"It was over now. Two years of work and dreams replaced by a landing page."
Two years...that's it?
Developing tech products is an exercise in walking away. The vast majority of code written is a total https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala no longer in regular use by anyone within a few years. It used to be said that most software projects were canceled due to overruns before completion.
"Even the t-shirts had been given away."
Serious question...what else was anyone going to do with them?
Two years...that's it?
Developing tech products is an exercise in walking away. The vast majority of code written is a total https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala no longer in regular use by anyone within a few years. It used to be said that most software projects were canceled due to overruns before completion.
"Even the t-shirts had been given away."
Serious question...what else was anyone going to do with them?
"8 IKEA desks = $1,200, 8 Aeron chairs (used) = $4,000"
I don't think I've ever written a line of code while sitting at a $150 desk in a $500 (used) chair.
"Nobody ever told him the hockey stick of user growth might look more like a baseball bat laying in an empty field."
B. S.
This piece is weird. I don't get it.