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Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by Nwallins »

idoh wrote: post #88
spamizbad wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm beginning to resent that my generation has been dubbed the "Trophy Kids." Those trophies were more for parental egos than our own self-esteem. We weren't dumb, we knew it was just a meaningless participation trinket. Most of those things ended up going in the trash unless your parents mandated you keep them (Mine didn't, thankfully). I think I'd keep them around for a year or two just for the sake of having a kni…

Agreed. Blaming a whole generation is silly. If you want to play that game, then blame the parents of the trophy kids who decided that it was a good idea to give everyone a participation trophy.

> Blaming a whole generation is silly.

Is anyone really doing that? I see Trophy Kids (btw, new term for me, and I am one, I suppose) as a characterization rather than blame. There is no doubt the term is pejorative, but if I think canned green beans taste like crap, am I blaming the beans, the can, the producer, or am I not placing any blame at all?

FWIW, I do agree that parents are largely responsible for their children's behavior.

Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by AlexBlom »

marilyn wrote: post #75
hugh3 wrote: post #68

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I think he's allowed to toot his own horn in response to a comment suggesting that he hasn't done anything worthwhile in a decade.

When the work speaks for itself, no tooting is required.

Whether you support the guy or not you can't put him in a Catch-22.

'You have done nothing' 'I did XYZ' 'Stop promoting yourself. The work should speak for itself'

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Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by theBobMcCormick »

It never ceases to amaze me the entitlement mentality that some employers have. When they decide to lay off a group of employees, it's just business. But when an employ quits to peruse other opportunities suddenly it's a big betrayal and "how could they be so disloyal".

(obviously this only applies to some employers. I've worked for some employers who were very compassionate and mature for both layoffs and resignations).

Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by theBobMcCormick »

jasonmcalacanis wrote: post #16
37prime wrote: post #11

Seriously, Jason Calacanis has not done anything considered smart since he sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL. Other than that he's not a graceful entrepreneur and an attention seeker (I refrain myself from using a harsher term).

1. Mahalo is a top 200 site, over 10M uniques and operationally profitable. 2. Open Angel Forum has been hosting in five cities in the first four months of 2010. 3. I've done seven angel investments including gdgt.com, gowalla.com and blippy.com. 4. TechCrunch50 has made millions of dollars, but more importantly launched amazing startups like Mint.com, Powerset and yammer. 5. This Week in Startups about to have it's…

Blippy? Isn't that the incompetents that just lost of customer credit card numbers and then blew it off like it was no big deal?

There's something to be proud of.....

Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by cookiecaper »

whalesalad wrote: post #60
run4yourlives wrote: post #31

I'm just going to ask a question to the 110 people that voted for this "story". Do we really think it's appropriate to air a company's dirty laundry and/or conflicts on Hacker News? I mean, that's the type of shit they do over at TMZ isn't it? Gossip about people? I don't care who's an ass, who's been wronged and who has sand in their ovaries today. I don't come to HN for this.

I'm glad that this was posted. I applied to Mahalo a few days ago because it's a Django gig in southern California. I was hesitant to apply because of some of the stories I had heard about Jason. However, I try to judge things as I see them, and wanted to give it a shot. I'm glad that this came out, because it's given me some more perspective on Mahalo and Jason.

I saw ads for Mahalo on CL in the last few days too and have purposely avoided them because I don't want the tarnishment of either Mahalo (a mass spammer) or Jason on my resume or psyche.

Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by cookiecaper »

ck2 wrote: post #13

I've never worked at a company where I tried to be professional and gave 2 weeks notice and was NOT immediately shown the door (hence I learned to prepare and not be surprised). Does it really happen in this day and age? Don't companies lockout high value employees immediately as a matter of security and anti-sabotage?

In my experience, companies let you live out the two weeks unless you've done something "objectionable", in which case you are taken out immediately.

Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by jswinghammer »

jacquesm wrote: post #24
jasonmcalacanis wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Mahalo is a top 200 site, over 10M uniques and operationally profitable. 2. Open Angel Forum has been hosting in five cities in the first four months of 2010. 3. I've done seven angel investments including gdgt.com, gowalla.com and blippy.com. 4. TechCrunch50 has made millions of dollars, but more importantly launched amazing startups like Mint.com, Powerset and yammer. 5. This Week in Startups about to have it's…

1. you could be #3, I couldn't care less, mahalo does not exactly contribute, it just rehashes. 2. good for you 3. The only one I've heard of is 'blippy', and that's only because of some fairly sloppy coding there. 4. great. I'm fairly sure they would have made it without your personal contribution though, you can't possibly take personal credit for that, just like Paul Graham doesn't take personal credit for dropbox…

I don't really get where you're coming from. I have no opinion on this one way or the other but I don't see a point in messing with someone here. I think that his company makes a profit is a sign of something good for society at least by some measure. Mahalo isn't Goldman Sachs so to say he's not contributing anything is a bit hard to say from afar. I doubt his employees feel like they're wasting their lives. Maybe they are but I'm not sure anyone from this far could suggest that to them. They know better than we do.

Being a part of something bigger than yourself is something to be proud of. I'm a part of a lot of teams and organizations and while I don't credit for their success (or failures) I might point to them as evidence that I'm at least keeping busy. Promoting startups is a noble endeavor as far as I'm concerned. I'm very inspired by how many people want to encourage people who want to start something of their own. It's something anyone who does it should be proud of.

Re: Jason Calacanis at his finest

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Post by philk »

spamizbad wrote: post #74
exit wrote: post #53

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we do know calacanis went on to publicly denigrate the former employee. it doesn't make me think there's more to "his half" than juvenile petulance. >"Free advice for entitled Gen Y trophy kids: if you spend 12 months at a company over and over you look like a flake." 10:06 PM Apr 21st via Twitter for BlackBerry® http://twitter.com/Jason/status/12621363849

I'm beginning to resent that my generation has been dubbed the "Trophy Kids." Those trophies were more for parental egos than our own self-esteem. We weren't dumb, we knew it was just a meaningless participation trinket. Most of those things ended up going in the trash unless your parents mandated you keep them (Mine didn't, thankfully). I think I'd keep them around for a year or two just for the sake of having a kni…

It's just thinly concealed envy. Older generations have always looked down on the young.
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