The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
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Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#2That's a very candid interview Owen, thanks (I'm assuming you'll be reading the comments!).
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#3Excellent interview! Congrats Owen.
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#4I had assumed that Owen was in his 20's. Whoops. Very cool.
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#5good interview, but I don't recommend watching it, just listen. The audio is horribly out of sync.
The "your ip" website idea, just goes to show you, that digg was a fluke.
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#6That'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 seen more.
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#7I had assumed that Owen was in his 20's. Whoops. Very cool.
If you can figure out a way to make me be in my twenties, you can have all my digg shares. ;-)
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#8I had assumed that Owen was in his 20's. Whoops. Very cool.
He drinks like he is :), and he's one of the most down to earth people I've ever met.
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#9good interview, but I don't recommend watching it, just listen. The audio is horribly out of sync. The "your ip" website idea, just goes to show you, that digg was a fluke.
Fluke isn't really fair. Yes there was luck, but once that initial luck happened there was a lot of hard work by Kevin, me, and all the early employees to build upon it.
Re: The First Digg Developer Dispels the Myths Surrounding Digg & Startups in General
#10That'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…
You'll now have to change your HN profile from the "built digg for $10/hour" to "$20/hour + equity" :)