DISQUS

Dave · 2 years ago

I gotta say I was pretty annoyed by his blog though. Guy came across as a wuss and a whiner imho. Not that I don't also have issues with corporate life, but complaining about lying on the company couch and hearing too much white noise? Thank God he isn't working as a coal miner...

I know his fanboy users gave him some sympathy, but seriously most of the rest of us working stiffs aren't gonna cue up the violins for him anytime soon.

I realize he's not a founder (b/c if it was a founder complaining I'd say - you sold out, deal with the consequences), but he probably got a pretty good deal nevertheless. Bottom line is rather than complain about stuff (which I thought was in poor taste, though others will commend him for his honesty) the guy really needs to take an active role in making things better for himself. Either fix the problem or go find greener pastures. Publicly whining about coworkers wasting your time with video games is a slap in the face to all the other working stiffs who bust their asses and receive far, far less in return.

But it's a free country. He's entitled to his $.02 just as I am to mine.

webomatica · 2 years ago

Dave... cool to hear your take on it. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he just had a bad day and it made it onto his blog. He might be looking into the greener pastures right now for all we know.

I still find it fascinating to read about people's different ideas of success, and when they find it, is it really all that they expected?

Dave · 2 years ago

Yeah, sorry to vent :-)

I guess that post just got my goat when I read it...

I do think the AOL departure is an interesting example of exactly what you're talking about though. But I also wonder if folks like Calacanis are also just destined to roam from gig to gig.

I also found it interesting that one of Swartz's coworkers posted a comment (not on the blog, but on a reddit.com thread) in which they said they were enjoying wired. I dunno if he was trying to do damage control in light of the blog post or not, but it was interesting to see the divergent takes even within the tiny 4-person team.