Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
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Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
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#2Combined with all the talk of Isaacson's new Steve Jobs biography, makes me want to read an in-depth biography of Bezos's life.
Re: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
#3Well written! Is Jeff Bezos really like he paints him to be?
Re: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
#4Interesting read on Bezos. Did not know that he was like that. I added Yegge to my circles since he seems to tell a story well.
Re: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
#5Well written! Is Jeff Bezos really like he paints him to be?
I have no relevant experience with anything, but my impression is that usually people who gush on about the superhuman abilities of an individual just have a skewed perspective. I've been on the receiving end of that kind of gush a time or two and I don't really feel that it's accurate in my case, and I don't believe that it's accurate in any other case. The people that talk just can't see the inadequacies and the common weaknesses that are visible from a better-informed context.
Jeff Bezos may indeed be smart, and he may indeed come up with things that "domain experts" haven't yet thought of, but the explanations are usually much more timid and general than "Jeff is practically a giant-brained alien".
Re: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
#6Is it me or does this read like a big ass-kissing of Bezos after he tore him apart in the accidentally leaked memo? Not saying it isnt true but...
Re: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
#7Is it me or does this read like a big ass-kissing of Bezos after he tore him apart in the accidentally leaked memo? Not saying it isnt true but...
He said it himself "I’ve always skirted any perceived shortcomings and focused on what they do well."
Now he's doing that again, in a big way. He's saying "Bezos is a genius" and not saying "Bezos is a micromanaging asshole"
Re: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
#8Well written! Is Jeff Bezos really like he paints him to be?
I have no relevant experience with anything, but my impression is that usually people who gush on about the superhuman abilities of an individual just have a skewed perspective. I've been on the receiving end of that kind of gush a time or two and I don't really feel that it's accurate in my case, and I don't believe that it's accurate in any other case. The people that talk just can't see the inadequacies and the co…
On a much smaller scale, my company's founder and CEO is viewed as one such super-intelligent alien. And for sure he is very smart and has an incredible memory. But I can guarantee you that he doesn't know "everything" at all, but this is how he is perceived by many.
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#9I think that is a good way to approach anything in life. Prepare hard for it but accept that there'll always be people smarter/better than you. That way, you will worry less about bombing out during presentations, and be more receptive to constructive criticisms.
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#10By the way, the most important part of the post is where he says that Google is following through on the problems he pointed out. I'd be curious to see what (if) will come out of this - if they will expose their internal services to third parties, that will be great news.