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Too many chiefs and just one craftsman. This definitely rings a bell. It's such a shame for startups to "enterprisy" their job roles.
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Here's my fresh blog post: http://savagethoughts.com/post/3772138359/whats-in-a-name
6 up-votes, so I take even your VP of sales now got the HN account :) (edit) The page itself - I am trying to like it, but something about it rubs me the wrong way. It might be that it is too personal and overly playful, and people look somewhat unnatural, almost as if they were forced to look having fun. This coupled with sudden image swaps creates the impression of a twitchy teenager trying to look cool rather than…
Weird how many negative comments you're getting. I for one absolutely love it. I think it's energizing and the awkwardness+energy is fun. It's definitely not the "typical SF thing" etc, but to anybody outside California, this feels refreshing. Great job
> Weird how many negative comments you're getting.
That in itself is a feedback too.
Here's something polar opposite: http://carbonmade.com/about
I like yours! Here's something polar opposite: http://carbonmade.com/about
Too many chiefs and just one craftsman. This definitely rings a bell. It's such a shame for startups to "enterprisy" their job roles.
Now when your customer, Huge-Corp(TM), who is going to pay the bills for the next 3 months calls, would you rather tell them "let me put one of our developers on the phone" or "let me put our vice president of engineering on the phone"?
6 up-votes, so I take even your VP of sales now got the HN account :) (edit) The page itself - I am trying to like it, but something about it rubs me the wrong way. It might be that it is too personal and overly playful, and people look somewhat unnatural, almost as if they were forced to look having fun. This coupled with sudden image swaps creates the impression of a twitchy teenager trying to look cool rather than…
For the record, they all look a little bit unkempt (except Brendan, who I'm guessing is single ;-)). To most people, that's a job perk -- not having to put on a suit and tie and be perfectly prepared every single day.
6 up-votes, so I take even your VP of sales now got the HN account :) (edit) The page itself - I am trying to like it, but something about it rubs me the wrong way. It might be that it is too personal and overly playful, and people look somewhat unnatural, almost as if they were forced to look having fun. This coupled with sudden image swaps creates the impression of a twitchy teenager trying to look cool rather than…
It took considerable willpower to not downvote you (though it appears that somebody else already has) -- but really? Making fun of somebody's facial hair? For the record, they all look a little bit unkempt (except Brendan, who I'm guessing is single ;-)). To most people, that's a job perk -- not having to put on a suit and tie and be perfectly prepared every single day.