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Unfortunately as of my last birthday that wouldn't work either. 0x30 :-(
Then we just adopt base 24 numeral system. Will you give me your digg share?
Just get the world to accept base 24 for common use.
The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
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#32Great hearing directly from you Owen, too bad the interview style was kind of distracting. The interviewer seemed to want to tell the story more than letting you narrate and kept beating the dead horse on certain points :)
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If you can figure out a way to make me be in my twenties, you can have all my digg shares. ;-)
Is there any specific reason why would like to be in your twenties again?
A multitude of specific reasons mostly related to physical things. Of course I was referring to the standard fantasy of being able to be younger while still retaining all the things I've learned along the way. And my salary.
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#34That's a very candid interview Owen, thanks (I'm assuming you'll be reading the comments!).
Of course. Wondering if there will be a backlash. I tried not to take more credit than was really due me and also tried to avoid coming off bitter despite the bait waived in front of me. I'm clearly better off because of digg, even if not comparatively to some others involved. An argument could be made that I'm better off than a couple of different people involved early on, but if I had my way, they would also have s…
BTW I was the one that mentioned the "bait" to Andrew, but not to bait you but rather to have others learn from your experience. I think it's important that people building a company know about liquidation preferences going in.
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#36Owen said: It’s a bit of a myth that it’s all young coders. There actually lots of people in their late 30s and their 40s. I’ve been a programmer for 25 years and I’ve actually worked hard to keep up with new technology. That's quite encouraging. Sometimes I think one could be forgiven for getting the impression that if you're over 25 and you haven't made it in start-up land, then you may as well quit.
I was 31 when I started Delicious as a company. That probably rounds down to 25 though.
If your were giving your age in octal, it's the same thing. :-)
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#37The impact of this story amazes me, and reinforces one point rather well.
I lived in San Francisco for 2+ years, and would tell the exact same story to anyone who would listen. Nobody ever bothered to listen.
It took someone from Southern California to actually get the story out there, because the PR culture in Norcal is so busy sucking up to power that they neglect to ever look for anything resembling the truth. Silicon Valley would be much better off if Techcrunch, Mashable, PaidContent, and every other PR blog there went out of business tomorrow.
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#38This description http://www.crunchbase.com/person/owen-byrne doesn't sound like the real story =)
I edited that after our interview. I guess they didn't accept my edits. Strange. They usually take my post-interview edits. Maybe they need more time to a approve it.
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#39Owen,
It would be very educational to hear you go into the details of the liquidation deal that you would prefer and recommend to people joining a new startup. Or, if you could recommend some reading material on the subject?