoints.
turning this into another overly verbose blog post doesn't really help my thinking on the matter (which, to be fair, is even less relevant than his musings)